A Los Angeles County Public Works front loader is used to clear a mudslide on Big Tujunga Canyon Rd. in the Tujunga area of Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Steady rain fell Thursday on saturated Southern California as the fourth Pacific storm in a week came ashore, triggering dire warnings by authorities that huge mud flows were likely in foothill communities.
Third-grader Nathan Wright, 8, wades in cold rain water in a flooded yard at his elementary school in Palo Alto, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, after a rain storm.
Vehicles plow through a flooded section of the Pacific Coast Highway in Solana Beach, Calif., on Thursday Jan. 21, 2010. Southern California authorities strongly urged residents of endangered foothill homes to obey evacuation orders Thursday as the week's fourth Pacific storm blew into the region and flash flood watches were expanded to numerous urban areas.
A front loader is used to clear off mud and debris, as rain continues to pour on homes in La Canada Flintridge in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Winter storms have created a mudslide risk in hillside areas burned by the Station wildfire last year.
The Pacific ocean pounds the coast line fronting million dollar homes in Del Mar, Calif., on Thursday Jan. 21, 2010, as storms continue to bring heavy rain, high surf, and high winds.
High surf crashes over the Ocean Beach pier as another storm approaches Southern California, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in San Diego.
Volunteer Raquel Denton helps fill sandbags in preparation for an upcoming storm Wednesday Jan. 20, 2010, in Seal Beach, Calif. Residents are preparing for the third in a series of storms to lash the state.
Adrianne Denning looks at a tree that fell in her neighborhood and blocks part of street in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010.
Park manager Alan Davidson walks toward a gazebo in a flooded area of Penngrove Park in Penngrove, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010.
Waves pound a wall near buildings in Pacifica, Calif., during a rain storm, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010.
Water from a storm runs onto Highway 17 in Los Gatos, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Storms continue to pound California Tuesday, causing evacuations, flooding, school and road closures.
A resident walks down a flooded street in Long Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. The second in a series of powerful storms roared into Southern California, bringing heavy rains and winds that smashed windows, submerged cars and flipped an SUV along a stretch of coastline.
Workers prepare to cut a fallen tree in Felton, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Roads are closed, power is out, and some schools have closed in Santa Cruz county as a weeklong winter storm continues.
Chris Rogers takes shelter on a neighbor's porch after leaving his home when water started to rush in following a severe downpour in Long Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. The second in a series of powerful storms roared into Southern California, bringing heavy rains and winds that smashed windows, submerged cars and flipped an SUV along a stretch of coastline.
Jerry Bridges paddles an inflatable kayak down a flooded section of Bennett Aveue in Long Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. The second in a series of powerful storms roared into Southern California, bringing heavy rains and winds that smashed windows, submerged cars and flipped an SUV along a stretch of coastline.
Devin Bairr looks into a vehicle that overturned in high winds in Huntington Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, as the second in a series of back-to-back winter storms surged into the state and renewed threats of mudslides and flooding.
A giant Douglas-fir tree is seen atop a downed power line in Felton, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Roads are closed, power is out, and some schools have closed in Santa Cruz county as a weeklong winter storm continues.
High storm waves roll over the pier at Seal Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, as the second in a series of back-to-back winter storms surged into the state and renewed threats of mudslides and flooding.
A car drives through a flooded street in the Sun Valley area of Los Angeles on Tuesday Jan. 19, 2010, as the second in a series of back-to-back winter storms surged into the state and renewed threats of mudslides and flooding.
A man whose home is reachable only by a bridge over a creek watches as mud and debris flow beneath him in Blanchard Canyon in the Tujunga area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Several inches of rain have fallen and more rain is predicted as a series of storms move through California.