Southern California rang in the new year with lots of rain on Thursday morning.
With many communities throughout the region already nearing or surpassing 1 inch of rainfall in the past 24 hours, between .5 and 1 inch of additional rain was expected in the morning and early afternoon hours of Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
An additional 2 to 2.5 inches were expected for mountain communities, creating flood and mudslide concerns due to already saturated soils, especially around burn scar areas…