Southern California storm slams Santa Barbara, Ventura

LOS ANGELES – California’s wet winter continued Saturday as rain fell across the Southland, grounding flights coming in and out of Santa Barbara Airport and causing extensive road closures along the coast.

The soggy weather is expected to continue through Tuesday with the heaviest downfalls tapering off by mid-day Monday, according to the National Weather Service. However, even light rain can have an outsized impact when it comes on the heels of other heavy winter storms, said Robbie Munroe, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

“There is only so much room for that rain to go, so it could still be a little hazardous out there,” he said…

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