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Hollywood Hills in Calabasas get the
dusting of snow for first time in
decades
a winter storm dot swept through the
Southwest brought snowfall to parts of
California Nevada and Arizona for the
first time in decades and even forced
some schools to close snow fell in the
Santa Monica Mountains above the Malibu
coast
according to the National Weather
Service snowfall also dusted casino
marquees on the Las Vegas Strip and
Nevada and coated large areas of desert
northeast of Los Angeles temporarily
halting traffic on various state routes
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coastal and valley residents in
California saw about a quarter of an
inch of rain with the current winter
storm the rare weather event also
brought record amounts of snow to
Arizona as some schools government
offices airports and roads closed
Thursday due to freezing temperatures
showers could continue into Friday
morning but skies are expected to dry
out by Friday afternoon according to the
National Weather Service forecasters
were expecting one to three inches of
snow to fall and mountain areas above
2,500 feet with up to 6 inches possible
over the eastern San Gabriel Mountains
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the rare snowfall at low levels in
Nevada prompted revelers to erect the
snowman near the famous welcome to
Fabulous Las Vegas sign the Clark County
School District in Southern Nevada the
nation's fifth largest as canceling
classes Friday because of the weather in
Northern Arizona schools government
offices airports and roads were expected
to be closed for a second day as the
storm tapers off residents in northern
Arizona will be digging out from what
the national weather service
characterized as not your average storm
it is by no means over for us said
meteorologist mark Stubblefield in
Flagstaff it's still dangerous to travel
Clark County school officials said
classes for roughly three hundred twenty
thousand students will be canceled due
to the possibility of freezing
temperatures making roads unsafe for
bosses the snow began late Wednesday and
didn't let up Thursday falling at three
to four inches an hour in parts of
Arizona the National Weather Service
said that rate will fall by about half
Friday officials will turn their
concerns to local streets that didn't
get plowed over burdened roofs and
freezing temperatures expected into the
weekend authorities closed portions of
the main routes from Las Vegas to Los
Angeles and Phoenix because of snow ice
and limited visibility several roads
across Arizona including portions of
interstate 40 west of Kingman and
northbound Interstate 17 from compered
to Flagstaff were closed the Arizona
Department of Public Safety said no one
died or was seriously injured and the
more the
250 calls it handled in the northern
portion of the state the cities of
Flagstaff and Prescott and Coconino
County declared emergencies officials
said snow plows struggled to keep roads
clear and there was significant concern
about the weight on rooftops officials
in California and Nevada had also been
worried about dangerous driving
conditions on mountain roads and
highways due to the snow levels
celebrities took to Instagram to share
their reaction as it snowed in Los
Angeles on Thursday for the first time
in decades
National Park Service Rangers in descent
to Monica Mountains posted photos of
snow-capped sandstone peak with the
caption yes we're in LA is this the
Angeles National Forest Baldy nope the
Sierras Mount Whitney the Cascades try
again
can you believe it snowed in - Santa
Monica Mountains today yay earlier the
storm coated large areas of desert
northeast of Los Angeles temporarily
halting traffic on various state routes
heather locklear Jerry O'Connell and
Kylie Jenner were just a few of the
stars who documented the rare conditions
as Southern California experienced the
rare cold snap according to a report by
the LA Times the last time a snowed in
Los Angeles was in January 1962 Heather
Locklear stepped outside her property
while holding her pup mister in her arms
the former Melrose Place actress held
out her hand as she said it's snowing
mister it's your first snow a woman
behind the camera joked that she should
make a snow angel in response Heather
started waving her arms meanwhile Jerry
O'Connell hilariously referenced the
globe and tristen scandal in his
Instagram video while surveying the
wintry conditions outside his home he
exclaimed it is snowing in Calabasas
right now okay Calabasas California
where the Kardashians live where Jordan
used to live
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the Jerry Maguire star looked up at the
sky and held his hand up before pointing
to snowflakes which had landed on his
car snow not hail snow but snow it is
snowing in Calabasas crazy Kylie Jenner
was out and about in Calabasas too and
documented the snow falling on her arm
the 21 year old makeup mogul who appears
to have replaced BFF Jordan Woods with
Powell Heather Sanders in the wake of
reports that Jordan hooked up with close
boyfriend Tristan Thompson said it's
literally snowing in Calabasas Carly
filmed snowflakes falling on Heather's R
before filming the same on her jacket
sleeve as she kept warm and a fluffy
brown coat this is crazy she added
reality star Kandra Wilkinson
interrupted her workout to film some of
the snowfall as she exclaimed it's
snowing in Calabasas holy SH I've never
seen this the conditions are extremely
rare in Los Angeles which usually
experiences mild winters with almost
year-round sunshine as well as snow hail
and thunder storms were forecast for
Thursday with 3 inches of snow estimated
to fall and mountain areas above 2500
feet north of the city
this is probably the coldest storm
system I've seen in my time in
California said meteorologist David
sweet told the LA Times we've had cold
mornings and freeze conditions but I
don't remember seeing anything quite
this cold The Weather Service reported
the first significant snowfall up
McCarran International Airport in a
decade with zero eight inches to
centimeters falling by Thursday
afternoon we don't have snow plows
Airport spokeswoman Christine Kruse said
as she tallied about 100 flight
cancellations because of snow and ice
but we have airfield maintenance
vehicles and sweepers ready to go on the
casino line Las Vegas Strip the snow was
fleeting melting faster than the bad
gamblers luck
we expected cold but not snow tourists
Lila did Guerrero said after taking a
photo at the Las Vegas sign wearing a
father coat and hat
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