Most years, when storms roll through Southern California during the winter holiday, local mountains transform into a wonderland blanketed in snow. But instead, the recent storms featured relentless rains, bringing a downpour of destruction — and disappointment. A woman sits near the North Shore Lookout Point next to Big Bear Lake as Snow Summit is seen in the distance in Big Bear on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. The mountain resorts in the San Bernardino Mountains only received one inch of snow in December and have yet to have anything measureable since the first of the year. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Codie Keay, 21, finds some busy work straightening out beanie...
