Snow at the Hollywood sign? It sounds like the kind of fictional event that Tinseltown's directors might reserve for the big screen. In early 2023 though, Southern California was hit by a series of winter storms that brought snowfall to lower elevations than the area had known in decades. So heavy and widespread did the snowfall get across the state, in fact, Governor Gavin Newsom had to declare a state of emergency for 13 counties.

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