Southern California weather pivots from heat to rain, snow

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s midwinter summer break has given way to dramatically cooler and blustery weather with scattered rain and much-needed mountain snow. Winter weather advisories are in effect Tuesday in mountain ranges north and east of Los Angeles just days after much of the region was under a heat advisory for temperatures in the 80s and 90s. Some rain and drizzle was reported in the San Francisco Bay Area and light snow has fallen in the Sierra as the cold, low-pressure system moves south. Snow has begun falling on Interstate 5 in Tejon Pass between Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley, and forecasters advise against travel.