LOS ANGELES (AP) — Here is the latest on the storm hitting California gathered by AP reporters across the state:

10:55 a.m. PST:

Ted and Rita Elliot marveled at their luck after their house was spared from the destruction of a debris slide that hit the Camarillo Springs neighborhood about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

"We'll be the only house on the block," said Rita Elliot, adding they put out 400 sandbags.

10:55 a.m. PST:

The Los Angeles Fire Department is conducting a rescue operation in the storm-swollen Los Angeles River. Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Main says two people were reported clinging to trees Friday morning.

The circumstances aren't known, but homeless people sometimes live among vegetation growing on sandy stretches along the bottom of the normally languid river.

10:55 a.m. PST:

In Orange County, firefighters recovered the body of a man from swift-moving water in a Garden Grove flood channel. Authorities have not determined the cause of death.

10:30 a.m. PST:

The National Weather Service says widespread precipitation is expected from the West Coast to the Rockies. It says snow accumulating along the Sierra Nevada range should help with drought relief.

10:30 a.m. PST:

Adriana Fletcher, 39, of Huntington Beach, said her 5-, 6- and 7-year-olds were happy to see the rain after learning at school about the drought.

"When it started raining my kids were like, this is so cool," Fletcher said.

Fletcher said she loves gardening but her plants have suffered since the drought. She said she thinks it will take many more storms like this one to change that.

10:30 a.m. PST:

Melinda Sargent, who was eating eggs in a cafe in Seal Beach, contrasted the rain in Southern California to that in an area of New Zealand she visited, where she said drops fall as big as golf balls.

"That's torrential rain. This is nothing to them. This is a drizzle," she said.

9:18 a.m. PST:

The National Weather Service says the risk of landslides in western Washington persists despite the storm moving south. One mudslide hit railroad tracks near Edmonds.

Tens of thousands still lacked power Friday after winds reached 49 mph at Sea-Tac Airport and 69 at the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station overnight.

A falling tree hit a propane tank and started a fire at a casino near Olympia, but there was minimal damage.

9:18 a.m. PST:

The San Francisco Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/1sjol5j ) about 20 people braved the pelting rains and high winds in downtown San Francisco on Thursday night to protest police shootings of unarmed black men. The demonstration was peaceful with no arrests.

8:40 a.m. PST:

In wildfire-scarred Camarillo Springs, about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles in Ventura County, a debris flow reached as high as the roofs in the backyards of at least two homes.

Mud and water spilled out of the living room of one home.

8:40 a.m. PST:

San Francisco International Airport canceled nine flights Friday morning.

8:09 a.m. PST:

Widely scattered power outages left about 50,000 customers of Southern California Edison and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power without electricity, spokesmen for the utilities said.

7:52 a.m. PST:

Scattered power outages left 13,500 customers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power without electricity, spokesman Albert Rodriguez said.

7:52 a.m. PST:

The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for a string of wildfire-scarred areas in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles.

The warnings applied to the Colby, Williams, Madison and Tecolote burn areas near the cities of Glendora, Azusa and Monrovia and areas within San Gabriel Canyon and near Camp Williams in the mountain range.

The weather service said rainfall was moderate to occasionally heavy, reaching rates of a half-inch per hour.

7:52 a.m. PST:

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for northeastern Los Angeles County including the high-desert city of Palmdale and the community of Lake Los Angeles.

7:52 a.m. PST:

The National Weather Service reports showers are expected in the San Francisco Bay Area later Friday, with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Pacific Gas & Electric reports about 3,500 customers are without power north of San Francisco.

6:59 a.m. PST:

Amtrak suspended service from Los Angeles north to the central coast city of San Luis Obispo but continued to operate service between LA and San Diego.

6:59 a.m. PST:

Glendora police Lt. Matt Williams says five people are using an evacuation center after debris flows sent rocks the size of golf ball and bricks down the street. He says it's unclear how many people have left their homes, but no injuries or damage to homes have been reported in the area charred by the Colby Fire in January in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.

6:59 a.m. PST:

Red Cross spokesman Tom Horan says 40 people displaced by the mudflow in Camarillo Springs, about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles in Ventura County, have come to an evacuation center. Two were taken to the hospital, but Horan said their injuries weren't serious.

6:59 a.m. PST:

Capt. Don Aguilar of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office says mandatory evacuations have been ordered in a wildfire-scarred area of Ventura County due to a mudflow. Some damage has been reported, but officials are still assessing its scope. No injuries have been reported.

6:55 a.m. PST:

The National Weather Service says wind-driven rain in Southern California fell at the rate of 1 to 2 inches an hour, triggering flash flooding. The main front followed with rain falling at rates of a tenth to about a third of an inch per hour.