Winter's Final Storm Unleashes More Rain, Snow

SAN DIEGO - The final storm of the winter dropped more rain and snow on the already saturated and frosty San Diego area today before moving off to the east, just in time to make way for the arrival of spring.

Since early Saturday, the blustery system out of the Gulf of Alaska has kept the county chilled, soaked, icy and wind-whipped, creating conditions usually associated with December or January, rather than mid-March.

As of midday, the departing cloud banks had left behind three-day rain totals of up to 1 2/3 inches along the coast, 2 1/2 inches in some valley locales and 1 1/4 in the desert...