A young person rides their bike at Shoreline Aquatic Park in Long Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Daniel Swain for LA Times — December in California kicks off with 80-degree heat for L.A., rain for the Bay Area

UCLA climate expert Daniel Swain discusses California’s winter precipitation levels for the Los Angeles Times. “From late December through about March, I would expect the odds to be tilted greatly favoring wetter-than-average conditions, at least in Central and Southern California.”