article_snippet.sent: A spring storm that had doused Northern California for the previous 24 hours arrived in Northern California on Tuesday night, bringing mostly light but necessary rainfall across a region that has been experiencing extreme drought conditions.
article_snippet.sent: Thousands were without power for several hours because of Northern California, and the Los Angeles Dodgers had a rare rain delay on the second day of the season, though there wasn't nearly enough moisture for a rainout.
article_snippet.sent: Snow, too: Susan Feist leaves Susan Feist store Feist Wines as hail falls in Amador City, California on Tuesday as an unusually cold spring storm brought heavy rain and hail to parts of Northern California . '
article_snippet.sent: We're absolutely thrilled to have rain,' Susan Feist said. '
article_snippet.sent: Earlier in the day, the unusually cold spring storm brought heavy rain and hail to parts of Northern California and coated the mountains in snow - a welcome respite but one that will do little to ease the historic drought, forecasters say.
article_snippet.sent: the unusually cold spring storm brought enough snow to the Sierra near Lake Tahoe to produce near white-out conditions on roadways and a string of traffic accidents that caused the California Highway Patrol to order motorists off a 15 mile-stretch of a major highway on Tuesday afternoon.
article_snippet.sent: In the Sierra near Lake Tahoe, up to 6 inches of snow was expected above 7,000 feet, with 2 to 4 inches expected to accumulate as low as 3,000 feet before the system clears out Wednesday.
article_snippet.sent: the unusually cold spring storm dumped rain in parts of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and promised three to four hours of steady rain later in the day to parts of Los Angeles County .
article_snippet.sent: More than an inch fell on some counties in the San Francisco Bay Area, where rainy weather slowed the morning commute, caused some wrecks and led to wind advisories for four bridges, officials said.
article_snippet.sent: Looming: Low clouds are pictured in La Canada Flintridge, California as rains moved south on Tueday .
highlights_snippet.sent: Northern California got a day of much needed rains this week but Northern California will do little to remedy the historic drought .