Rain started in Southwest Oregon and far Northern California early Monday morning and continued through the day. Downtown San Francisco recorded 0.87 inch of rain, while San Jose measured 1.52 inches, marking the second wettest October day on record. Northern California will dry out through the day on Tuesday.

This week's rain storm will make roads and freeways slick and dangerous. Here are some quick tips for driving and other rain safety tips from the pages of The Times.

"We saw rainfall upwards of half an inch in 10 to 15 minutes," a National Weather Service meteorologist told The Arizona Republic.

The San Juan River has overflowed in some areas in southwestern Colorado, prompting evacuations in Pagosa Springs.

It wasn’t a drenching atmospheric river. But the biggest storm to hit the Bay Area in roughly seven months began to douse much of California on Monday afternoon, slowing motorists, dropping snow in the Sierra Nevada, and providing a clear signal that the winter rainy season has begun.

Thousands of union nurses and healthcare professionals braved a strong Pacific storm Tuesday that dropped heavy rain across Southern California as angry picketers armed with bullhorns and raincoats for protection began a five-day strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities across three states.

A fast-moving storm system is bringing widespread rain and a chance of thunderstorms to the Bay Area on Monday, with showers pushing south from the North Bay through the morning and intensifying by early afternoon.

In Orange County, authorities issued an evacuation warning for areas near the Airport fire burn scar, including for the Trabuco Creek area and Modjeska Canyon.