Pineapple Express rolls through the Southland

A surfer is engulfed by a big wave in Huntington Beach as swells build on west-facing beaches.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

The latest storm generates large surf breaking just underneath the Manhattan Beach Pier.   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

With the Hermosa Beach Pier behind him, a surfer walks along the sand at Manhattan Beach to try his luck with the the large storm-generated waves.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Pedestrians stroll with their umbrellas on the Huntington Beach Pier.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

With the store windows decorated for the holidays, Seal Beach resident Tatiana Chakko enjoys a warm cup of coffee on a rainy day inside Bogart’s Coffee House in Seal Beach.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Oren Mori of Los Angeles totes an umbrella as he walks in between office buildings during light rain in Century City.   (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Raindrops from a passing storm collect on the decorations hanging from the community Christmas tree in Seal Beach.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

A shopper walks along Main Street with light rain falling in Seal Beach.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

People stand in line to see “The Jeff Probst Showâ€� as it rains at the Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood.   (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)