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Photos: Snow-covered mountains

Snow-covered mountains glow pink in the sunset.
The setting sun is reflected off the San Gabriel Mountains and the downtown L.A. skyline on Saturday night.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
By Brian van der Brug
, Mel Melcon, Raul Roa, Genaro Molina, Robert Gauthier and Allen J. Schaben
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Last week’s storm brought fresh snow to Southern California’s mountains. The early February storm delivered rain to much of the region but meant days of snow for mountain communities.

People look at the downtown L.A. skyline in front of snowy mountains.
People view the Los Angeles skyline Saturday against a backdrop of snow-capped San Gabriel mountains from Kenneth Hahn Recreational Area in Baldwin Hills.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
People jog along the Ballona Creek Bike Trail.
People jog along the Ballona Creek Bike Trail in Marina del Rey.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
Snowy mountains above Huntington Harbor.
People take a sunset cruise Saturday through Huntington Harbor with a view of the snow-capped San Gabriel mountains.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Mt. Baldy rises above the freeway.
Mt. San Antonio (Mt. Baldy) is seen Saturday from City Terrace.
(Raul Roa / Los Angeles Times)
A man shovels snow near a delivery truck.
Saeed Fardin, part owner of Superhero Toys n More, clears the sidewalk last week as a shipment of goods is delivered in Big Bear.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
A snowboarder takes to the air.
A snowboarder soars off a jump Feb. 2 at Mountain High Resort in Wrightwood.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Brian van der Brug

Brian van der Brug has been a staff photojournalist at the Los Angeles Times since 1997.

Mel Melcon

Mel Melcon started out with the Los Angeles Times in 1984 as a summer intern, worked on a freelance basis from 1985 to 1997 and then was hired full time. Melcon likes to capture the offbeat and funny side of life in his images. He left The Times in 2024.

Raul Roa

Raul Roa is a photo editor for L.A. Times en Español and the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. He has been with The Times since 2009. Previously, he was the photo editor for Times Community News, working with the Daily Pilot and TimesOC. A lifelong resident of Southern California, Roa is an avid nature and travel photographer and enjoys the challenging world of astrophotography. His passion is to document and tell the unique stories in our communities.

Genaro Molina

Genaro Molina is an award-winning staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times. He has worked in journalism for more than 35 years starting at the San Francisco Chronicle. Molina has photographed the life and death of Pope John Paul II, the tragedy of AIDS in Africa, the impact of Hurricane Katrina, and Cuba after Castro. His work has appeared in nine books and his photographs have been exhibited extensively including at the Smithsonian Institute and the Annenberg Space for Photography.

Robert Gauthier

Robert Gauthier has been with the Los Angeles Times since 1994. He was the photographer for a project detailing the failings of an L.A. public hospital that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for public service. Before The Times, Gauthier worked at the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Escondido Times-Advocate and the Bernardo News in San Diego County, his hometown.

Allen J. Schaben

Los Angeles Times staff photographer Allen J. Schaben is an award-winning journalist capturing a wide range of images over the past 34 years. Before joining The Times, he honed his craft at the Detroit Free Press, Dallas Morning News, Wichita Eagle and Connecticut Post. Schaben earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1993.

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