Rain soaks rich in Beverly Hills

  Jonathan Lovitt ;Carl Weiser

  02/09/1993

  USA Today

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  (Copyright 1993)

  LOS ANGELES - Rain sent Beverly Hills residents scurrying to the tops of their

  cars and turned tony Wilshire Boulevard into a river Monday.

  Joe DeCarlo's new Lexus was submerged: ``It only had 1,134 miles on it. It's

  totaled.''

  Light sprinkles are expected today, but nothing like the 2.3 inches of rain that

  left:

  - Mudslides blocking parts of three major freeways.

  - Furniture floating in apartment lobbies.

  But officials still insist a 5-year drought continues.

  The rain ``didn't fall in the right place,'' says Dean Thompson of the California

  Drought Information Center.