supposed to be gone by 10:00 a.m. let's revisit the first part of the story, cold in the east, drought in the west. california is facing a historic drought situation, but the soggy irony is the rain coming won't help. just too much all at once as much of the state expected to get hammered over the next couple of days with heavy rain and snow. that could spell disaster in that mudslide prone area with the foot hills east of l.a. michaela pereira went out there to cover the oscars but the news comes first. >> reporter: that old saying chris be careful what you wish for. california needed rain desperately. here it comes. right now so much of it, so fast all at once it's expected and that's what's putting folks on alert. officials and residents on high alert overnight as the latest pacific storm system threatens to wreak havoc on the west coast. dumping up to six inches of rain