Rain Ahead: Do You Have Your Sand Bags Ready?

wants locals to start setting up sand bags now, before the weekend rain begins.

Allied Waste provided a large sand bin in the parking lot of in La Crescenta. Most of the area sand bags have deteriorated over time and need to be replaced and or reinstalled, according to the CV Town Council website. 

Many of the sandbag buffers erected last winter atop Ocean View Boulevard, a La Cañada street that frequently floods and suffered mudslides after the 2009 Station Fire, man need to be repaired or replaced.

Here's a look at the forecast from the National Weather Service:

Friday: A 10 percent chance of showers after 4 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59 degrees. Calm wind becoming south between 10 and 15 mph.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers before 10 p.m., then a chance of drizzle after 10 p.m. Patchy fog after 10 p.m. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 47 degrees. South southeast wind between 5 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

Saturday: A chance of drizzle before 10 a.m. Patchy fog before 10 a.m. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 56 degrees. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain after 10 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47 degrees.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54 degrees.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48 degrees.