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Members of the County of Los Angeles Fire Department Swiftwater rescue team rescues a stranded man, left, from the waters in the Los Angeles River Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. A California storm has moved on from the soggy north to the desperately dry south, which has seen hardly a drop in recent weeks. Flash flood watches and warnings were issued for areas up and down the state, especially those where brushfires had denuded hillsides and mountain slopes. (Matt Hartman via AP)
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Members of the County of Los Angeles Fire Department Swiftwater Rescue Team rescues a man, center, from flood waters in the Los Angeles River Thursday, Jan . 5, 2017. A California storm has moved on from the soggy north to the desperately dry south, which has seen hardly a drop in recent weeks. Flash flood watches and warnings were issued for areas up and down the state, especially those where brushfires had denuded hillsides and mountain slopes. (Matt Hartman via AP)
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Coast Guard and Los Angeles Fire Department rescue boats search the waters around the Port of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, after numerous cruise ship passengers reported seeing a helicopter go down in the area. A search-and-rescue operation at Los Angeles Harbor went through the night and continued Thursday despite rainy conditions, Petty Officer Sondra-Kay Kneen said. (Chuck Bennett/The Daily Breeze via AP)
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A rescue boat searches the waters around the Port of Los Angeles breakwater Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, morning in heavy fog after numerous cruise ship passengers reported seeing a helicopter go down in the area Wednesday night. Coast Guard officials searching the waters of Los Angeles Harbor say there's no sign of a two-person helicopter that went missing after taking off from an LA-area airport. (Chuck Bennett/The Daily Breeze via AP)
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A rescue boat searches the waters around the Port of Los Angeles breakwater Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, morning in heavy fog after numerous cruise ship passengers reported seeing a helicopter go down in the area Wednesday night. Coast Guard officials searching the waters of Los Angeles Harbor say there's no sign of a two-person helicopter that went missing after taking off from an LA-area airport. (Chuck Bennett/The Daily Breeze via AP)
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A rescue boat searches the waters around the Port of Los Angeles breakwater Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, morning in heavy fog after numerous cruise ship passengers reported seeing a helicopter go down in the area Wednesday night. Coast Guard officials searching the waters of Los Angeles Harbor say there's no sign of a two-person helicopter that went missing after taking off from an LA-area airport. (Chuck Bennett/The Daily Breeze via AP)
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In this image taken from video and released by the U.S. Coast Guard, four offshore supply vessels extinguish a fire on an oil production platform fire 80 miles south off Grand Isle, La., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2016. The pre-dawn fire has been extinguished on an oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico, and there is no sign of pollution in the area, authorities said Thursday. There were no reports of injuries. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)
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A private security guard talks to a driver arriving at the homes of Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Reynolds died Dec. 28 at the age of 84, a day after her daughter died at the age of 60. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Journalists stand outside the homes of Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Reynolds died Dec. 28 at the age of 84, a day after her daughter died at the age of 60. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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A private security guard tells journalists to cross the street outside the homes of Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Reynolds died Dec. 28 at the age of 84, a day after her daughter died at the age of 60. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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This Dec. 14, 2016 photo shows actor Adam Driver poses for a portrait in New York. Driver stars in the films, "Paterson," and "Silence." (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
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This Dec. 14, 2016 photo shows actor Adam Driver poses for a portrait in New York. Driver stars in the films, "Paterson," and "Silence." (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
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This Dec. 14, 2016 photo shows actor Adam Driver poses for a portrait in New York. Driver stars in the films, "Paterson," and "Silence." (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
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This Dec. 14, 2016, photo shows actor Adam Driver poses for a portrait in New York. Driver stars in the films, "Paterson," and "Silence." (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
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FILE - In this July 20, 2016 file photo, "Pokemon Go" players begin a group walk along the Embarcadero in San Francisco. "Pokemon Go" was widely blamed as a potential distraction hazard to pedestrians. However, a search of news articles turned up only two pedestrian fatalities involving active players. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez,File)
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Jenn Vernick skies down Ourzo trees while it dumps snow on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Vail, Colo. Stiff winds toppled a towering evergreen tree into an Oregon home, killing an 8-year-old girl, while blizzard conditions closed major highways and triggered a small avalanche in the Sierra Nevada on Wednesday as wet winter storms pummeled much of the West. Heavy snow was also expected in Colorado. (Chris Dillmann/Vail Daily via AP)
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A man drives a motorbike vending cart on a road flooded by an overflowing lake on Ko Samui, Thailand Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Heavy rains battering parts of Thailand are causing localized flooding on the resort island during a peak tourist season. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck)
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A woman looks at an overflowing lake on Ko Samui, Thailand Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Heavy rains battering parts of Thailand are causing localized flooding on the resort island during a peak tourist season. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck)
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Tourists wear flotation devices and moped riders pause before crossing a flooded roadway on Ko Samui, Thailand Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Heavy rains battering parts of Thailand are causing localized flooding on the resort island during a peak tourist season. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck)
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A woman leaves Jordan's Fish and Chicken following a fatal early morning shooting Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. Indianapolis police said multiple men had been found fatally shot inside the restaurant following what a co-owner said is an apparent robbery. (Kelly Wilkinson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)