On Jan. 18, the deep freeze of the prior two weeks gave way to fine skating weather before the mercury blew through 50 degrees over the weekend and initiated a general thaw. Families took advantage of the short weather window to play hockey and take a few turns around the ice rink at Big Ball Park in Riverside. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
On Jan. 18, the deep freeze of the prior two weeks gave way to fine skating weather before the mercury blew through 50 degrees over the weekend and initiated a general thaw. Families took advantage of the short weather window to play hockey and take a few turns around the ice rink at Big Ball Park in Riverside.