Heavy snow closes freeways as Southern California braces for worst of storm

People snowboard and sled down a hill as they revel in the rare sight of falling snow in Southern California at Yucaipa Community Park in Yucaipa o...

March 2, 2023
4:30 AM

People snowboard and sled down a hill as they revel in the rare sight of falling snow in Southern California at Yucaipa Community Park in Yucaipa on Thursday. The National Weather Service issued its first-ever blizzard warning for the San Bernardino County mountains, following a similar warning for Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Southern California has only gotten a taste of the powerful winter storm system that forecasters say will bring an extended period of cold temperatures, high winds and snow, prompting the region's first blizzard warning on record.

Allen J. Schaben