In northern California, lack of visibility led to roads closures along Interstate 80, a major east-west corridor connecting San Francisco, Sacramento and Reno, Nevada. Northeast of LA, parts of State Route 2 along Angeles Crest Highway were closed Friday morning, the department said on Twitter. Parts of the Grapevine were also closed Thursday night due to heavy snow, the department said on Facebook. Parts of Interstate 5 near Santa Clarita, referred to as the Grapevine, were closed Friday afternoon due to a mudslide and snow, the state department of transportation said. The highway, which runs northwest of LA, is a major route connecting the northern and southern parts of the state. Mudslides close Grapevine highway near Santa Clarita Parts of I-80 closed He’s heard of some people sleeping across the street inside the airport, but is wary to try after hearing that the police will start giving citations. “It’s really cold right now, and there’s really not a good place to go,” he said. He’s not sure where he or others might go once the winter shelter closes at the end of the month. He said most nights there are more than 20 people in line. Michael Lee May, 60, has slept at the shelter most nights since it opened in early January, arriving promptly by 4:15 p.m. Julian Garza, 54, said he planned on staying at the shelter tonight due to the cold, but hasn’t stayed there consistently since it opened because, “There’s a limited capacity here, and I don’t want to take a space that could go to someone who is elderly.”īut after waking up one morning this week to find his two sleeping bags “crystalized and stiff” with ice, he decided to try to secure a bed space tonight. Last year’s annual homeless count identified 222 unsheltered homeless people in Palm Springs, the second-highest number in the county after the city of Riverside, with only 15 overnight shelter beds available. The car’s windows are broken, allowing cold air in at night. “It was so cold and windy last night, it felt like what trying to sleep through a tsunami would feel like,” said 62-year-old Cheryl Shannon, who lives in her car in Palm Springs. Unhoused people in Palm Springs are bracing for an atypically cold weekend of wind and rain in the Coachella Valley. Here's what you need to know about Friday's weather: Unusual cold poses challenges for homeless in Palm Springs View Gallery: Photos: Snow falls on the higher elevations around Palm Springs and Joshua Tree, California SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Blizzard will unleash 'real danger' upon unhoused people "The craziest part of this is that you could see anything from this storm," Fox Weather meteorologist Amy Freeze told USA TODAY. "We've talked about blizzard warnings, we've talked about flash flooding, but we can also get serious thunderstorms this morning." Meanwhile, 3 million Californians awoke Friday morning to a winter storm warning stemming from the storm that first rolled into the Golden State the day before, leaving more than 100,000 customers without electricity. Low temperatures were set to reach 40 degrees over the weekend in the area. The chill and the winds together aren’t like anything we’ve felt here that I can remember.” “The wind gusts we’ve experienced were probably the strongest seen. “This is probably the strangest winter we’ve had yet,” said Mindy Kelley, who is from Oregon but has been wintering in Palm Springs for 25 years. Those in Southern California could see snow creeping down the hills to the valley floor Friday morning during what residents described as the weirdest weather in memory. From the inland deserts to the hills of Los Angeles County and north to the Sierra Nevada mountains, California on Friday was experiencing bizarre winter weather from a massive storm that's pushing through the West Coast. Watch Video: Flash floods hit SoCal, stranding cars and prompting evacuations
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