


The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has been working to bring additional snow plows and road crews to the county, and personnel from Cal Fire and the California National Guard “are readied to support operations.” Newsom declared a state of emergency for San Bernardino County and 12 others - among them Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties - late Wednesday, with his office saying in a statement that a significant number of state personnel had responded to support San Bernardino County.

And while the state is getting a brief reprieve from the snow through the end of the week, another system is expected to move into Northern California this weekend. Just over 70,000 homes and businesses remained without power early Thursday, days after the first round of winter storms hit California, according to. We are going to people’s houses where they’ve had trees through their houses or some sort of roof collapse and we are evacuating them to our evacuation shelters,” Munsey said. We’re responding to fires in these trapped vehicles. Gavin Newsom to issue a state of emergency in 13 counties, including hard-hit San Bernardino County.Īuthorities there had conducted almost 100 rescues by Wednesday evening, San Bernardino County Fire Chief Dan Munsey said in a news conference, though authorities have not learned of any serious injuries or deaths. (CNN) - Some California residents remain trapped inside their homes after a winter storm dumped feet of snow across the Golden State, prompting Gov.
