A branch from a large tree knocked down by high winds rests on the hood of a pickup truck in Hancock Park. (GARY FRIEDMAN/LAT)
Santa Ana winds wreak havoc in the Southland.
Traffic is diverted off the 60 freeway at Central in Chino where gusts downed cable lines. (ROBERT GAUTHIER/LAT)
A CHP officer approaches downed power poles at the intersection of Wood and Laguna roads in Oxnard. (BOB CAREY/LAT)
High winds force Cascella Hupton, 70, to bring down the flag at Fiesta Market Place in Santa Ana. (IRFAN KHAN/LAT)
Shopping carts lie scattered around a Porter Ranch mall parking lot. (ANNE CUSACK/LAT)
Crews struggle to remove downed cable lines from an overpass on the 60 freeway in Chino. (ROBERT GAUTHIER/LAT)
Agricultural workers struggle with sprinklers at Santa Rosa Road and East Las Posas Road north of Thousand Oaks. (BOB CAREY/LAT)
Winds whip palms outside the Lamoreaux Juvenile Justice Center in Orange. (GERALDINE WILKINS/LAT)
