Cold front and high winds blow through Southland

DWP crews assess damage to a power pole that snapped in half behind a corner shopping mall at the corner of Wilshire and Highland in the mid Wilshire area. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Nov. 16, 2015 10:47 AM PT

Wild weather swept through California, bringing snow to the Sierra Nevada, a damaging tornado to the Central Valley and strong, chilly winds to the Southland.

Traffic officer Joe Ceballos secures the scene where a car was crushed by a giant pine tree that fell across Broadway at 27th Street trapping the driver.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

George Turner takes pictures of a giant pine tree that fell across Broadway at 27th Street in South Los Angeles. “I’ve never seen anything like this in my 50 years,” said Turner.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Janet Sanchez, left, with her mother Bertha Gutierrez, walk “Luna” in the cold morning at the Pasadena Rose Bowl.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Students and their parents wearing cold weather gear wait at a bus stop in Santa Ana while a chilly breeze blows through the Southland.

(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

It’s a cold bicycle ride on Harbor Blvd in Santa Ana while a chilly breeze blows through the Southland.

(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Homeless for the past eight years, Melissa Barrett uses extra blankets to guard against the cold weather while her homelss friend Theresa Sedillo sleeps at her feet in the Santa Ana Civic Center.

(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)