Crews rescue people stranded in California mountains
Search crews have rescued several Californians stranded in the state’s mountain communities. Some residents in the mountains east of Los Angeles will likely remain trapped in their homes for at least another week after the snowfall proved too much to handle for most plows, authorities said. Cars are completely buried, and snow is piled up to the roof of some homes.
Katy Curtis, who lives in the San Bernardino mountain community of Crestline, said she hiked with snowshoes for 5 miles to get a can of gasoline to a family trapped in their house to fuel a generator.
“I’m healthy, so I just thought, well, I can walk, and I did. But it was probably the longest day of my life,” she said. “We’re just all so exhausted in every way.”
Contributing: Robert Bell, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle; The Associated Press