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9 incredible photos of California’s historic winter storm

A visitor stands on a snow-covered road while taking a selfie in the Angeles National Forest near La Canada Flintridge, California, on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. | Jae C. Hong/AP Photo

Winter storm warnings were issued across California this week with snow peppering rarely impacted parts of the state, including the Bay Area, Santa Cruz and even sunny Los Angeles County

As cities across the state experience a winter storm that hasn’t been faced in decades, what’s normally a warm beach state is now being covered with a blanket of snow.

Here are nine photos of the storm’s impact from Wednesday and Thursday.

People walk along a snow-dusted Twin Lakes State Beach in Santa Cruz on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. | Karen Krenis via AP
A car driving at night on a snowy road, with headlights reflecting off raindrops.
A car drives through snowfall in Yosemite National Park on Feb. 22, 2023. | Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images | Source: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
People walk along a snow-covered Twin Lakes State Beach in Santa Cruz on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. | Karen Krenis via AP
A mountain surrounded by clouds with trees in the foreground.
El Capitan is seen as snow blankets Yosemite National Park on Feb. 22, 2023. | Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Photographers rush to shoot sunrise at the Tunnel View point as snow blankets Yosemite National Park on Feb. 22, 2023. | Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
A snow plow clears snow near the 2,200-foot summit of San Marcos Pass along Highway 154 in Santa Barbara County on Feb. 23, 2023. | Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP
Yosemite falls is seen as snow blankets Yosemite National Park on Feb. 22, 2023. | Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
View from the Tunnel View point is pictured as snow blankets Yosemite National Park on Feb. 22, 2023. | Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

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