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Like a winter wonderland here. two feet of snow building behind me and we're expecting so much for as you see how quickly that snow is falling here. you're seeing and hearing the plows trying to make a dent, but the snowfall rates are definitely challenging things here creating travel headaches across the region. more than 115,000 customers in the golden state, across the golden state without power. meanwhile, major freeways like i-5 and the grapevine remain closed. snowy conditions there, no word on when that will reopen and other issues, lower elevation levels. l.a. seeing major flooding the...

The historic to thetic coast to coast winter storm is clobbering parts of california with heavy rain and snow. icy roads sending this big rig swerving off the road in bakersfield. the first snowfall in the city since 1999. fox weather correspondent nicole valdes has more. >> reporter: good morning. we're just about an hour outside los angeles. 4200 feet in elevation, and you're looking at more than a foot of snow piled up here behind me. in the town of mount baldy, this is an area that's going to be digging out for maybe another day as we're expecting much more snow to fall, several feet here ...

Snow is. it is pretty deep. this is the street. it is closed and you can't even see anything. we're very close to the i-5. we' 're essentially on the grapevine. that has been closed throughout the morning. it has been snowing steadily all day long. a lot of people that were stuck here have left because the i-5 opened just for a few hours overnight. early this morning, authorities saying it is dangerous again to be out on the roads. yes, it is beautiful, yes, it is rare, but of course, it could also be dangerous, especially if you're driving. here are some of the drivers that were stranded here...

Snow and icy conditions have caused the Grapevine along I-5 to close for a second time Saturday morning.

I-5 closed down and now we can't leave. >> reporter: so there is one s semi that's still here because they cannot leave. higher elevations expecting 7 or 8 feet of snow, lower elevations maybe 3 or 4 feet of snow. there's a lot of rain in l.a. at the moment. further south and further east they're also experiencing some snow, rain and wind. you can see wind gusts up to 75-80 miles per hour right now. right now about 120,000 people in l.a. county and around the state are without power. so it is difficult for a lot of people that are going through this. it could be historic as well. scientists sa...