Cars travel in rain in downtown Los Gatos, on Thursday, Jan. 5. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
As an aggressive “bomb cyclone” made its way across California yesterday, the area was met with strong winds and moderate rainfall that caused flooding and left tens of thousands of residents without power.
Los Gatos and Saratoga officials said they responded to reports of minor damage like downed trees and ponding after Wednesday night’s peak wind and rainfall, but as of Thursday morning no major damages were reported in the area.
“Fortunately, we’ve been pretty lucky; we’ve had a few downed trees and minor ponding that