3 killed as winter slams California

Three people were killed by fallen debris in blustery Northern California, roads flooded in Arizona and dozens of cars became stranded in snowy rural Nevada as winter weather barreled through the West.A wind advisory remained in effect for much of California on Friday, with gusts up to 45 mph expected and power knocked out for tens of thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers. Rain was expected to continue through Saturday morning in the desert Southwest.The three deaths happened Thursday. A man was killed in Oakland when a power line fell to the ground and electrocuted him, according to The Contra Costa Times. Another man died in Oakland less than an hour later as he tried to avoid debris in the road. Neither man has been identified.In Yuba County, Sherri Pesich, 52, died when part of a 30-inch tree fell on a parked car in which she was sitting, Undersheriff Jerry Read said. Another woman in the car was taken to a hospital; her condition was unknown.