Binder Lopez rides his bike under a fallen traffic signal caused by high Santa Ana winds at the corner of Lake Avenue and Claremont Street, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, in Pasadena, Calif. Some of the fiercest winds in years slam California and move across the West, with gusts near 100 mph flipping trees and trucks, snarling air traffic and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands.
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