Volunteers with shovels have arrived in Southern California mountain communities to help clear walkways and driveways of residents who have been confined to their homes since a historic blizzard dumped more than six feet of snow
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He and his wife had enough food to get through the 10 days until volunteers finally arrived Wednesday to help clear roughly 10 feet of snow piled up outside their house in Lake Arrowhead. They had been running low on blood pressure medication, but teams had come a day earlier to resupply them in the upscale mountain community where Zagorsky has lived for more than two decades.
Snow piled high above many homes' first-floor windows and residents who could get out trekked on foot to buy groceries from stores with near-empty shelves or picked up boxes of donated food at a distribution center.. The power went out in many communities and authorities reported possible gas leaks and storm-related fires. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared emergencies in 13 of California's 58 counties beginning March 1, including in San Bernardino County.
About 8 miles to the west, along a winding two-lane road, volunteers were also digging out homes in Crestline, a working class mountain community of 9,300 residents. A team of state firefighters shoveled off the roof of the town library. A line of residents walked along freshly plowed roads to pick up boxes of food at a distribution center.
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