Rare tornado causes heavy damage near Los Angeles

(TODD STARNES) – Five people are dead and tens of thousands without power and under evacuation warnings in California as the latest storm packing wind-blown rain and snow threatened to bring more flooding to the rain-soaked state. The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said one person was killed and another injured Tuesday when a large tree fell onto their car in Walnut Creek. Another person was killed when a tree fell onto a vehicle in the San Mateo County community of Portola Valley, the California Highway Patrol said, reports...