Jayson Carpenter, right, his wife Shane, and next door neighbor Kristen McBride, center, embrace after strong winds hitting San Diego County knocked over a large Torrey pine tree in front of the home (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)Shane Carpenter shows where she was when a large Torrey pine tree fell over due to strong winds at the home she and her husband. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)A car parked on Oxford Avenue in Cardiff-by-the-Sea was damaged by a Torrey pine tree that fell due to the strong winds hitting San Diego County on Wednesday, December 24, 2025. No one was injured. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)Jayson Carpenter, right, and his wife Shane, center, look at the large Torrey pine in front of the home they rent on Oxford Avenue in Cardiff-by-the-Sea after it fell because of strong winds hitting San Diego County on Wednesday. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)Jessica Dessing, left, held her donut and coffee close as she and daughters Kat Dessing, center, and Jillian Dessing, all of San Diego fought of the wind and blowing sand at Shipwrecks Beach in Coronado for the Santa Surf event. URT clothing company held their 15th annual Santa Surf and Toy Drive at Shipwrecks Beach in Coronado behind the Coronado Shores Towers Christmas Eve morning. (John Gastaldo / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)Heavy weather from a Pineapple Express storm hit Coronado before noon Wednesday, downing branches, causing major whitecaps to form in San Diego Bay and two sailboats to drag anchor in Glorietta Bay. (John Gastaldo / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)Two sailboats dragged anchor in Glorietta Bay by the Coronado Golf Course. (John Gastaldo / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)Whitecaps formed in windy weather and stressed sailboats at anchor in this view looking toward the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge with the Naked Warrior U.S. Navy SEALs statue in the foreground. (John Gastaldo / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)The U.S. flag danced in the wind in Coronado at midday. (John Gastaldo / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)Crews clear debris after branches from tree at the corner of Marlborough Avenue and Wightman Street in City Heights fell and killed a man during high winds Wednesday. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)An arborist inspects a tree at the corner of Marlborough Avenue and Wightman Street in City Heights where earlier branches fell and killed a man during high winds on December 24, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)A tree trimmer prepares to cut branches on a tree at the corner of Marlborough Avenue and Wightman Street in City Heights where earlier branches fell and killed a man on December 24, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)A tree trimmer prepares to cut branches on a tree at the corner of Marlborough Avenue and Wightman Street in City Heights where earlier branches fell and killed a man Wednesday. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)An advertising sign for Starbucks, Jersey Mike's Subs and Chipotle fell on a sedan and a van (shown) during a wind storm on December 24, 2025 in National City, CA. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
ccAn advertising sign for Starbucks, Jersey Mike’s Subs and Chipotle fell on a sedan and a van during a wind storm on December 24, 2025 in National City, CA. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
An advertising sign for Starbucks, Jersey Mike's Subs and Chipotle fell on a sedan and a van during a wind storm on December 24, 2025 in National City, CA. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)Traffic backs up on southbound I-805 in Mission Valley after after a series of accidents during a storm on December 24, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)Traffic backs up on southbound I-805 in Normal Heights after after a series of accidents during a storm on December 24, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
