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Close-up of the tree that fell on a blue Tesla on Dec. 14 at the Saratoga Farmers' Market. (Courtesy of Rechelle Voris)

A large tree slammed into a blue Tesla parked at the site where the Saratoga Farmers’ Market was being held, earlier this morning.

Onlookers gathered to survey the damage as a rainbow emerged from the clouds overhead.

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There was a break in the storm that caused the tree to smash down, with a rainbow appearing overhead. (Courtesy of Rechelle Voris)

A frost advisory is in effect from late tonight through 9am Sunday morning for much of the region.

“Temperatures will drop to as low as 31°F,” a spokesperson for National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area said on Twitter. “Cold conditions will be hazardous to sensitive populations such as unhoused individuals and sensitive outdoor plants.”

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Authorities are cautioning residents about incoming cold temperatures and high surf at the coast.
(Courtesy of Rechelle Voris)

There’s also a Coastal Flood Advisory in effect until Monday, with a High Surf Advisory until 7pm tonight.

“There are no good reasons to be near the water today,” the agency stated. “Stay safe out there!”

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Drew Penner is an award-winning Canadian journalist whose reporting has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Good Times Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times, Scotts Valley Press Banner, San Diego Union-Tribune, KCRW and the Vancouver Sun. Please send your Los Gatos and Santa Cruz County news tips to [email protected].

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