First Snow in SoCal

We don't get winter here in SoCal (they say it will come later, but I don't believe them). Instead we get fires. Yesterday there was a particularly bad bout of them. The wind had subsided today, but they were still working on some spots.
I first became aware of the fire when I saw the smoke out my window:
Some of the fire was somewhat near my place (a mile or so maybe). I could see some of the flames from my mailbox:
I walked down the street a ways and I could see more fire:
Later in the day, the smoke began to role in and soon it was blocking the sun, which was ok because it was almost 90degrees out.

Today when I went to church, there was still a lot of smoke in the air, and there was a thin layer of white ash on the roads. It blew around like a little snow flurry:
I guess that is as close I am going to get to a snowy winter.

PS. I also received my new bicycle yesterday. I haven't done much with it because of the fire and smoke and such, but there will be a post about that soon.