A tornado touched down in Santa Cruz County on Saturday, downing trees and flipping over cars, the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office confirmed after surveying the scene.  At 1:39 p.m. on Saturday,

Tornado alley it's not, but a section of California was hit Saturday with a rare tornado that has been blamed for injuring five and flipping vehicles as a storm moved across the state.

A tornado touched down in the Northern California town of Scotts Valley near Santa Cruz Saturday afternoon, flipping cars and knocking down power lines, according to authorities.