( CNN ) -- Southern California residents and recovery crews continued their cleanup efforts Saturday , two days after powerful winds downed power lines , damaged structures and caused other devastation . `` From what we have been told , this was probably the worst windstorm to hit this particular area in over a decade , '' said Bob Spencer , a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works . While the weather was good Saturday , with clear skies and high temperatures in the 60s , that did n't mean the headaches were over . Residents still faced the prospect of new wildfires breaking out and spreading -- as evidenced by the red-flag warning in effect through Sunday morning in Los Angeles and Ventura counties . The National Weather Service issued the warning -- which means that conditions are favorable for fire to grow rapidly if it ignites -- through Sunday morning due to gusty northeast winds and low relative humidity . The strong winds that continued to blow Saturday , though , were well short of the hurricane-force gusts measured Thursday and Friday . It was an extreme manifestation of a regional reality : Santa Ana winds , a condition in which strong winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions , according to the National Weather Service . The weather service reported gusts stronger than 140 mph along the Sierra Crest mountain ridge , while there were roughly 100 mph-hour winds in the San Gabriel Mountain Foothills of southern California , said Southern California Edison spokesman Gil Alexander . Widespread damage in southwestern California led Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich to issue a state of emergency `` to ensure that state and federal financial resources are available to serve county residents impacted by the windstorms . '' The effects are still being felt . Southern California Edison , for example , had 77,400 customers still without power as of 5 p.m. PT ( 8 p.m . ET ) on Saturday , said Alexander . And the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reported in an online news release that , as of 3 p.m. , about 7,000 households in its coverage area still did n't have electricity . Those numbers , while significant , mark a major drop from those reported several days ago . More than 200,000 of the Los Angeles utility 's customers did n't have power at one point , while Edison had about 250,000 in the dark , said Alexander . `` Four hours ago , we had over 90,000 customers without power , '' Alexander said early Saturday evening . `` That tells you crews are making progress , rather than responding to more outages . '' Communities along the San Gabriel Mountain foothills , where he lives -- including Monrovia , Sierra Madre and La Canada Flintridge -- suffered especially extensive damage in Edison 's territory . Alexander said that the utility had more than 500 personnel out working and urged residents to steer clear of power-lines for their own safety . Los Angeles County also had `` several hundred personnel spanned out across '' the county to deal with fallen trees and clear out debris , said Spencer . That includes 50 county public works personnel alone in the hard-hit city of Pasadena , with the spokesman estimating they would be there for at least a week . One positive , aside from gusty if not likely damaging winds , is that the weather appears to be cooperating . In Pasadena , conditions are forecast to be sunny or mostly sunny , with day-time highs in 60s and nighttime lows in the 40s , all next week , according to the weather service .
85,000 households were still without power Saturday evening , two houses down . Hundreds of firefighters and public workers are out to clean up debris , restoring power . A County spokesman said the windstorm ` ` probably the worst '' in over a decade .