Crews clean up after massive tree crushes cars in Woodland Hills

January 16, 2023

A large tree that some say was more than 200 years old toppled Saturday in Woodland Hills, crushing several vehicles in a shopping center on the 23300 block of Mulholland Drive, and crews were on scene Sunday working to clean up the massive mess and assess the damage.

A massive tree toppled Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, and crushed at least four cars at a shopping center on the 23300 block of Mulholland Drive in Woodland Hills. One of the crushed vehicles is seen on Sunday. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)

A large tree-trimming crew on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, begins cleaning up the remnants of a massive tree that toppled and crushed at least four cars at a shopping center in Woodland Hills. The tree fell at the strip mall on the 23300 block of Mulholland Drive on Saturday. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)

Sheri Freeman, right, whose 2020 black Mazda was damaged, watches tree-trimming crews began cleaning up the mess Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, after a massive tree toppled and crushed at least four cars at a shopping center in Woodland Hills. It’s still not clear what exactly caused the tree — which some say could be 200 years old — to split and come crashing down. Some speculate it could’ve been the recent heavy rains and even recent construction in the area. The tree fell at the strip mall on the 23300 block of Mulholland Drive on Saturday. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)

People on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, collect acorns from a massive tree that some say was more than 200 years old when it fell Saturday at the strip mall on the 23300 block of Mulholland Drive in Woodland Hills. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)

While a crew on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, continued cutting and removing what was left of the tree that crushed at least four cars on Saturday on Mulholland Drive in Woodland Hills, Craig Nelson and his son Chris gather wood from the operation for fire. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)

A roofing crew surveys the damage Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, after f a massive tree toppled and crushed at least four cars Saturday at the strip mall on the 23300 block of Mulholland Drive in Woodland Hills. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)

People take photos as a large tree-trimming crew on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, begins cleaning up the remnants of a massive tree that toppled and crushed at least four cars at a shopping center in Woodland Hills. The tree fell at the strip mall on the 23300 block of Mulholland Drive on Saturday. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)