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California hit by 955 floods and mudslides in 2 weeks now faces 3 more atmospheric rivers

The death toll from California's relentless stream of extreme storm systems rose to 18 today.

Axios

Rep. Barbara Lee tells colleagues she plans to run for Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland, a seasoned progressive with more than three decades immersed in California politics, on Wednesday told congressional colleagues she plans to run for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024.

Los Angeles Times

The 9 states with laws restricting assault weapons after Illinois enacted ban

Assault weapons have been inked to some of the deadliest mass shootings in the the U.S in the past decade.

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Death toll rises to 18 in California as new storms hit battered communties

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — From the Pacific coast to the Central Valley, California communities battered by days of destructive flooding began repair and cleanup efforts as the weather-weary state found itself in the path of yet another in a parade of storms.

Los Angeles Times

California reservoirs are filling quickly, boosting water supplies after years of drought

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Across the San Francisco Bay Area and California, the past two weeks of soaking storms have brought mudslides, floods and power outages. They’ve also brought something not seen in years: billions of gallons of water rushing into reservoirs, renewing hopes that the state’s relentless drought may…

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Investors mock Elon Musk's bid to move Tesla buyout trial

Lawyers for Tesla shareholders suing the electric vehicle maker’s CEO Elon Musk over a misleading tweet are urging a federal judge to reject the billionaire’s request to move an upcoming trial to Texas from California

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Death toll rises to 18, cleanup continues as another storm targets California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Repair and cleanup efforts were continuing across California on Wednesday, even as the weather-weary state found itself in the path of yet another in a seemingly ceaseless parade of storms.

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California snowpack skyrockets to two-decade high, putting 'serious dent' in drought

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The California snowpack is the largest the state has seen at this time of year in over two decades, as yet another atmospheric river is forecast to dump several feet of additional snow in parts of the Sierra by Monday morning.

Tribune News Service

Biden administration commends new assault weapon ban in Illinois

Illinois joins eight other US states, including California and New York, in banning the sale of military-style firearms.

Al Jazeera

Heavy rain is still hitting California. A few reservoirs figured out how to capture more for drought

Decades-old rules mean most reservoirs aren't allowed to fill up in the winter. A new approach using weather forecasts is helping some save more water to help with California's drought.

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California parents describe horror of losing 5-year-old son swept away by floodwaters

LOS ANGELES — Just like any other Monday, Lindsy Doan was driving her 5-year-old son Kyle to Lillian Larsen Elementary School in San Miguel, where she works as a special education teacher and her son is a kindergartner.

Los Angeles Times

‘We’re just trying to get help to residents’: Another storm targets California as cleanup continues

Repair and cleanup efforts were continuing across California on Wednesday, even as the weather-weary state found itself in the path of yet another in a seemingly ceaseless parade of storms.

Los Angeles Times

Sacramento's iconic tree canopy turns destructive in storms

California's capital city is known for the many trees that fill up its parks and line its streets

The Independent UK

Here's how to help California amid the devastating historic storms

Atmospheric rivers continue to unleash relentless, destructive rainfall across the state.

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Storm-ravaged California scrambles as fresh atmospheric river rolls in

Newest round of storms expected to produce torrential downpours and gale force winds along the northern coast

The Independent UK

Palm Springs residents rescued as California’s desert city is hit by flash floods

Officials say at least 17 people killed by string of intense winter storms across state

The Conversation

What does climate change mean for extreme waves? In 80% of the world, we don't really know

Across much of the world’s oceans, waves are getting bigger. In the Southern Ocean, where storm-driven swell can propagate halfway across the world to California, the average wave has grown about 20cm in the past 30 years.

Daily Mirror

Child, 5, swept away by raging stormwater still missing as search only finds his shoe

Rescuers have been unable to find 5-year-old Kyle Doan after he was swept away by the deadly storm near Paso Robles, California, US, while he was on his way to school

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California braces for a lot more rain amidst flooding, mudslides and sinkholes

Death toll has hit at least 17 so far.

Reuters

California is deluged by record rain with more storms coming

The seventh consecutive atmospheric river since Christmas dumped more rain on Northern California on Wednesday, offering little relief for a state already battered by floods, gale force winds, power outages and evacuations of entire towns.

Reason

Private Employee's Claim That He Was Fired for Political Tweet Can Proceed Under California Statutes

In Surdak v. DXC Technology (decided Dec. 20 by Judge Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr. (C.D. Cal.), but just posted a few days ago on Westlaw), plaintiff claimed he was fired (1) because of his "complaints … that he was not being paid all his wages" and (2) "in retaliation for posting…

Los Angeles Times

With opioid overdoses still on the rise, more regular people are carrying Narcan

SAN FRANCISCO — Monica Clayton was standing in line at a Burger King on Market Street in downtown San Francisco just before 7 a.m. when a frantic man ran into the restaurant.

Los Angeles Times

Newsom budget includes naloxone for middle and high schools while largely avoiding cuts

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday pledged to provide naloxone — the overdose reversal drug — to every middle and high school, a low-cost but pressing need in a proposed education spending plan that would sustain school budgets but largely end a massive recent expansion of K-12 and college funding.

Los Angeles Times

Will XBB.1.5, the latest omicron subvariant, fuel another California COVID surge? What we know

LOS ANGELES — The latest omicron subvariant — perhaps the most infectious yet — has gained a foothold in California, a potentially problematic development given the possibility of a post-holiday spike.

Los Angeles Times

Crushed by falling trees. Drowned in floodwaters. The deadly toll of California storms worsens

LOS ANGELES — A toddler crushed by falling trees. A 5-year-old swept away by floodwaters before his mother's eyes and still missing. Three bodies recovered from inside or near submerged vehicles on a rural stretch of freeway.

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