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Golden State Goes Gray: Californians Battle Floods As Record-Setting Rainfall Showers L.A.

This week, California was inundated by yet another wave of storms that brought the state record-breaking rainfall.

Zenger

US banking giants pledge $30bn to prop up First Republic Bank

Leaders of top US financial agencies say move is ‘welcome’ amid fears California-based lender could be next to collapse.

Al Jazeera

The One-Way Rent Control Ratchet

The allegedly smart balance "anti-rent gouging" policies have struck between supply and stability is already unraveling.

Reason

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Mizzou basketball erupts in second half for first NCAA Tournament victory in 13 years

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Dennis Gates and the Missouri basketball team are sticking around California.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Virgin Orbit ‘pauses’ operations in wake of UK space launch failure

Staff reportedly furloughed as California firm announces ‘operational pause’

The Independent UK

California county offers top job to secessionist leader

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors has offered the job of running the day-to-day-operations of its government to a top figure in the New California movement pushing to split California into two states.

Los Angeles Times

Republicans made gains in Latino-majority districts in California, 2022 election figures show

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new report shows Republicans are gaining footholds in some California electoral districts where Latinos make up the majority population, a development that might concern some Democrats moving forward.

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California storms flood strawberry farms, others in valley

A potential casualty of the powerful rainstorms that drenched coastal California and flooded rivers is hundreds of acres of strawberries

The Independent UK

Snoop Dogg review – rap icon still dropping it like it’s hot

The veteran rapper may now be walking a fine line between parody and pantomime, but his California flow and copper-bottomed classics remain irresistible

The Guardian - UK

Sheriff says gun permit fraud investigation turned over to California attorney general

LOS ANGELES — Six months after his predecessor announced a criminal investigation into an alleged fraud scheme involving some of the deputies responsible for issuing concealed carry licenses, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna confirmed this week that he has turned the matter over to state prosecutors.

Los Angeles Times

The sog slog continues: Forecast calls for even more rain through March

LOS ANGELES — Californians shouldn't put the rain gear away quite yet. March is expected to continue roaring like a lion beyond mid-month.

Los Angeles Times

Thomas Kinkade’s serene paintings hung in one of 20 American homes — as he hid a vault of tortured art

The art of Thomas Kinkade became a Nineties phenomenon as collectors and the American public clamoured for his pieces while critics rolled their eyes. But the ‘Painter of Light’ was battling personal demons as business woes and scandal plagued the empire before his death at 54 — and a new…

The Independent UK

Dramatic drone photos show where land gave way under cliffside residences in San Clemente

LOS ANGELES — Four San Clemente, California, buildings were yellow-tagged Wednesday after a landslide that followed heavy rains.

Los Angeles Times

Dragging California’s Child Care Crisis Into the Light

With parents forced to quit work to replace workers they can’t afford, the child care system is in full disarray.

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A train carrying corn syrup derails in Arizona

About eight train cars went off the tracks Wednesday evening in Mohave County, Ariz., near the California border. The incident follows a recent string of high-profile train derailments.

The Independent UK

Newsom to start California tour with homelessness proposal

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce plans for the state to pay to build 1,200 small homes to help house the homeless population

Los Angeles Times

At this California prison, 'we are no longer prisoners. We are professionals'

LANCASTER, Calif. — Before the graduates strode in to the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance," their prison blues peeking out from under their gowns, correctional officer John Janvrin encouraged them not to rush.

The Conversation

Is the Western drought finally ending? That depends on where you look

After three years of extreme drought, the Western U.S. is finally getting a break. Mountain ranges are covered in deep snow, and water reservoirs in many areas are filling up following a series of atmospheric rivers that brought record rain and snowfall to large parts of the region.

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Los Angeles Times

Companies are diversifying their corporate boards. But Latinos are left behind

Cisco Systems, the multinational tech giant based in San Jose, has no Latino on its board of directors.

USAFacts

Which states have the highest and lowest rates of homelessness?

New York, Vermont, and Oregon have the highest rates of homelessness across the 50 states.

Salon

Calif.'s intensifying atmospheric rivers

As storms get warmer and wetter, the state's flood control system is struggling to keep up

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Autopsy of ‘Cop City’ activist shot by police still incomplete

Manuel Paez Terán’s family say other state agencies have also failed to release information about activist’s death. Plus, how the first Twitter-fuelled bank run played out

Asharq Al-Awsat

SVB Collapse Dominates Discussions at Financial Sector Conference in Saudi Arabia

The collapse of the California-based Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) dominated most sessions and workshops of the Financial Sector Conference in Riyadh. The repercussions of SVB’s recent bankruptcy caused shock and confusion worldwide, especially for economies that fear that the crisis will spillover to their financial institutions. Saudi Minister of Finance…

InsideEVs

Tesla 4680 Battery Cell Factory At Keto Road Got Several Improvements, Filings Show

Tesla’s Kato Road facility in Fremont, California, is constantly being improved, with expansions, upgrades, and new equipment being installed nearly every month.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Why rain-on-snow floods from atmospheric rivers could get much worse

California’s latest atmospheric rivers are sending rainfall higher into the mountains and onto the state’s crucial snowpack. The rain alone is a problem for low-lying areas already dealing with destructive flooding, but the prospect of rain on the deep mountain snow has triggered widespread flood warnings.

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