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EXPLAINER: Storms put California levees to the test

California officials are warning that powerful storms are putting rural areas the most at risk of flooding

The Independent UK

Meet a California woman with a job that's literally for the birds

Jackie Kohlman's career as a bird handler kicked off thanks to a simple question: How tall are you?

Fortune

Floods’ Worst Ravages Will Be Visited Upon California’s Poorest

This week's torrent compounds the affordable housing crisis.

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California storm leaves thousands without power, another 'atmospheric river' looms

Utility crews in northern California worked to restore power to tens of thousands of homes on Friday following two days of fierce winds and torrential rain, even as the region braced for another onslaught of stormy weather heading into the weekend.

Reuters

'Grim' Prince Harry has 'haunted eye expression' and is 'keen to retreat', says expert

Prince Harry has been pictured taking his dog for a walk in California in snaps taken before his new memoir Spare began to leak - and according to a body language expert he looks as though he wants to become invisible

Daily Mirror

McCarthy buys time as he tries to lock down speaker votes - Roll Call

Kevin McCarthy was three votes shy of securing the speaker’s gavel on Friday afternoon after flipping 14 of 20 Republicans.

Roll Call

How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts — instead of watching epic atmospheric river rainfall drain into the Pacific

California has seen so much rain over the past few weeks that farm fields are inundated and normally dry creeks and drainage ditches have become torrents of water racing toward the ocean. Yet, most of the state remains in severe drought.

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Pacific storm leaves over 60,000 still without power in California

More than 60,000 homes and businesses were still without power in California early Friday, according to data from , after a massive Pacific storm unleashed high winds, torrential rains and heavy snow across the state.

Reuters

California Continues Chasing People Away

California's economy is growing despite Gov. Gavin Newsom's policies, not because of them.

Reason

The rising onslaught of noise

Noise pollution is getting harder and harder to escape in urban areas

Salon

California woman wins ‘largest possible’ amount from scratch-off lottery

Mary Higelin has become the fourth person in the state lottery’s history to win the prize

The Independent UK

Democratic congressman Jimmy Gomez wears baby in carrier during House speaker votes

California congressman Jimmy Gomez brought his four-month-old son, Hodge, to work on Capitol Hill as chaos over the next Speaker of the House continues

The Independent UK

Commentary: How to save all that water from the atmospheric river

California has seen so much rain in the last few weeks that farm fields are inundated and normally dry creeks and drainage ditches have become torrents of water racing toward the ocean. At the same time, most of the state is still in severe drought.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: A dangerous dip in confidence in vaccines puts kids at risk from preventable disease

We live in an age of advanced scientific knowledge that produces vaccines that can ward off diseases such as measles, rubella, mumps and polio. We also live in an age when an increasing number of parents want the option of not vaccinating their children against these highly contagious and potentially…

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Editorial: The drought is over now, right? (Spoiler alert: No)

The storms keep coming, one after another after another, like a series of fire-hose blasts so relentless that meteorologists use terms like “atmospheric river,” “bomb cyclone” and “bombogenesis.” What happened to our formerly gentle old winter visitor, the “pineapple express”? Cities and highways have flooded in Northern California, and the…

The Independent UK

McCarthy defiant despite 11th humiliating defeat: ‘It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish’

California Republican’s string of defeats lead to longest speaker contest in more than a century

Evening Standard

Republican right-wingers derail 11th attempt to elect Kevin McCarthy as speaker of US House of Representatives

‘Apparently I like to make history’, says California Republican

The Independent UK

California's Newsom to launch 2nd term with contrast to GOP

California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to kick off his second term by comparing his leadership style to that of Republican governors and former President Donald Trump

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Bay Area storm: Thousands without power as damage assessments begin, with more storms to follow

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Francisco Bay Area began cleaning up Thursday from a punishing storm that left tens of thousands of people in the dark, flooded coastal businesses and killed two people, even as two more atmospheric river storms line up in the Pacific, poised to hit California…

Los Angeles Times

After storm slams Southern California, here are the risks that remain

LOS ANGELES — Another menacing storm front moved through Southern California early Thursday, bringing rain, flash flood concerns, strong winds and dangerous surf as the region was still reeling from a moisture-rich atmospheric river that pounded the entire state in recent days.

Los Angeles Times

House adjourns for night after Kevin McCarthy amasses 11 speaker vote losses

WASHINGTON — The House adjourned Thursday with Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California still in search of more than a dozen elusive votes to become speaker.

Los Angeles Times

Historic deadlock continues: McCarthy takes another loss on 11th speaker ballot

WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California failed Thursday in five more attempts to be elected speaker, extending the saga over which Republican will succeed Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

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Dramatic video shows impact of ‘atmospheric river’ storms on Monterey Peninsula’s golf courses in California

Monterey Peninsula and its famed golf courses are pounded by extreme weather steered by an 'atmospheric river.'

Tribune News Service

Cisco Bay Area job cuts widen with hundreds more worker layoffs

SAN JOSE, California — Cisco Systems has disclosed plans to jettison well over 600 jobs in the Bay Area, an ominous signal that the tech sector’s brutal season of layoffs in this region has extended into 2023.

Los Angeles Times

Historic deadlock continues: McCarthy takes another loss on 10th speaker ballot

WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California on Thursday failed in four more attempts to be elected speaker, extending the saga to determine which Republican will succeed Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

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