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Explainer-What are atmospheric rivers and bomb cyclones?

Atmospheric rivers are storms akin to rivers in the sky that dump massive amounts of rain and can cause flooding, trigger mudslides and result in loss of life and enormous property damage.

Reuters

California's 'Pineapple Express' relents, with some areas starting cleanup efforts

Another huge winter storm has slammed California's coastal and inland areas with strong winds and heavy rain and snow. It has downed power lines and closed roads and is linked to at least two deaths.

WEKU

Report says California plan to reach ambitious emissions reduction goals lacks ‘clear strategy’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Legislative Analyst’s Office on Wednesday criticized a recently adopted state plan outlining how California will meet ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, saying it lacked “a clear strategy” and “specificity.”

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Tesla Reminds California How Much It Contributes To Its Economy

Tesla says it employs 47,000 people in California, which represents almost half its global workforce, and paid $400 million in state and local taxes in 2021.

InsideEVs

This WWII weapons bunker has a new mission: Sheltering a scientist’s insect collection

LOS ANGELES — A World War II-era weapons bunker in Irvine has a new mission — sheltering preserved insect specimens.

Los Angeles Times

High winds, torrential rains lash California, killing at least two

A massive Pacific storm unleashed high winds, torrential rains and heavy snow across California for a second day on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and disrupting road travel with flash floods, rock slides and toppled trees.

Reuters

The XBB.1.5 variant is taking over on the East Coast. Will it happen in California too?

LOS ANGELES — You may have come home with it after a recent trip to New England. Or you may have gotten it from that friend or family member who flew in from New York over the holidays.

Los Angeles Times

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Marilyn Manson sexual assault lawsuit dismissed without prejudice

A California court has dismissed Ashley Morgan Smithline’s lawsuit alleging sexual assault against the rock star, after her legal counsel withdrew

The Guardian - UK

California’s aging levees are being pushed to the breaking point by climate whiplash

LOS ANGELES — The pounding rains of New Year’s Eve had ceased, but the pastures, freeways and neighborhoods surrounding the tiny community of Wilton continued to disappear beneath a vast, growing ocean of muddy water that left only the roofs of sunken vehicles visible to rescue helicopters.

Los Angeles Times

For first time, California civil rights officials file lawsuit alleging Section 8 discrimination

LOS ANGELES — California civil rights officials have sued two Sacramento landlords, alleging they illegally harassed and evicted a tenant because she paid through a Section 8 voucher.

Los Angeles Times

Huge storm hits California with damaging winds, heavy rains

Damaging winds and heavy rains in California have knocked out power to tens of thousands, caused flash flooding and left a child dead after a tree fell on a home

The Independent UK

Californians evacuated as huge ‘bomb cyclone’ storm batters US coastline

High winds have grounded flights in San Francisco, felled trees, closed highways and knocked the power out for more than 100,000 people

Evening Standard

Hero pilot, 18, forced into emergency landing after plane's engine loses power

Brock Peters, 18, decided to take his grandmother and two cousins out for breakfast in his small Piper PA-28 plane when suddenly had to make an emergency landing on Route 66 in California, US

Daily Mirror

POINT: Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the future

Last month, nuclear fusion topped headlines around the world when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced an essential milestone in developing this nascent technology. They achieved “ignition,” meaning more energy came out of a reaction than was needed to make the reaction happen in the first place.…

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More cities, suburbs need to wipe out zoning to get construction moving, author says

Minneapolis is one of the cities leading the country away from zoning rules that make it harder for people to own homes, says M. Nolan Gray, a California-based city planner who has become a national advocate for higher-density development.

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Many families with unaffordable employer coverage now eligible for covered California subsidies

If having the family on your employer-sponsored health plan has been a financial hardship, or outright impossible to afford, help may be on the way.

Zenger

Californians Dealing With Historic Rainfall, Brace For More

The start of the new year has brought historic rainfall to parts of drought-plagued California according to AccuWeather.

Daily Mirror

State of emergency declared as California storm knocks out power and people told to flee

California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency to allow for a quick response, with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's home town of Montecito among those told to evacuate

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The Times of India

Soaked California faces another deluge driven by bomb cyclone

SAN FRANCISCO: California faces a long night of heavy rain and ferocious winds, as a powerful storm system adds to recent downpours that have burst levees and triggered mudslides.

Los Angeles Times

Massive storm lashes Northern California, bringing winds, power outages, evacuations

SAN FRANCISCO — A powerful winter storm unleashed heavy rain and strong winds across Northern California on Wednesday, triggering evacuations and power outages, and heightening fears of widespread flooding and debris flows.

Los Angeles Times

California storm images arrive from a satellite launched just in time to capture the drama

LOS ANGELES — Images from a newly operational government satellite show the extent of the storm system passing over California this week — including the dramatic whorl of a “bomb cyclone” as it gains strength and the whipping tail of an atmospheric river.

The Guardian - US

‘Remember your training’: teen pilot makes emergency landing on Route 66

Brock Peters, 18, lands plane on California road carrying cousins and weeping grandmother four months after getting pilot license

Roll Call

Late-night talks yield no breakthrough in speaker battle - Roll Call

A few of Kevin McCarthy's opponents say they’ll never vote for him, while others have continued negotiating with the California Republican.

Al Jazeera

California declares state of emergency ahead of incoming storm

Heavy rainfall expected to cause flooding and power outages across the state, with tornados in other parts of the US.

The Independent UK

Las Vegas circus company buys tiny California desert town for $2.75m

Spiegelworld performers will go to Nipton ‘to dream, create and undertake unfettered artistic experimentation’

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