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Nasa observatory says recent weeks have been “one of the wettest periods in the Bay Area in 160 years”

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — How wet has it been recently in Northern California?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — How wet has it been recently in Northern California?

Amid dramatic ocean swells and drenching atmospheric rivers, a new report lays bare a hidden aspect of sea level rise that has been exacerbating flooding in the Bay Area.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A once-in-a-generation political battle is heating up in California as candidates begin to spar over Dianne Feinstein’s coveted Senate seat, promising reverberations that will shake up everything from representation in the U.S. House to local Bay Area elections.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — One of the wettest periods in the Bay Area’s recorded history began winding to a close this week with a lashing of rain that caused hillsides to buckle in the Berkeley and Oakland hills and several highways to close across Northern California.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Francisco Bay Area was doused with yet another overnight storm late Sunday into Monday. But it appears that the downed trees and power outages could have been a parting gift from the historic downpours, as mostly bright skies crowd forecasts for the foreseeable future.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Bay Area was doused with yet another hefty overnight storm late Sunday into Monday, but it appears that the downed trees and power outages could have been a parting gift from the historic downpours as mostly bright skies crowd forecasts for the foreseeable future.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Joany Morgan looked at her home in despair, the blue-hued house sitting in a foot of muddy water just across from the historic Felton Covered Bridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Yet again, the San Lorenzo River had crested its banks, triggering a fresh round of…

SAN JOSE, Calif. — After a few days break from the downpour, another storm moved into the Bay Area on Saturday with wind gusts topping over 45 miles per hour in the morning. Those winds could topple trees, sending them tumbling into power lines.