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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.

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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…

Reason

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.

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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.

Los Angeles Times

Strongest Atmospheric River Yet Slams California With Deadly Impacts

Millions of people in California faced another round of life-threatening weather to a new week as an atmospheric river.

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California surfers making the most of huge waves generated by ‘50-year storm’

Surfers seen braving wind and riding high waves caused by bomb cyclone

The Independent UK

Boy, 4, and two adults rescued by good samaritans after Tesla crashes into California swimming pool

Terrifying ordeal unfolded at around 9am on Tuesday along the 700 block of West California Boulevard in Pasadena, according to the Pasadena Fire Department

The Independent UK

Mark Z. Barabak: Katie Porter just forced the California Senate race into the open, where it belongs

By launching her bid for U.S. Senate — open, upfront, for all the world to plainly see — Rep. Katie Porter has placed the contest where it belongs: squarely before the voters of California.

Los Angeles Times

Storm struck California scrambles to clean up ahead of rain

Storm-ravaged California is scrambling to clean up and repair widespread damage as the lashing rain eases

The Independent UK

Coachella 2023: How to get tickets to see Blackpink, Bad Bunny and Frank Ocean

Californian festival will also host acts such as Blondie, Rosalia and Gorillaz

The Independent UK

Lost sleep and jangled nerves: The rising onslaught of noise harms mind and body

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Mike Thomson’s friends refuse to stay over at his house anymore.

Tribune News Service

California flooding – live: Flash floods, sinkholes shut roads with more storms forecast as rain dents drought

Death toll likely to rise in California as deluge and flash floods set to continue

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Evening Standard

California floods: Search resumes for five-year-old boy washed away by deadly floodwaters

At least 17 people have died from storms that began late last month

Los Angeles Times

IRS gives drenched Californians an extra month to file tax returns

The Internal Revenue Service offered a lifeboat of sorts Tuesday to California residents and businesses floundering in the atmospheric river: More time to pay their income taxes.

Los Angeles Times

California storm death toll reaches 17 as floods and extreme wind wreak havoc

CAPITOLA, Calif. — The latest in a series of intense winter storms continued to lash Northern California on Tuesday, bringing thunderstorms, heavy rain, wind and hail to the waterlogged region as the death toll from the extreme weather climbs.

Los Angeles Times

California storm costs could add up to nation’s first billion-dollar disaster of 2023

LOS ANGELES — As severe storms continue to hit California, a climate expert warns that the costs to the state could be in excess of $1 billion.

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The Times of India

The winning team at Golden Globe Awards 2023: All about Ram Charan and Jr NTR's red carpet looks

Filmmaker SS Rajamouli's magnum opus RRR is all set to grab some awards and attention at the Golden Globe Award 2023. The film's stellar starcast arrived at the The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Tuesday evening (Wednesday morning IST) to attend the Golden Globe Awards - a Golden…

The Guardian - US

Death toll in California storms hits 17 and ‘likely to grow’, says state’s governor

Floods and mudslides forced thousands of people to evacuate as more than 100,000 homes and businesses left without power

Los Angeles Times

Stars walk the red carpet to the 2023 Golden Globe Awards

LOS ANGELES — As the Golden Globes emerge from a cloud of controversy, another cloud hangs over Tuesday’s awards show as relentless storms continue to ravage California.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: How much will the rain help California's drought?

The series of storms that have struck California have poured water on a state mired in a years-long drought

France 24

Deadly storms inundate California, sparking mudslides, evacuations

Sinkholes swallowed cars and floodwaters swamped towns and swept away a small boy as California was wracked by more wild winter while the next system in a powerful string of storms loomed on the horizon Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

Southern California digging out from days of relentless rain

LOS ANGELES — Residents across California’s Central Coast were allowed to return home Tuesday following a torrential storm that swamped the region with eye-popping amounts of rain and choked many roadways with mud and debris.

Los Angeles Times

California storm death toll reaches 17 as more rain, winds arrive. Damage could top $1 billion

SAN FRANCISCO —The latest in a series of intense winter storms continued to lash Northern California on Tuesday, bringing periods of thunderstorms, heavy rain, wind and hail to the already waterlogged region as the death toll from the extreme weather climbs.

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