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‘A shameful situation’: Angry mountain residents trapped by snow ask why help took so long

Officials knew the San Bernardino County mountains were going to be hit by a bad storm days before an unprecedented blizzard rolled in.

Los Angeles Times

"No constitutional right to housing"

Eviction of 300-person encampment in California shows scorn for right to housing

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Southern California's winter storm exits with a bang: Icy downpours at Disneyland and 1,000-foot snow levels

LOS ANGELES — The last in a series of winter storms moved out of Southern California on Wednesday with a blast, bringing hail and graupel to many communities and plunging snow levels to 1,000 feet in some areas.

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'It's really bad up here.' Stranded residents in San Bernardino Mountains brace for more snow

LOS ANGELES — Stranded residents of Lake Arrowhead and surrounding communities in the San Bernardino Mountains that were inundated with snow this weekend were hoping on Tuesday that authorities could clear blocked roads and escort residents up and down the mountains before another storm was set to strike late in…

Los Angeles Times

Epic winter storm turns Southern California snow white; more rain and snow on the way

LOS ANGELES — Residents in parts of Southern California who have not seen snow in decades woke up to an icy wonderland Sunday morning following an epic winter storm that broke rainfall records and scattered fresh powder across the normally warm, sunny region.

Los Angeles Times

Winter storm prompts closures, rescues on its way out of Southern California

LOS ANGELES — A powerful winter storm carving a path through Southern California was expected to weaken Saturday, leaving heaps of sleet, snow and record-setting rain in its wake.

Los Angeles Times

Historic storm slams into Southern California; snow closes Interstate 5 in the Grapevine

LOS ANGELES — A frigid winter storm barreled into California on Friday, bringing sea-level snow along the coast at Eureka and whiteout conditions in the Sierra as well as bursts of hail, snow and rain in Southern California that are expected to worsen considerably over the next two days.

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Homeland Security hires outside lawyers for potential impeachment

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California's Highway 1 closures lifting this weekend, but driving the entire span still impossible

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Over a month after the flurry of winter storms buffeted the Big Sur coastline, some road closures are being lifted on Highway 1 this weekend.

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Enormous sinkhole delving deep into earth swallows two cars amid raging storm

A mum and daughter needed to be helped to safety by rescue teams after their car along with another fell into a sinkhole in Los Angeles during ferocious storms that have led to a major repair operation

Daily Mirror

California endures a pox of potholes as storms pummel roads and freeways

LOS ANGELES — California drivers may not face rain this week, but potholes caused by recent storms pose new dangers.

Los Angeles Times

Flooded communities, 500 mudslides, broken bridges: California faces long, costly storm recovery

LOS ANGELES — The atmospheric river storms that pummeled California for weeks inflicted "extensive" damage to as many as 40 of the state's 58 counties, and total repairs could reach as much as $1 billion, according to authorities.

Los Angeles Times

Overnight downpours cause damage throughout Bay Area, but forecasts clear for remainder of the week

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.

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As Eviction Notices Arrive, Reclaimers Brace for Last Christmas in El Sereno

Reclaiming Our Homes drew national attention to SoCal’s struggles over housing and poverty. But their time in state-owned houses may be up.

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6.4 magnitude earthquake causes injuries, damage, power outages on Northern California coast

FERNDALE, Calif. — A large earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted the Northern California coastline near Eureka on Tuesday morning, causing violent shaking that pushed some homes from their foundations and power outages affecting tens of thousands of people.

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67 years later, California highway upgrade comes to site of James Dean’s deadly crash

Nearly seven decades after the head-on crash that killed actor James Dean, the deadly interchange on the highway linking the San Joaquin Valley to the Central Coast will finally be reconfigured into a four-lane expressway.

Los Angeles Times

Rockslide closes 40-mile stretch of California’s Highway 1 near Big Sur

LOS ANGELES — A rockslide over the weekend left a 40-mile stretch of California’s Highway 1 shut down Monday as authorities assess damage done to the road.

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Caltrans Orders 399 Tesla Model 3s As It Seeks To Electrify Fleet

Valued at more than $18 million, this is the largest known EV fleet order from a US government department at either the federal or state level.

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50 CHP officers take plea deals on charges connected to overtime fraud, state says

A judge recently offered to reduce felony wage theft and fraud charges against 54 California Highway Patrol officers to misdemeanors, according to the Attorney General’s Office.

InsideEVs

Tesla Gave FSD Beta Demo To California DMV As Part Of Ongoing Probe

The demo took place Oct 26 at the California DMV's headquarters and was attended by DMV, CHP and Caltrans officials, plus three outside advisers for the DMV.

Los Angeles Times

They seized vacant homes at the start of the pandemic. Now, they face eviction

LOS ANGELES — At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, more than a dozen families that were homeless or at risk of losing housing seized vacant, publicly owned homes in the El Sereno neighborhood, an action they said was driven by the astronomical costs of living in…

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‘We don’t have a place to go’: Clearing out the Bay Area’s two largest homeless encampments

Bay Area authorities are in the final stages of closing the region’s two largest homeless encampments, displacing hundreds of unhoused people as they clear massive clusters of tents, shacks and broken-down vehicles that have drawn complaints for years.

Tribune News Service

Shelter-in-place advisory lifted in Monterey County after fire at Tesla battery storage facility; Highway 1 reopens

MOSS LANDING, Calif. — Monterey County officials announced that the shelter-in-place advisory and all road closures for the Moss Landing fire incident were lifted Tuesday evening.

Tribune News Service

Fire at Tesla battery storage facility in Monterey County closes Highway 1

MOSS LANDING, Calif. — Officials closed Highway 1 in both directions in Monterey County's Moss Landing early Tuesday after a fire was detected at the PG&E Elkhorn Battery Storage facility.

Los Angeles Times

David Wharton: How a group of rogue skaters got L.A. City Hall on their side

LOS ANGELES — No one wanted to claim responsibility for the old parking lot. A small patch of rutted pavement, dank and filthy, it sat forgotten beneath a freeway overpass near the San Pedro docks.

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