California
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Should Californians Shake Our Fists at the Sky or Thank the Heavens?
FRESNO, Calif. — Here in Fig Garden, a suburb that creeps up to the edge of the San Joaquin River, on land my neighbors prefer not to think of as a floodplain, the rain started falling in late December and didn’t stop for two weeks. My lawn turned ...
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Business
How Do California’s Storms Weigh In Compared With History’s Big Ones?
Rain and snowfall this season are above average, but the state has seen some wild weather in past years.
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Los Angeles County’s Black Residents Are Most at Risk in Major Floods
Southern California has so far escaped the worst impact of recent rainstorms, but a new study shows a 100-year-flood event would disproportionately impact Black residents.
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Reflecting on Three Weeks of Extraordinary Weather
The state will soon get a chance to dry out and begin recovering from a relentless stretch of storms.
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In a Drought, California is Watching Water Wash Out to Sea
LOS ANGELES — A century ago, Los Angeles built what is still widely considered one of the most sophisticated urban flood control systems in the world, designed to hold back waters from massive Pacific storms like the ones that have recently slammed ...
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How Much Will These Storms Help Relieve California’s Drought?
All the rain and snow are undoubtedly good news for California’s water supply, but they’re unlikely to end the drought altogether.
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These New California Laws Are Taking Effect in 2023
We look at five important changes that took effect on Jan. 1.
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Hell and High Water: California’s Wild Weather Uproots Trees, Strains State
Pounding rainstorms following an epic drought leave thousands of broken trees that batter roads, levees and neighborhoods.
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Business
Floods Show California’s Climate Dilemma: Fight the Water, or Pull Back?
As global warming brings more intense rainfall, experts say the state needs to give rivers more room to flood safely. But the obstacles are enormous.
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Celebrating El Cholo Restaurant in L.A. on Its 100th Anniversary
In 1923, “going out to a restaurant was kind of a special thing — it wasn’t what it is today,” said Ron Salisbury, grandson of El Cholo’s founders.