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California needs more snow accumulation to bolster 2026 water supplies, officials say
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (292+ words) Those levels are about half of what the state saw at this time last year, said David Rizzardo, the department's hydrology section manager. "The trend we're looking at right now is more rain than snow," Rizzardo told reporters. "We'd like…...
Open-water swimmer identified as victim of fatal shark attack in Northern California
2+ hour, 52+ min ago (437+ words) Authorities recovered Erica Fox's body Saturday from the ocean south of Davenport Beach in Santa Cruz County, the sheriff's office said in a statement Monday. Fox, 55, had been missing since going on a swim Dec. 21 in Monterey Bay with her…...
New Navy report gauges training disruption of Hawaii’s marine mammals
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (950+ words) Over the next seven years, the U.S. Navy estimates its ships will injure or kill just two whales in collisions as it tests and trains in Hawaiian waters, and it concluded those exercises won't significantly harm local marine mammal populations, many…...
Roses in the rain? New Year’s Day parade in Pasadena gets wet forecast. Bundle up for NYC ball drop
5+ hour, 5+ min ago (390+ words) For the first time in 20 years, rain is expected to intrude on the Rose Parade in Southern California, a venerable New Year's Day event that attracts thousands of spectators and is watched by millions more on TV. Storms caused Christmas…...
Rescue crew finds 3 hikers dead in Southern California mountains during strong winds
7+ hour, 7+ min ago (257+ words) Individuals are stretchered off after a police helicopter lands on helipad on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025 in San Bernardino, Calif. (ABC7 Los Angeles via AP) The three bodies were discovered Monday evening along the Devil's Backbone Trail at Mount Baldy, which rises more…...
New 2026 laws are among the first of their kind to tackle climate change, drunken driving
10+ hour, 45+ min ago (640+ words) Tourists celebrating the new year in Hawaii could become the first to be taxed to address the consequences of climate change. In Utah, people who party too heartily " and get caught driving drunk " could be among the first to have…...
France grants citizenship to George and Amal Clooney and their twins Ella and Alexander
13+ hour, 26+ min ago (239+ words) France's government says that George Clooney, his wife Amal and their twins Ella and Alexander have been awarded French citizenship. The naturalizations of the Kentucky-born star of the "Oceans" series of heist movies and his family were announced last weekend…...
Harbaugh hopes Jackson can return after Huntley’s big win: ‘If Lamar’s ready to go, he’s playing.’
1+ day, 12+ min ago (574+ words) When the Browns won, saving Baltimore's season for now, the reaction was what you'd expect. "It was uncorked man. It was raucous," Harbaugh said. "It was great. Everybody was jumping around and fired up and happy. A lot of hugging....
No motive revealed in killing of prominent California farmer’s estranged wife in Arizona
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (401+ words) Michael Abatti, 63, was arrested last week in El Centro, California, in the shooting death of Kerri Ann Abatti, 59, at her family's vacation home in Pinetop, Arizona, where she moved after splitting with her husband. Investigators, who discussed the case at…...
Rain could be an unwelcome entry at the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (309+ words) For the first time in 20 years, rain could be an intruder at the Rose Parade in Southern California, a venerable New Year's Day event that attracts thousands of spectators and is watched by millions more on TV. Storms caused Christmas…...