Rain, rain, here to stay? A drenched California copes
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A rare convergence of weather patterns has drenched the west and blanketed much of the country with snow.
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Urban air pollution may be reducing rainfall in the Central Valley and along the heavily populated southern California coast, while trimming mountain snowfall that supplies much of the state's drinking and irrigation water and hydroelectric power, a Stanford University professor's study released Thursday shows.
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By Rachel Stone, San Antonio Express-News  Dec. 16--Mike Mallory wishes it would rain.   He wants one of those relentless, soaking rains that go on for a week.
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Firefighters battled stubborn wildfires across Southern California on Saturday, but scattered showers brought a welcome improvement in conditions.
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High winds add to problems from the initial impact, which cut power to thousands across the South Bay. By Doug Irving. Punishing bands of rain and wind raked across Southern California early Tuesday, swamping
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Los Angeles -- Blustery winds, record rainfall and mudslides have blocked highways and shut off power for thousands of homes and businesses in California.
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A powerful storm dumped snow and rain as it moved across California on Wednesday, shutting down a major interstate highway and prompting flood watches in areas scarred by wildfires.
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SEDONA - A winter storm that drenched California moved into Arizona late Tuesday and early Wednesday, dropping sheets of rain over the state, sending a wall of water into Oak Creek and forcing hundreds to evacuate.
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A weekend of good weather means the fires are finally on the wane -- and the time to ask how California coped is here
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, California  - It is midday in Southern California, the September sun is shining and a pleasant breeze blows off the Pacific Ocean in this seaside town south of Los Angeles.
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A powerful storm pounded California for a second day Tuesday, flooding freeways and desert roads, tossing boats ashore and triggering a rockslide that blocked Highway 1 on the central coast.
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Californians sweated through soaring temperatures even at beaches Monday as much of the state ended the long Labor Day weekend in the grips of a record-setting heat wave.
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Scattered rain showers lashed waterlogged Southern California again Tuesday, hampering efforts to find survivors buried by a mudslide and prompting hundreds to flee a mountain town below a rain-swollen reservoir.
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High humidity helped firefighters fight blazes across California on Wednesday, while a lack of rain allayed fears of possible mudslides and flooding, officials said.
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West Coast residents struggled to dig and dry out from a winter storm system, even as more precipitation bore down on soaked towns from Puget Sound to San Diego.
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Much of the nation was clear Sunday, except for pockets of precipitation in Texas, the Carolinas, Florida and parts of California.
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The first two weeks of the year were the rainiest in the history of Los Angeles, as nearly 17 inches fell and all of the state's major insurance companies declared a "catastrophe." Highways closed, hillsides collapsed and at least 15 people died across Southern California.