All posts tagged "California"

  • A walker takes advantage of the clearing skies to stroll past rain puddles at Lake Balboa Park in Lake Balboa, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. The tail-end of a series of several El Nino-driven storms brought scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms to Southern California Thursday along with pounding surf and serious winds. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)
    Official: El Nino could signal easing of California drought

    FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — In the strongest indication yet that the California drought could be easing, officials said strict water conservation orders could be dramatically scaled back or even ended if El Nino storms keep pummeling the...

    • Posted February 3, 2016
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  • In this photo provided by the California Department of Transportation, a Caltrans worker probes for a drain in standing water that closed down most lanes of both sides of Interstate 5, the Golden State Freeway, in the Sun Valley area of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. El Nino storms left several inches of rain and snow throughout California, with more precipitation expected later in the week.(Jeremy Theisgen/California Department of Transportation via AP)
    Another El Nino storm lashes California coast, streets flood

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another powerful El Nino-driven storm lashed coastal areas of California on Thursday, stirring waves that flooded some low-lying streets and crept toward ocean-front homes in Malibu. The storm created waves that forecasters said...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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  • Orange County Fire Authority firefighters work to pump out flood waters from a home in Santa Ana, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. El Nino storms lined up in the Pacific, promising to drench parts of the West for more than two weeks and increasing fears of mudslides and flash floods in regions stripped bare by wildfires. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)
    Strongest El Nino storm so far this winter hits California

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The hillside above the California home of Wayne Socha had held firm against thunderstorms over the past three decades. But after a wildfire two years ago stripped away vegetation and loosened soil, he...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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  • Residents Trina Gonzalez, left, and Todd Peterson stockpile sandbags to protect their homes from the rain in Glendora, Calif., Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. After all the talk, El Nino storms have finally lined up over the Pacific and started soaking drought-parched California with rain expected to last for most of the next two weeks, forecasters said Monday. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    California braces for series of El Nino storms

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After all the talk, El Niño storms have finally lined up over the Pacific and started soaking drought-parched California with rain expected to last for most of the next two weeks, forecasters said...

    • Posted January 5, 2016
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  • Hun Joon Lee, center, with his parents Lee Sang-sik, left, and Lee Eun-ha, right, celebrating his 15th birthday.
    Parents of autistic student found dead on bus files wrongful-death lawsuit

    By Kim Dong-hee The parents of Hun Joon Lee, a 19-year-old autistic student who was found dead inside a school bus in September during a heat wave, have filed a lawsuit against the bus transportation company for...

    • Posted December 11, 2015
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  • Two locals who came out to a Korean culture promotion event at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California, Thursday try on traditional garb. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)
    Valencia gets a taste of Korean culture

    In a promotional event for Korean culture, a series of demonstrations, traditional dancing and a performance by a South Korean choir unfolded inside College of the Canyons in Valencia, a Santa Clarita, California, neighborhood, Thursday. The Korea...

    • Posted December 11, 2015
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    NorCal Korean man charged with killing wife

    By The Korea Times San Francisco staff Police in Newark, California, charged a Korean man with killing his wife Monday after finding her dead body inside their home following a call for a welfare check. Kim Hee-jin,...

    • Posted December 10, 2015
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