Southern California is about to get soaked -- the good and the potentially bad
The Los Angeles area is preparing for its first rain since wildfires first broke out weeks ago. But too much rain at once could bring its own set of significant issues.

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Southern California woman gets more than 3-year prison term for helping pregnant Chinese women get to US
‘Birth tourism’ organizer jailed over scheme to bring pregnant Chinese women to US
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California Woman Helped Dozens of Secretly Pregnant Chinese Women Enter US to Give Birth
Trump bashed California’s water system. Then DOGE paid a visit.
DOGE officials visited the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s water pumps in Northern California and said they’d worked with the agency to increase water deliveries south, as Trump has been pushing California to do.
California denies Trump claim US military turned on water in state
California on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump's claim that the U.S. military entered the state to release more water in the wake of deadly wildfires.
Some mudslide risk in Southern California after rain helped ease fires
Mudflows prompted the closures of at least some roads, including in Topanga Canyon and on parts of the Pacific Coast Highway.
California denounces Donald Trump claim military helped turn on water amid fires
The California Department of Water Resources (CDWR) is pushing back on President Trump’s recent claim that the U.S. military entered the state and “turned on the water” in the wake of
For Southern California DACA recipients, the limbo of Trump 2.0 looks familiar
The kids protected under Obama’s 2012 executive order have grown up, but they still can’t call their long-time home ‘home.’
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California Officials Push Back Hard on Trump’s Claim the Military ‘TURNED ON THE WATER’ Under His Orders
California state officials denied Trump’s Truth Social claim that the military had entered the state under “Emergency Powers” to restore water supplies.
A free California? Trump visits as initiative to leave U.S. cleared to gather signatures
The visit came the day after a new ballot initiative asking voters whether the state should become an independent country was cleared by the California Secretary of State's office to begin gathering signatures. Could the Golden State just fly the coop, become its own nation and walk away from 175 years of union with the United States?
Southern states declare emergencies ahead of potentially historic snow, as cold temps chill 220 million people
More than 220 million people across the United States are facing dangerous cold that will also open the door for a potentially historic and crippling winter storm that could deliver snow as far south as Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
California water regulators deny Trump's claim that US military 'turned on the water' in the state
California water regulators deny Trump's claim that US military 'turned on the water' in the state - California water regulators have said there's no truth to President Donald Trump's claim that the U_S_ military entered the state and “turned on the water.
California Officials Fact-Check Donald Trump’s Claim That U.S. Military ‘Turned On The Water’
The California Department of Water Resources on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump ’s claim that the U.S. military “turned on the water” supply in the state. In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, the department said the military hasn’t entered the state.