Newsletter: Essential California Week in Review: Warm, heavy rain means more flooding is likely

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It is Saturday, March 11. Here's a look at the top stories of the last week Back-...

March 17, 2023
7:02 AM

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It is Saturday, March 11. Here's a look at the top stories of the last week Back-to-back atmospheric rivers drive flooding and evacuations. The first of two atmospheric river storms descended Friday on California, prompting widespread evacuation orders as it flooded creeks and rivers and dropped warm, heavy rain atop the state's near-record snowpack. 20 years later, we look back at a cringeworthy Oscars for the ages. Much about the 2003 ceremony has aged poorly — or worse.

Karim Doumar