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WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California agricultural community famous for its strawberry crop was forced to evacuate early Saturday after the Pajaro River’s levee was breached by flooding from a new atmospheric river that pummeled the state. Across the Central Coast’s Monterey County, more than 8,500 people were under evacuation orders and warnings Saturday, including roughly 1,700 residents — many of them Latino farmworkers — from the unincorporated community of Pajaro. Officials said the Pajaro River’s levee breach is about 100 feet (30.48 meters) wide. Crews had gone door to door Friday afternoon to urge residents to leave before the rains came but some stayed and had to be pulled from floodwaters early Saturday. First responders and the California National Guard rescued more than 50 people overnight. One video showed a member of the Guard helping a driver out of a car trapped by water up to their waists. “We were hoping to avoid and prevent this situation, but the worst case scenario has arrived with the Pajaro River overtopping and levee breaching at about midnight,” wrote Luis Alejo, chair of the Monterey County

LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — Robert Blake, el actor ganador del premio Emmy que pasó del reconocimiento a la mala reputación cuando fue juzgado y absuelto del homicidio de su esposa, murió el jueves a los 89 años.

Aariah Fox has 22 points and 15 rebounds in 62-39 win over Huntington Beach Marina to lead Bret Harte to the Division V state girls’ basketball title.

The union that staged a strike and pushed hard for COVID safety — inspiring love and loathing among parents — is electing its leaders.

Flash flood warnings remain in effect for parts of Santa Cruz, Monterey, Tulare and Sonoma counties, according to the National Weather Service.

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Axel Cox was sentenced to 42 months in prison for intimidating his Black neighbors by burning a cross in their front yard, according to the Department of Justice.

Splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa will close out a 157-day stay aboard the space station.

The number of patients hospitalized with a coronavirus infection in Riverside County has fallen to 85, down from 93 on Friday, according to the latest state data released Saturday.Of those patients, 11 were in intensive care, up from nine the previous day.Some of the hospitalized patients were initially hospitalized for other reasons and learned they had COVID after a mandated test. A little over a month ago, 113 people were hospitalized throughout the county with a COVID infection, 19 of whom were ICU patients, according to the Riverside University Health System. The latest RUHS data indicate 734,898 cumulative cases of coronavirus in the county since the pandemic began, and 6,853 deaths linked to the virus. A majority of people who die with COVID-19 are elderly or have an underlying health condition such as diabetes, heart disease or hypertension.RUHS figures showed that, among those who died while hospitalized with a COVID diagnosis in January, 37% had received the full SARS-CoV-2 therapeutic. In December, 38% of those who died while hospitalized with a diagnosis had received the complete injection regimen, while in November, it was 37%. The

Pat McCormick, the record-setting Olympic diving champion from Seal Beach who won gold in the springboard and platform events in both the 1952 and 1956 games and later served on the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee in 1984, has died at the age of 92.McCormick died March 7, USA Diving announced Friday. The organization did not release further details about her death, but her son Tim told ESPN that she died of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Santa Ana.Born in Seal Beach in 1930, McCormick grew up practicing her dives at bridges in neighboring Long Beach, where she attended Woodrow Wilson High School, Long Beach City College and Cal State Long Beach. One of the most decorated divers in the sport’s history, McCormick remains the only female diver to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in both springboard and platform. Greg Louganis matched the feat in 1984 and 1988.She won 26 U.S. national titles, second all-time among U.S. women. She was undefeated at national championship meets in 1951 and 1954, winning all 10 national titles available to women in those two years. She

Flash flood warnings remain in effect for parts of Santa Cruz, Monterey, Tulare and Sonoma counties, according to the National Weather Service.

A year after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage, the 2023 Academy Awards take over L.A.’s Dolby Theatre on Sunday. Here’s what you need to know.

Dodgers prospects Ryan Pepiot, Michael Grove, Gavin Stone and Bobby Miller could bolster the major league rotation in 2023.

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U.S. authorities say three women haven’t been heard from since they traveled from Texas into Mexico two weeks ago.

In 2014, 60 Minutes first attempted to answer the age-old question: does your dog really love you?

NEW YORK (AP) — A film buff from Oklahoma City, Elyssa Mann has scant time to waste, needing to cross just four more movies off her Oscars list before Sunday’s Academy Awards broadcast: Two animated films, one for cinematography and another for costume design. In the San Francisco Bay Area, Steve Tornello has just one left — the latest “Avatar” — before he can fairly judge all 10 of the best picture nominees. In the perfect multiverse, time would bend to allow movie fans to watch anything anywhere, all at once. But in the real world, not the googly eyed one, time keeps ticking and that makes things difficult for diehard film enthusiasts hoping to fill every bracket in their personal Oscars scoresheets. “I have four Oscars movies left in my quest to watch all the ones nominated for picture/acting/craft etc,” Mann wrote in a tweet, “and this somehow feels insurmountable.” As it is, Sunday morning’s time change (don’t forget to spring forward) will mean an hour less to binge. “I am a person who thrives under pressure, like I need the deadline. So it’s

A man from Northern California was arrested and charged after he was allegedly found with the largest amount of fentanyl in a Michigan traffic stop to date, KTLA sister station KSEE/KGPE reports. Court documents from the County of Van Buren identify the man as 25-year-old Brahajan Martinez-Garcia of Fresno County. According to Michigan State Police, Martinez-Garcia was pulled over for a traffic stop because he was going slow in the left lane, the vehicle’s windshield was cracked and the license plate was obstructed at around 9:40 a.m. on eastbound I-94 west of Paw Paw, Michigan. State police say that the trooper noticed what was described as “several indicators of criminal activity.” During testimony on Thursday, prosecutors said that Martinez-Garcia told police he was coming from California – headed somewhere in Michigan – and then heading back to California soon after. According to Michigan State Police, Martinez-Garcia then gave the troopers permission to search the vehicle. That is when they allegedly found about 4 kilograms (or nearly 9 pounds) of fentanyl in a duffle bag. The investigation that followed also led Michigan State Police to locate

The strike plans by Local 99 of service employees and United Teachers Los Angeles are in response to what Local 99 says are stalled negotiations.

Inspired by the classic Roman dish, artichokes are mixed with fresh herbs then baked in clusters on puff pastry until golden brown and crisp.

Splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa will close out a 157-day stay aboard the space station.