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Latest storm in state could be ‘light at end of the tunnel’ Tribune Content Agency Yet more wind and rain was expected to lash much of California and the Bay Area , adding to nearly three weeks of devastating atmospheric river storms that have caused flooding and mudslides across the state while pounding the Sierra Nevada with heaps of snow. The moisture is expected to continue through roughly midday Monday, said Colby Goatley, a National Weather Service meteorologist. It will likely mark the final major blast of precipitation to hit the region for the foreseeable future – potentially offering the state a chance to recover from a near-unceasing line of storms that have killed at least 19 people across California since late December. Another .5 to 1 inch of rain is expected to fall across San Francisco and Oakland, while 1 to 1.5 inches of rain could fall over San Jose, Livermore and Half Moon Bay. About 1-2 inches of rain are in the forecast for the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Central Coast. While the rainfall totals aren’t as high as previous storms, Goatley stressed that the region See Storm, Page A8
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Jian Eddinger reverses a fire truck during a training session at the Suisun City boat ramp, Thursday.
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A Red Cross worker distributed cleaning kits to residents in the Santa Cruz County community of Felton, Saturday, after heavy rains from a series of atmospheric river storms swelled the nearby San Lorenzo River above flood stage for the second time in less than a week.
First responders busy rescuing stranded residents Tribune Content Agency LOS ANGELES — The woman clung to a tree in pitch darkness. Nearby, her gray pickup was submerged in murky, brown water. She was trapped along a fair-weather bridge, a causeway built over Coyote Creek just north of Ventura. The creek had overflowed and flooded the crossing after a powerful storm barreled into the area last Monday. About 100 feet away, voices called out over the rushing water. Hold tight, they told her. A rescue swimmer is coming. The job of getting the stranded, soaking-wet woman to safety fell to the Ventura County Fire Department’s swift water rescue team. Their tools, rope and a canoe. Up and down California, rescue teams such as Ventura’s have come to the aid of people stranded in flooded neighborhoods and trapped in cars after a series of winter storms battered California over the few past weeks. Although hundreds of people have been See First, Page A8
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Jian Eddinger talks to a colleague during a training session at the Suisun City boat ramp, Thursday.
SUISUN CITY — Jian Eddinger is not a stranger to the city’s Fire Department, but now holds the distinction of being the first woman to be hired as a full-time firefighter. “It is an exciting time to be in Suisun,” said Eddinger, noting that the city has had backto-back female mayors. The council also has a female majority. Fire Chief Brad Lopez said the department is making an effort to diversify to better reflect the city and the firefighting community as a whole. “But, also, it was fortunate with how the cards rolled. (Eddinger) was here, she wanted (the job) and she applied for it,” Lopez said. See Female, Page A8
GOP lawmaker seeks Biden visitor logs in classified papers fight Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — A Republican lawmaker leading investigations of President Joe Biden’s administration called on the White House to turn over visitor logs to his home in Delaware after classified documents were found at the residence. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/TNS The letter by House Oversight President Joe Biden takes questions Committee chair James Comer from reporters on classified documents to White House chief of staff Ron in Washington, D.C., Thursday. Klain is the latest salvo by Repub-
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licans after a series of revelations last week that’s raising political and legal risks for Biden as he considers seeking a second term in 2024. “President Biden’s mishandling of classified materials raises the issue of whether he has jeopardized our national security,” Comer said in the letter to Klain released by his office. “Without a list of individuals who have visited his residence, the American people will never See GOP, Page A8
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