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Big shift in weather is forecast throughout California in May Gerry Díaz
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May is set to start off a lot like February, as chances for rain and snow return to parts of the state – along with the risk for isolated thunderstorms. Metaphorically speaking, winter doesn’t seem to be done with California, as weather models hint at more lowpressure systems on the horizon. The outlook for the first half of the month is riddled with unsettled, winter-like conditions, though weather models also indicate a return of another setup: the May Gray. Long-range weather models are trending toward a pattern where the next few weeks will feel a lot like a hodgepodge of winter weather mixed with the more typical ebb and flow of marine fog, depending on where you are in the state.
What’s on tap for May California is poised to lock into a weather pattern chock full of troughs of low pressures. These lows often develop around 5,000 feet above ground, carving out a gap in the atmosphere like a knife cutting into a slab of butter. When these lows form off the coast, the gap they leave behind allows moisture and cold air over the Pacific Ocean to rush toward San Francisco and the wider Bay Area. Weather models are signaling that troughs of low pressure are likely to form just off the coast of California over the next few weeks, meaning that there is a high chance that temperatures will run below average along the shoreline, bays and delta regions of the Bay Area. The signal also means that these cold snaps could stream rounds of moisture into Northern California, allowing for what’s often referred to
as May Gray – the constant flow of fog that develops around this time of year – to kick off right on cue. But fog isn’t the only type of moisture set to roll in. Depending on the intensity of the low-pressure systems, May’s outlook could also call for the return of drizzle and light showers over the course of the month. According to the Climate Prediction Center, this is most likely to play out along the immediate coast, with towns and cities along Highway 1 from Mendocino to Point Conception set to have the highest chances of precipitation. The first week of May is set to see rounds of showers across parts of Northern California, including the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains. The earliest showers will arrive Monday night, with the See Weather, Page A7
Experts cite impacts of incarceration as US life expectancy continues to fall Fred Clasen-K elly KFF HEALTH NEWS
After spending 38 years in the Alabama prison system, one of the most violent and crowded in the nation, Larry Jordan felt lucky to live long enough to regain his freedom. The decorated Vietnam War veteran had survived prostate cancer and hepatitis C behind bars when a judge granted him early release late last year. “I never gave up
hope,” said Jordan, 74, who lives in Alabama. “I know a lot of people in prison who did.” At least 6,182 people died in state and federal prisons in 2020, a 46% jump from the previous year, according to data recently released by researchers from the UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project. “During the pandemic, a lot of prison sentences became death sentences,” said Wanda Bertram, a spokesperson for the
Prison Policy Initiative, a nonprofit that conducts research and data analysis on the criminal justice system. Now, Jordan worries about his longevity. He struggles with pain in his legs and feet caused by a potentially life-threatening vascular blockage, and research suggests prison accelerates the aging process. Life expectancy fell in the United States in 2021 for the second year in a row, according to
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the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That decline is linked to the devastating effect of Covid-19 and a spike in drug overdoses. Some academic experts and activists said the trend also underscores the lasting health consequences of mass incarceration in a nation with roughly 2 million imprisoned or jailed people, one of the highest rates in the developed world. See Life, Page A7
WASHINGTON — House Republicans challenged the U.S. Senate to pass a debt limit bill of its own and sought to maintain pressure on President Joe Biden to hold talks on spending cuts they’ve linked to an increase in the nation’s borrowing limit. A Republican-only debt proposal passed by the House last week would cut $4.8 trillion in domestic spending as the price for agreeing to raise the debt ceiling. Biden has insisted the two topics shouldn’t be linked and his administration has warned that a U.S. default would be disastrous for Americans and the economy. “For all that we hear from our Senate friends, they’ve yet to pass anything,” Rep. Steve Scalise, the House majority leader, said on ABC’s
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What’s up next after dramatic testimony from Trump accuser Molly Crane-Newman NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
NEW YORK — The first trial Donald Trump faces in his hometown got underway in Manhattan last week, when writer E. Jean Carroll accused the former president of raping and sexually assaulting her more than 25 years ago. A captivated panel of nine New Yorkers – six men and three women who will remain anonymous – heard diametric opening arguments about the alleged assault before Carroll described the incident in her own words during two dramatic days on the witness stand. Carroll, 79, said Trump raped her on an unoccupied floor of Bergdorf Goodman in the mid-1990s after they bumped into each other in a chance encounter.
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“This Week” on Sunday. “If they’ve got a better idea, I want to see that bill and tell them to pass it through the Senate.” The stalemate in Washington risks pushing the Treasury toward a U.S. payments default by an “X date” that may arrive as soon as June. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s success in passing the Republican bill created an opening for the GOP to put the ball in Biden’s court. “The president has been in hiding for two months,” Scalise said, referring to the last meeting between Biden and McCarthy. At the same time, Scalise and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer said in Sunday television interviews that Republicans won’t allow the U.S. to default on its debts. Sen. Chris Coons, a
“It was a horrible feeling because he curved, he put his hand inside of me and curved his finger. As I’m sitting here today, I can still feel it,” Carroll testified, later adding, “Then he inserted his penis.” Trump, 76, absent from his civil rape trial as he campaigns for president again, alleges Carroll and her friends made the whole thing up to sell a book and destroy him politically. The longtime advice columnist’s lawyer, Shawn Crowley, told the jury in her opening argument that the assault occurred after Trump asked Carroll to help pick out lingerie for an unnamed woman. Crowley said the shopping trip turned dark once they made it to the See Trump, Page A7
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