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Federal authorities seize huge 221 pound shipment of cocaine at Southern California port Daily Mai - Duration: 3:47.
Federal authorities seize huge 221 pound shipment of cocaine at Southern California port Daily Mai
Federal authorities seized more than 200 pounds of cocaine at a port in Southern in late January, it was announced Friday.
The two massive shipments, totaling 221 pounds, is the largest seizure of cocaine at Port Hueneme in Ventura County in 25 years, officials said.
The first bust at the port, around 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, was made on January 22. Authorities seized 204.2 pounds of cocaine on board a cargo ship from Ecuador.
Six days later, on January 28, seven more bundles totaling 17.5 pounds were discovered on a ship from Guatemala. Both hauls were concealed beneath the floorboards of the ships, according to .
Customs and Border Protection officials found 80 bundles of cocaine weighing 204.2 pounds in a ship from Ecuador at Port Hueneme, California, on January 22
A further seven bundles of cocaine weighing 17.5 pounds were discovered on a ship from Guatemala at the same port six days later on January 28
Customs and Border Protection, Home Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked together on the seizure.
CBP plays a critical role in the effort to keep dangerous drugs from illegally entering the country. Specifically, by leveraging a comprehensive, multi layered, intelligence driven, and threat based approach to enhance the security of our seaports, we can diminish the effectiveness of transnational criminal organizations drug operations, Carlos C. Martel, CBP director of Field Operations in Los Angeles, said in a statement to ABC news.
The two massive shipments, totaling 221 pounds, is the largest seizure of cocaine at Port Hueneme pictured in 25 years, officials said
The seizures came just after after another huge drug bust on January 11, where 1.7 tons of methamphetamine was found at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport. Australia and U.S. Authorities worked together on the joint bust.
The busts were both found aboard ships at Port Hueneme in Ventura County, about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, coming from Central and South America
Customs and Border Protection, Home Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked together on the seizure
The shipment included 3,810 pounds of meth, 55.9 pounds of cocaine and 11.5 pounds of heroin. Officials in Australia quoted the total street value of the bust at dollar 1.29 billion.
There have been no arrests following the busts at Port Hueneme, but an investigation is still ongoing, according to CBP.
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Federal authorities seize huge 221-pound shipment of cocaine at Southern California port - Duration: 3:27.
Federal authorities seized more than 200 pounds of cocaine at a port in Southern California in late January, it was announced Friday
The two massive shipments, totaling 221 pounds, is the largest seizure of cocaine at Port Hueneme in Ventura County in 25 years, officials said
The first bust at the port, around 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, was made on January 22
Authorities seized 204.2pounds of cocaine on board a cargo ship from Ecuador.Six days later, on January 28, seven more bundles totaling 17
5pounds were discovered on a ship from Guatemala.Both hauls were concealed beneath the floorboards of the ships, according to ABC News
Customs and Border Protection, Home Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked together on the seizure
'CBP plays a critical role in the effort to keep dangerous drugs from illegally entering the country
Specifically, by leveraging a comprehensive, multi-layered, intelligence driven, and threat-based approach to enhance the security of our seaports, we can diminish the effectiveness of transnational criminal organizations drug operations,' Carlos C
Martel, CBP director of Field Operations in Los Angeles, said in a statement to ABC news
The seizures came just after after another huge drug bust on January 11, where 1.7tons of methamphetamine was found at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport
Australia and U.S.Authorities worked together on the joint bust.The shipment included 3,810 pounds of meth, 55
9pounds of cocaine and 11.5pounds of heroin.Officials in Australia quoted the total street value of the bust at $1
29 billion.There have been no arrests following the busts at Port Hueneme, but an investigation is still ongoing, according to CBP
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Update | Essential California The long fall for Californias bullet train Los Angeles Times - Duration: 5:39.
Update | Essential California The long fall for Californias bullet train Los Angeles Times
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California . Its Thursday, Feb. 14, and heres whats happening across California:
TOP STORIES
It was billed as the most ambitious public works project since the transcontinental railroad opened up the West. But bite by bite, huge cost overruns, mismanagement, political concessions and delays ate away at the sleek and soaring vision of a bullet train linking San Francisco to San Diego. A project meant to drive home Californias role as the technological vanguard of the nation was looking more and more like a pepped up Amtrak route through the Central Valley. During his first State of the State address on Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he was scaling back the dollar 77 billion project. While his wording was open to interpretation, it signaled to many a death knell not necessarily of the project itself, but to that original dream.
Plus: After Newsom announced plans to scale back the high speed rail project, President Trump demanded that California return billions of dollars to the federal government. In a tweet Wednesday, Trump said the state had been forced to cancel the project and referred to it as a green disaster. Newsom fired back in his own tweet, decrying what he called fake news.
A closer look at the sheriffs numbers
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says the jails he now supervises are a dangerous mess: Inmates increasingly are assaulting one another, staff members are suffering more attacks and use of force has gone way up. He also says that his immediate predecessor, Jim McDonnell, covered up data on the jail violence in order to hide the problem from the public. But many of the numbers Villanueva is using to make his case are known to be unreliable.
Cracking down on Huawei
The White House is preparing a sweeping executive order that could bar Chinese companies from selling equipment for use in future U.S. telecommunications networks, claiming Beijing could exploit the technology to carry out cyber intrusions and espionage. The main target of the draft order, expected to be released in days, is Huawei, the worlds largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer. The order would not affect U.S. consumer electronics companies whose products incorporate components from China.
L.A. STORIES
Wet weather: A storm that forecasters say is the strongest this winter created havoc in Northern California, then descended on Southern California.
Plus: Atmospheric rivers are pounding the state. What are they exactly?
The tide turns: Three of West Hollywoods five City Council members have called for Mayor John Duran to resign amid allegations that he sexually harassed fellow members of the Gay Mens Chorus of Los Angeles.
USC update: As federal regulators continue investigating USCs handling of a campus gynecologist accused of sexual abuse, the university is pressing forward with a dollar 215 million class action settlement with former patients.
A good Valentines Day read: Fall in love with the work of Yesika Salgado, a Salvadoran poet in Silver Lake.
IMMIGRATION AND THE BORDER
Headed to the clink: Drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman twice escaped from prison in Mexico. With his conviction on drug trafficking and murder charges in U.S. federal court this week, he is likely headed to a much more secure facility: the so called Alcatraz of the Rockies.
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Rough stuff: Michael Avenatti agreed to relinquish financial control of his longtime law firm hours after a former partner filed papers accusing him of hiding millions of dollars from the court that oversaw its bankruptcy.
A wild wall: Can Democrats prevent Trump from using his executive power to build a wall?
Gross: All that trash on Bay Area highways? Caltrans is under threat of fines if its not cleaned up.
CRIME AND COURTS
Big news: Los Angeles County supervisors this week narrowly approved tearing down the dungeon like Mens Central Jail downtown and building at least one mental health treatment facility in its place.
Manhunt ends: A man who was placed on the FBIs Ten Most Wanted list when he skipped bail after his arrest in connection with a series of sexual assaults in the Los Angeles area was shot and killed by federal agents in North Carolina, authorities said Wednesday.
Wild: Billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III was charged in Las Vegas with multiple counts of narcotics trafficking six months after police discovered heroin and meth in the Broadcom co founders massive suite at the Encore hotel.
Arrested: A 20 year old North Carolina man who federal authorities say is part of a hacker collective was arrested Tuesday and charged with threatening Southern California schools and Los Angeles International Airport.
Trouble in Fresno: Is Granite Park still cursed? The Fresno district attorney is reviewing an audit tied to a local developer and newly elected Rep. TJ Cox.
THE ENVIRONMENT
A helping hand: Gov. Newsom signed a pair of bills into law to immediately provide dollar 131.3 million in funding to expand access to clean drinking water, improve emergency preparedness and support wildfire ravaged communities.
CALIFORNIA CULTURE
RIP: Opportunity, the intrepid NASA rover that spent 15 years on Mars climbing in and out of craters to gather evidence of the planets watery past has been brought down by tiny particles of dust.
Laker trouble: Luke Waltons job is said to be safe, even as the Lakers keep losing games.
Be like Mike: LeBron James wants to own an NBA team.
Not just for the office pool: New Jersey has become the first state in the United States that will take legal Oscars bets.
Plus: How Hollywoods diversity push is also changing the makeup industry.
Troubling story: Musician Ryan Adams dangled success. Though the musician denies wrongdoing, women say they paid a price.
CALIFORNIA ALMANAC
Los Angeles area: rainy, 63, Thursday; rainy, 57, Friday. San Diego: rainy, 63, Thursday; cloudy, 61, Friday. San Francisco area: showers, 56, Thursday; showers, 52, Friday. San Jose: showers, 60, Friday; showers, 52, Friday. Sacramento: thunderstorms, 55, Thursday; showers, 52, Friday.
AND FINALLY
Todays California memory comes from Dorothy Daily:
Arroyo Seco Parkway, one of the first, if not the first, freeways. My mother drove our 1936 Dodge from Pasadena to downtown Los Angeles to do our annual school shopping. I dont think we passed more than two dozen cars. Of course it was wartime 1942 1944 and gas and tires were rationed. After shopping at the May Co. we had lunch at Cliftons cafeteria. My favorite was the orange sherbet.
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California town trials universal income program giving 130 residents $500 for next year - Duration: 5:08.
Could universal basic income be the solution to crime, poverty and bankrupt cities? That's what one California town is trying to find out
Starting this month, 130 residents of Stockton, California, will receive a debit card loaded with $500 for the next 18 months that they're free to use at their own discretion
The program, overseen by the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED), started on Friday
'The need has only been reiterated.Folks are ready to use this money to pay bills, to save for the future, to pay off debt and pay for medicine,' SEED director Sukhi Samra said to the Sacramento Bee
SEED will dole out the funds and study and analyze how the income boost affects residents' spending and saving, financial stability, and overall quality of life
The initiative seeks to target poorer communities and see if giving a universal basic income, regardless of income level or employment status, can create a better, happier society
For low-skilled workers, the money can make a big impact in keeping up with inflation and evening out the scales of wealth inequality
Wealth inequality has become all the more stark in California following the tech boom
The program is funding the project using a $1million grant from the Economic Security Project and another $2million from a foundations and individual donors
Stockton is a strategic place to start as it's been dubbed 'America's foreclosure capital' and was the largest city to seek bankruptcy before Detroit filed in 2013
During the 2008 recession Stockton was plagued with unemployment and violent crime
Today isn't much better as one in four residents live below the poverty line there, according to the U
S.Census Bureau.All the residents involved in the program have a median income at or below $46,033
'I think (the program) will make people work better and smarter and harder,' Mayor Michael Tubbs said in an interview with NPR last year
'We're not just designed just to work all day and run a rat race.We're designed to be in community, to volunteer, to vote, to raise our kids
And I think the more inputs and investments we can give in people to do those things, the better off we are as a community,' he added
Similar universal wealth projects have taken place in Finland and Canada.After the trials finished they were notably not continued
In California U.S.Senator Kamala Harris proposed a bill last year that would provide middle class and working families a tax credit of up to $6,000 a year that would come in the form of $500 monthly checks
'SEED has already contributed to that conversation and re-conceptualizing what dignity is and not tying to work around deservedness and the poor and the working poor,' SEED director Samra said
The Stockton program hopes to shares stories of progress among residents by March and the initiative will run through August 2020
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California issues warning to avoid skiing over Presidents' Day weekend because there's TOO MUCH snow - Duration: 8:01.
Keen snow sports fans in California and across the West Coast have been ordered to stay home this holiday weekend because ski resorts were taking in too much snow
Winter weather enveloping California's mountains for a fourth straight day Friday kept skiers from hitting the slopes at the start of the Presidents' Day holiday weekend, with snow so deep that plows could not tackle it and cities scrambled to find places to pile it
Mammoth Mountain was about to break a more than 30-year record for monthly snowfall and skiers and snowboarders should be able to reach the slopes as long as they have chains or snow tires, resort spokesman Justin Romano said
But non-locals were advised not to tackle the conditions after the resort had already gotten 163 inches (414 centimeters) of snow this month, just 5 inches shy of its snowfall record for February, set in 1986
An Oakland couple had a near-accident on an icy road last weekend that made them reconsider heading into snow this holiday
When a main highway through the Lake Tahoe area was crushed with traffic, Aura Campa and her partner drove her SUV on a side road
Her vehicle didn't have chains, and when it was going uphill, the vehicle went into reverse
'That was really scary for us.It was on a tiny hill with a small amount of ice but that was enough for us to think twice about traveling through a snowstorm again,' Campa said
Several routes to the ski mecca of Lake Tahoe shut down, including about 70 miles (110 kilometers) of Interstate 80 from Colfax, California, to the Nevada state line
The storm was expected to dump between 3 and 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) of fresh snow in a region where some ski resorts reported getting 3 feet (1 meter) since Thursday
Officials warned of avalanches in the greater Lake Tahoe Area, where heavy snow and high winds were expected through Sunday
Campa added about using their season passes and hitting the fresh powder at Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows resort: 'We're not going to risk it
' Chains were required for travel in many other parts of the towering Sierra Nevada
'All avid skiers are itching to get out on the mountain, but the roads are pretty treacherous right now,' said Kevin Cooper, marketing director for Lake Tahoe TV
Authorities told people to stay home as snow kept piling up.'State Route 267 is so deep that plows can no longer plow
They have ordered up a large blower to try and clear the pass,' Placer County sheriff's Lt
Andrew Scott said in a tweet with a video of the snow-covered road.The storms heavily damaged - and in some places destroyed - parts of roads leading to Idyllwild and other mountain communities about 100 miles (161 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, but access was not cut off
Crews were starting repairs on State Routes 74 and 243.A route combining surviving portions of the two mountain highways and a county road kept the communities connected to the world, but authorities urged outsiders to leave the tenuous route to residents
'We're discouraging tourism and snow play up there this weekend,' California Department of Transportation spokeswoman Terri Kasinga said
Highways also were damaged in the nearby San Bernardino Mountains, where ski resorts around Big Bear Lake have an abundance of snow
Kasinga said those routes would be open to the public.In other parts of California, crews turned to cleanup after a storm Thursday led to at least three deaths
A woman pulled from rising water in a flood-control channel in Corona, southeast of Los Angeles, had a heart attack and died
About 50 miles (80 kilometers) east, a man was found dead after floodwaters swept him away in a rural community
A man's body also was recovered from a fast-flowing creek in Escondido, northeast of San Diego
Storms also have swamped much of the state with heavy rain that crumbled roads and flooded a resort north of San Francisco where a kayaker paddled through a meeting room after a nearby river swelled over its banks
The onslaught extended into Arizona and other parts of the U.S.West, with a winter blast also hitting Missouri
Winter weather extended into Arizona and the Rocky Mountains.Firefighters rescued a motorist who called 911 to report that runoff swept his car down a wash in Tucson, Arizona
In northern Arizona, a handful of popular recreation areas around the red-rock resort town of Sedona closed because of heavy flooding
More storms were expected to drop snow in northern Arizona this weekend.In parts of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, road crews worked to clear avalanches that had closed mountain highways and to ease the threat of more slides
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California mounts legal challenge to Donald Trump's state of emergency border wall plans - Duration: 4:30.
California is set to become the first state to legally challenge Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to secure funding for a border wall, its attorney general said on Sunday
After a failed attempt to convince Congress to sign off on his demand for $5.7 billion (£4
4 billion) to build a structure along the country's southern border with Mexico, the US president announced he would be invoking the controversial power on Friday
By doing so, he is now theoretically able to siphon off money - up to $8 billion - from government departments to fulfill his key campaign pledge
But it was long expected that the move would be slowed down and possibly torpedoed by legal challenges
Already, landowners in Texas have filed lawsuits saying it violates the Constitution and would infringe on their property rights
On Sunday Xavier Becerra, California's attorney general, signaled the Golden State would lead the way, arguing that money directed to the wall project would mean less federal funding for vital services for emergency responses, the military and tackling drug trafficking
When asked whether and when California would sue the Trump administration, he replied: "Definitely and imminently
We are prepared, we knew something like this might happen. "And with our sister state partners, we are ready to go," he told ABC's "This Week
" "We're confident there are at least 8 billion ways that we can prove harm." Other Democrat-controlled states are expected to join the action and House Democrats have said they will introduce a resolution that would block the declaration
Ultimately, the legal battle will probably end at the conservative-leaning Supreme Court to which Mr Trump has appointed two justices since he took office
Stephen Miller, a senior White House adviser, told Fox News on Sunday that the declaration would allow the administration to build "hundreds of miles" of border wall by September 2020
"We have 120-odd miles that are already under construction or are already obligated plus the additional funds we have and then we're going to outlay - we're going to look at a few hundred miles
" He also suggested the US leader would veto Congress should there be any resolution to block the emergency declaration
"Obviously the president is going to protect his national emergency declaration
"This (illegal immigration) is a threat in our country … and if the president can't defend this country, then he cannot fulfill his constitutional oath of office," he added
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Tendencias y expectativas sobre las elecciones 2019 en Baja California - Duration: 7:58.
En la encuesta de febrero, las menciones en favor de morena alcanzaron el 67.7%, mientras que el PAN quedó con 10% y el PRI con 6
7%. Alta dinamización política y social se observa en el estado de Baja California, como consecuencia de los procesos internos de selección de candidatos a Gobernador que experimentan las distintas opciones político-partidistas, cuya efervescencia se reproduce en el resto de las nominaciones distritales y municipales
Desde finales de 2018, estudios de opinión exhiben altos niveles de competitividad por parte del Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional, cuyo capital político se cifra en la inercia del triunfo que obtuvo a nivel federal en 2018; la alta aceptación que mantiene Andrés Manuel López Obrador; y la limitada aprobación que guardan las administraciones estatales y municipales vigentes
No obstante, debe mencionarse que la aplicación de esas mediciones no consideraban alianzas o coaliciones, y sólo algunas de ellas portaban nombres perfilados de quienes podrían representar a las distintas fuerzas locales
Además de los rubros cuantitativos, medios de comunicación locales y nacionales replican la presunta ventaja morenista, argumentando el descontento que dejó el Gobierno Federal priista a su conclusión en 2018, y las fracturas que se generaron dentro de los partidos políticos tradicionales (PRI, PAN, PRD y locales) en Baja California, las cuales han sido ampliamente capitalizados por MORENA
En ese contexto, y a pesar de las condiciones que parecen favorecer a los posibles postulantes del Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional, estudiosos en materia político electoral advierten que sus dirigencias nacional, estatal y municipales, deben ser cautas y vigilar el desarrollo de sus procesos internos, en la inteligencia de que una decisión no apegada a sus estatutos y reglas coyunturales, podrían generar enconos y posibles fracturas que limitarían el margen de maniobra de sus posibles abanderados, quienes perderían mucho tiempo y cederían espacios mayores en una "operación cicatriz" aparentemente innecesaria
Esa pertinencia se advierte con franca nitidez en el municipio de Tijuana, que representa poco más del 50% (1,412,078) de la lista nominal de electores, cuyo total estatal es de 2 millones 773 mil 693 y en el que al parecer MORENA habría de ganar con ventaja significativa
Quéhacer Político tuvo acceso a los resultados parciales que arrojan estudios de opinión aplicados estrictamente por MORENA en la ciudad fronteriza en la segunda quincena de enero, así como otra que se encuentra en proceso de realización, ambas en la ciudad de Tijuana, de las cuales podrían destacarse las siguientes expresiones: 1
En la contienda por la gubernatura, la población encuestada no teme a una nueva "alternancia en el poder" (74%) y al parecer otorga el 51% de las preferencias a MORENA (51
7%), aunque se advierte que aún no hay definición de candidatos. En la encuesta de febrero, las menciones en favor de morena alcanzaron el 67
7%, mientras que el PAN quedó con 10% y el PRI con 6.7%. 2. En Tijuana las menciones a favor de MORENA sumaron en enero el 46
7%, mientras que el Partido Acción Nacional se ubicó muy por debajo con el 13.3%. En contraparte, el estudio reflejó un descontento extraordinario hacia el Partido Revolucionario Institucional con el 53
8% de las expresiones. En febrero, la competitividad de MORENA alcanzó el 70% de las menciones, mientras que el PAN tuvo una alteración mínima (9
57%) y el PRD incluso rebasó al PRI (6% y 5.28%, respectivamente). 3. La ventaja de MORENA en enero se replicó cuando se cuestionó la posible "identificación partidista", en la que se obtuvo el 29
9% de las menciones, mientras que el PAN logró el 11% y el PRI 4.7%. Para Febrero la imagen de MORENA logró el reconocimiento del 53
58% de los encuestados, contrastando con el PRI y el PAN que tuvieron saldos negativos de -40
54% y -15.99%, respectivamente. 4. Tras los numerales anteriores, cuando se propusieron nombres de los posibles aspirantes a la Presidencia Municipal de Tijuana, en el mes de enero Jaime Martínez Veloz tuvo la mayoría de las simpatías ciudadanas por MORENA, en tanto que Antonio Valladolid Rodríguez fue el más reconocido como posible abanderado del PAN; René Mendívil Acosta por el PRI y Julián Leyzaola Pérez por el PRD
Las cifras enunciadas se refrendaron y consolidaron en favor de Jaime Martínez Veloz, quien estaría encabezando la alianza conformada por MORENA, PT, PVEM (69
3%), con expectativas muy superiores sobre Julián Leyzaola que logró el 11.51%. Al margen de todos los referentes anteriores, se aprecia conveniente, realizar las siguientes consideraciones: 1
Los estudios de opinión pueden calificarse como sesgados, más no falsos, no sólo por la distancia de la fecha de los comicios, sino porque los partidos políticos aún no definen candidatos
Las variables anteriores se verán alteradas, una vez que se realicen las nominaciones partidistas, no sólo para gobernador o para la presidencia municipal de Tijuana, sino para el resto de las candidaturas
Hasta el momento Jaime Martínez Veloz, se aprecia como el candidato idóneo de MORENA en la ciudad fronteriza
2. La ventaja de MORENA y el refrendo al descontento contra el PRI, no es reciente en Baja California, el PAN ha dominado históricamente los resultados electorales desde Ernesto Ruffo Appel
Estudios de opinión aplicados antes de los trascendidos por MORENA también coinciden en la tendencia
3. Habría que considerar en el futuro el abstencionismo, tanto puro (que no va a las urnas) como el activo (que va, pero cancela o desecha su voto), quienes seguramente jugarán un papel preponderante en el proceso en el corto plazo
4. Debe insistirse que las dirigencias nacionales de los partidos políticos, aun la del MORENA, deben evitar comprometer sus procesos internos de selección de candidatos, sobre todo si se considera que Baja California es una de las joyas preciadas que se disputarán en el presente año
5. Un factor adicional lo constituye la decisión local de empatar los periodos gubernamentales para que se renueven con el orden federal
Es evidente, que si las elecciones a Gobernador se empatan para el año 2021, cualquiera de los enunciados se volverá automáticamente candidato, sin importar si representa a un partido político, coalición, alianza o se va por independiente
En dicho proceso también podrían contender sin reparo cualquiera de los actuales munícipes y diputados locales y federales y hasta los senadores, generando amplias expectativas de competencia electoral para ese año
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California issues warning to avoid skiing over Presidents Day weekend because theres TOO MUCH snow - Duration: 7:44.
California issues warning to avoid skiing over Presidents Day weekend because theres TOO MUCH snow
Keen snow sports fans in and across the West Coast have been ordered to stay home this holiday weekend because ski resorts were taking in too much snow.
Winter weather enveloping Californias mountains for a fourth straight day Friday kept skiers from hitting the slopes at the start of the Presidents Day holiday weekend, with snow so deep that plows could not tackle it and cities scrambled to find places to pile it.
Mammoth Mountain was about to break a more than 30 year record for monthly snowfall and skiers and snowboarders should be able to reach the slopes as long as they have chains or snow tires, resort spokesman Justin Romano said.
Snow covered chairs and ski equipment at Heavenly Mountain Resort near South Lake Tahoe, California Friday. Skiers were eager to hit the slopes had to sit out a Presidents Day holiday weekend as heavy snow and rain fell for a fourth straight day
Two men snowboard down a steep street in South Lake Tahoe Friday. The snow was so deep in some areas plows couldnt go out and cities were running out of places to pile it
Drivers make their way up and down a snow packed street in South Lake Tahoe on Friday
The snow was so deep in some areas plows couldnt go out and cities were running out of places to pile it
But non locals were advised not to tackle the conditions after the resort had already gotten 163 inches 414 centimeters of snow this month, just 5 inches shy of its snowfall record for February, set in 1986.
An Oakland couple had a near accident on an icy road last weekend that made them reconsider heading into snow this holiday.
When a main highway through the Lake Tahoe area was crushed with traffic, Aura Campa and her partner drove her SUV on a side road. Her vehicle didnt have chains, and when it was going uphill, the vehicle went into reverse.
A worker operates a snow blower at Heavenly Mountain Resort near South Lake Tahoe
Fresh snow coats a sign at the top of Ski Run Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe
A big rig lacking chains slid into a snowbank blocking State Route 88 in Amador County near Tragedy Springs
That was really scary for us. It was on a tiny hill with a small amount of ice but that was enough for us to think twice about traveling through a snowstorm again, Campa said.
Several routes to the ski mecca of Lake Tahoe shut down, including about 70 miles 110 kilometers of Interstate 80 from Colfax, California, to the Nevada state line.
I 80 was reopened to passenger vehicles Friday evening.
A man walks down a sidewalk in South Lake Tahoe left Jeff Elkins with the Webster Groves Parks Dept. tries to stay ahead of the snow by blowing off the sidewalks in the business district of town on Lockwood Avenue right
Hao Liu, of San Francisco, rolls a large ball of snow for a snowman his family was making in Wingfield Park in Reno, Nevada, Friday
Jinchun Xia, left, and Kevin Liu, 5, of San Francisco, roll a ball of snow for a snowman they made at Wingfield Park in downtown Reno
The storm was expected to dump between 3 and 6 feet 1 to 2 meters of fresh snow in a region where some ski resorts reported getting 3 feet 1 meter since Thursday. Officials warned of avalanches in the greater Lake Tahoe Area, where heavy snow and high winds were expected through Sunday.
Campa added about using their season passes and hitting the fresh powder at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows resort: Were not going to risk it.
Chains were required for travel in many other parts of the towering Sierra Nevada.
All avid skiers are itching to get out on the mountain, but the roads are pretty treacherous right now, said Kevin Cooper, marketing director for Lake Tahoe TV.
Authorities told people to stay home as snow kept piling up.
State Route 267 is so deep that plows can no longer plow. They have ordered up a large blower to try and clear the pass, Placer County sheriffs Lt. Andrew Scott said in a tweet with a video of the snow covered road.
Fridays storm damaged the San Jacinto Mountains Highway 243 near Idyllwild, California
Rainwater continued to drain Friday from Californias saturated landscapes, and road crews in parts of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming were working to clear avalanches
The storms heavily damaged and in some places destroyed parts of roads leading to Idyllwild and other mountain communities about 100 miles 161 kilometers east of Los Angeles, but access was not cut off.
Crews were starting repairs on State Routes 74 and 243. A route combining surviving portions of the two mountain highways and a county road kept the communities connected to the world, but authorities urged outsiders to leave the tenuous route to residents.
Were discouraging tourism and snow play up there this weekend, California Department of Transportation spokeswoman Terri Kasinga said.
Highways also were damaged in the nearby San Bernardino Mountains, where ski resorts around Big Bear Lake have an abundance of snow. Kasinga said those routes would be open to the public.
In other parts of California, crews turned to cleanup after a storm Thursday led to at least three deaths.
Jay Michael Tucker kayaks through the flooded Surrey Resort as the Russian River flows through it in Guerneville, California
Streets and low lying areas flooded as the Russian River swelled above its banks Friday
A woman pulled from rising water in a flood control channel in Corona, southeast of Los Angeles, had a heart attack and died. About 50 miles 80 kilometers east, a man was found dead after floodwaters swept him away in a rural community. A mans body also was recovered from a fast flowing creek in Escondido, northeast of San Diego.
Storms also have swamped much of the state with heavy rain that crumbled roads and flooded a resort north of San Francisco where a kayaker paddled through a meeting room after a nearby river swelled over its banks. The onslaught extended into Arizona and other parts of the U.S. West, with a winter blast also hitting Missouri.
Winter weather extended into Arizona and the Rocky Mountains.
Firefighters rescued a motorist who called 911 to report that runoff swept his car down a wash in Tucson, Arizona. In northern Arizona, a handful of popular recreation areas around the red rock resort town of Sedona closed because of heavy flooding. More storms were expected to drop snow in northern Arizona this weekend.
In parts of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, road crews worked to clear avalanches that had closed mountain highways and to ease the threat of more slides.
Owner Alex Yarosheno holds onto a tree as the Russian River flows through Surrey Resort in Guerneville Friday
A woman walks along a flooded road in Guerneville. In California, rainwater drained from saturated landscapes even as a new system moved into northern areas of the state and more heavy snow fell in the Sierra Nevada
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Federal authorities seize huge 221 pound shipment of cocaine at Southern California port Daily Mai - Duration: 3:42.
Federal authorities seize huge 221 pound shipment of cocaine at Southern California port Daily Mai
Federal authorities seized more than 200 pounds of cocaine at a port in Southern in late January, it was announced Friday.
The two massive shipments, totaling 221 pounds, is the largest seizure of cocaine at Port Hueneme in Ventura County in 25 years, officials said.
The first bust at the port, around 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, was made on January 22. Authorities seized 204.2 pounds of cocaine on board a cargo ship from Ecuador.
Six days later, on January 28, seven more bundles totaling 17.5 pounds were discovered on a ship from Guatemala. Both hauls were concealed beneath the floorboards of the ships, according to .
Customs and Border Protection officials found 80 bundles of cocaine weighing 204.2 pounds in a ship from Ecuador at Port Hueneme, California, on January 22
A further seven bundles of cocaine weighing 17.5 pounds were discovered on a ship from Guatemala at the same port six days later on January 28
Customs and Border Protection, Home Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked together on the seizure.
CBP plays a critical role in the effort to keep dangerous drugs from illegally entering the country. Specifically, by leveraging a comprehensive, multi layered, intelligence driven, and threat based approach to enhance the security of our seaports, we can diminish the effectiveness of transnational criminal organizations drug operations, Carlos C. Martel, CBP director of Field Operations in Los Angeles, said in a statement to ABC news.
The two massive shipments, totaling 221 pounds, is the largest seizure of cocaine at Port Hueneme pictured in 25 years, officials said
The seizures came just after after another huge drug bust on January 11, where 1.7 tons of methamphetamine was found at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport. Australia and U.S. Authorities worked together on the joint bust.
The busts were both found aboard ships at Port Hueneme in Ventura County, about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, coming from Central and South America
Customs and Border Protection, Home Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked together on the seizure
The shipment included 3,810 pounds of meth, 55.9 pounds of cocaine and 11.5 pounds of heroin. Officials in Australia quoted the total street value of the bust at dollar 1.29 billion.
There have been no arrests following the busts at Port Hueneme, but an investigation is still ongoing, according to CBP.
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Federal authorities seize huge 221 pound shipment of cocaine at Southern California port Daily Mai - Duration: 3:47.
Federal authorities seize huge 221 pound shipment of cocaine at Southern California port Daily Mai
Federal authorities seized more than 200 pounds of cocaine at a port in Southern in late January, it was announced Friday.
The two massive shipments, totaling 221 pounds, is the largest seizure of cocaine at Port Hueneme in Ventura County in 25 years, officials said.
The first bust at the port, around 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, was made on January 22. Authorities seized 204.2 pounds of cocaine on board a cargo ship from Ecuador.
Six days later, on January 28, seven more bundles totaling 17.5 pounds were discovered on a ship from Guatemala. Both hauls were concealed beneath the floorboards of the ships, according to .
Customs and Border Protection officials found 80 bundles of cocaine weighing 204.2 pounds in a ship from Ecuador at Port Hueneme, California, on January 22
A further seven bundles of cocaine weighing 17.5 pounds were discovered on a ship from Guatemala at the same port six days later on January 28
Customs and Border Protection, Home Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked together on the seizure.
CBP plays a critical role in the effort to keep dangerous drugs from illegally entering the country. Specifically, by leveraging a comprehensive, multi layered, intelligence driven, and threat based approach to enhance the security of our seaports, we can diminish the effectiveness of transnational criminal organizations drug operations, Carlos C. Martel, CBP director of Field Operations in Los Angeles, said in a statement to ABC news.
The two massive shipments, totaling 221 pounds, is the largest seizure of cocaine at Port Hueneme pictured in 25 years, officials said
The seizures came just after after another huge drug bust on January 11, where 1.7 tons of methamphetamine was found at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport. Australia and U.S. Authorities worked together on the joint bust.
The busts were both found aboard ships at Port Hueneme in Ventura County, about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, coming from Central and South America
Customs and Border Protection, Home Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked together on the seizure
The shipment included 3,810 pounds of meth, 55.9 pounds of cocaine and 11.5 pounds of heroin. Officials in Australia quoted the total street value of the bust at dollar 1.29 billion.
There have been no arrests following the busts at Port Hueneme, but an investigation is still ongoing, according to CBP.
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Federal authorities seize huge 221 pound shipment of cocaine at Southern California port Daily Mai - Duration: 3:42.
Federal authorities seize huge 221 pound shipment of cocaine at Southern California port Daily Mai
Federal authorities seized more than 200 pounds of cocaine at a port in Southern in late January, it was announced Friday.
The two massive shipments, totaling 221 pounds, is the largest seizure of cocaine at Port Hueneme in Ventura County in 25 years, officials said.
The first bust at the port, around 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, was made on January 22. Authorities seized 204.2 pounds of cocaine on board a cargo ship from Ecuador.
Six days later, on January 28, seven more bundles totaling 17.5 pounds were discovered on a ship from Guatemala. Both hauls were concealed beneath the floorboards of the ships, according to .
Customs and Border Protection officials found 80 bundles of cocaine weighing 204.2 pounds in a ship from Ecuador at Port Hueneme, California, on January 22
A further seven bundles of cocaine weighing 17.5 pounds were discovered on a ship from Guatemala at the same port six days later on January 28
Customs and Border Protection, Home Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked together on the seizure.
CBP plays a critical role in the effort to keep dangerous drugs from illegally entering the country. Specifically, by leveraging a comprehensive, multi layered, intelligence driven, and threat based approach to enhance the security of our seaports, we can diminish the effectiveness of transnational criminal organizations drug operations, Carlos C. Martel, CBP director of Field Operations in Los Angeles, said in a statement to ABC news.
The two massive shipments, totaling 221 pounds, is the largest seizure of cocaine at Port Hueneme pictured in 25 years, officials said
The seizures came just after after another huge drug bust on January 11, where 1.7 tons of methamphetamine was found at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport. Australia and U.S. Authorities worked together on the joint bust.
The busts were both found aboard ships at Port Hueneme in Ventura County, about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, coming from Central and South America
Customs and Border Protection, Home Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked together on the seizure
The shipment included 3,810 pounds of meth, 55.9 pounds of cocaine and 11.5 pounds of heroin. Officials in Australia quoted the total street value of the bust at dollar 1.29 billion.
There have been no arrests following the busts at Port Hueneme, but an investigation is still ongoing, according to CBP.
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Snow Too Thick to Plow Keeps Skiers from California Resorts NBC Bay Area - Duration: 0:41.
Snow Too Thick to Plow Keeps Skiers from California Resorts NBC Bay Area
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Winter weather enveloping California"s mountains for a fourth straight day Friday kept skiers from hitting the slopes at the start of the Presidents Day holiday weekend, with snow so deep that plows could not tackle it and cities scrambled to find places to pile it.
Several routes to the ski mecca of Lake Tahoe shut down, including about 70 miles of Interstate 80 from Colfax, California, to the Nevada state line.
I 80 was reopened to passenger vehicles Friday evening.
Chains were required for travel in many other parts of the towering Sierra Nevada.
"All avid skiers are itching to get out on the mountain, but the roads are pretty treacherous right now," said Kevin Cooper, marketing director for Lake Tahoe TV.
The storm was expected to dump between 3 and 6 feet of fresh snow in a region where some ski resorts reported getting 3 feet since Thursday. Officials warned of avalanches in the greater Lake Tahoe Area, where heavy snow and high winds were expected through Sunday.
Storms also have swamped much of the state with heavy rain that crumbled roads and flooded a resort north of San Francisco where a kayaker paddled through a meeting room after a nearby river swelled over its banks. The onslaught extended into Arizona and other parts of the U.S. West, with a winter blast also hitting Missouri.
In California, the heavy snow forced some skiers to cancel their plans.
Aura Campa of Oakland and her partner were hoping to take advantage of their season passes and the fresh powder at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows resort, but a near accident on an icy road last weekend made them reconsider.
When a main highway through the Lake Tahoe area was crushed with traffic, she drove her SUV on a side road. Her vehicle didn"t have chains, and when it was going uphill, the vehicle went into reverse.
"That was really scary for us. It was on a tiny hill with a small amount of ice but that was enough for us to think twice about traveling through a snowstorm again," Campa said. "We"re not going to risk it."
Authorities told people to stay home as snow kept piling up.
"State Route 267 is so deep that plows can no longer plow. They have ordered up a large blower to try and clear the pass," Placer County sheriff"s Lt. Andrew Scott said in a tweet with a video of the snow covered road.
About 140 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe, Mammoth Mountain was about to break a more than 30 year record for monthly snowfall, resort spokesman Justin Romano said. Skiers and snowboarders should be able to reach the slopes as long as they have chains or snow tires, he said.
The resort has already gotten 163 inches of snow this month, just 5 inches shy of its snowfall record for February, set in 1986.
The storms heavily damaged and in some places destroyed parts of roads leading to Idyllwild and other mountain communities about 100 miles east of Los Angeles, but access was not cut off.
Crews were starting repairs on State Routes 74 and 243. A route combining surviving portions of the two mountain highways and a county road kept the communities connected to the world, but authorities urged outsiders to leave the tenuous route to residents.
"We"re discouraging tourism and snow play up there this weekend," California Department of Transportation spokeswoman Terri Kasinga said.
Highways also were damaged in the nearby San Bernardino Mountains, where ski resorts around Big Bear Lake have an abundance of snow. Kasinga said those routes would be open to the public.
In other parts of California, crews turned to cleanup after a storm Thursday led to at least three deaths.
A woman pulled from rising water in a flood control channel in Corona, southeast of Los Angeles, had a heart attack and died. About 50 miles east, a man was found dead after floodwaters swept him away in a rural community. A man"s body also was recovered from a fast flowing creek in Escondido, northeast of San Diego.
Winter weather extended into Arizona and the Rocky Mountains.
Firefighters rescued a motorist who called 911 to report that runoff swept his car down a wash in Tucson, Arizona. In northern Arizona, a handful of popular recreation areas around the red rock resort town of Sedona closed because of heavy flooding. More storms were expected to drop snow in northern Arizona this weekend.
In parts of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, road crews worked to clear avalanches that had closed mountain highways and to ease the threat of more slides.
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Federal authorities seize huge 221 pound shipment of cocaine at Southern California port Daily Mai - Duration: 3:45.
Federal authorities seize huge 221 pound shipment of cocaine at Southern California port Daily Mai
Federal authorities seized more than 200 pounds of cocaine at a port in Southern in late January, it was announced Friday.
The two massive shipments, totaling 221 pounds, is the largest seizure of cocaine at Port Hueneme in Ventura County in 25 years, officials said.
The first bust at the port, around 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, was made on January 22. Authorities seized 204.2 pounds of cocaine on board a cargo ship from Ecuador.
Six days later, on January 28, seven more bundles totaling 17.5 pounds were discovered on a ship from Guatemala. Both hauls were concealed beneath the floorboards of the ships, according to .
Customs and Border Protection officials found 80 bundles of cocaine weighing 204.2 pounds in a ship from Ecuador at Port Hueneme, California, on January 22
A further seven bundles of cocaine weighing 17.5 pounds were discovered on a ship from Guatemala at the same port six days later on January 28
Customs and Border Protection, Home Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked together on the seizure.
CBP plays a critical role in the effort to keep dangerous drugs from illegally entering the country. Specifically, by leveraging a comprehensive, multi layered, intelligence driven, and threat based approach to enhance the security of our seaports, we can diminish the effectiveness of transnational criminal organizations drug operations, Carlos C. Martel, CBP director of Field Operations in Los Angeles, said in a statement to ABC news.
The two massive shipments, totaling 221 pounds, is the largest seizure of cocaine at Port Hueneme pictured in 25 years, officials said
The seizures came just after after another huge drug bust on January 11, where 1.7 tons of methamphetamine was found at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport. Australia and U.S. Authorities worked together on the joint bust.
The busts were both found aboard ships at Port Hueneme in Ventura County, about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, coming from Central and South America
Customs and Border Protection, Home Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked together on the seizure
The shipment included 3,810 pounds of meth, 55.9 pounds of cocaine and 11.5 pounds of heroin. Officials in Australia quoted the total street value of the bust at dollar 1.29 billion.
There have been no arrests following the busts at Port Hueneme, but an investigation is still ongoing, according to CBP.
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California issues warning to avoid skiing over Presidents Day weekend because theres TOO MUCH snow - Duration: 7:46.
California issues warning to avoid skiing over Presidents Day weekend because theres TOO MUCH snow
Keen snow sports fans in and across the West Coast have been ordered to stay home this holiday weekend because ski resorts were taking in too much snow.
Winter weather enveloping Californias mountains for a fourth straight day Friday kept skiers from hitting the slopes at the start of the Presidents Day holiday weekend, with snow so deep that plows could not tackle it and cities scrambled to find places to pile it.
Mammoth Mountain was about to break a more than 30 year record for monthly snowfall and skiers and snowboarders should be able to reach the slopes as long as they have chains or snow tires, resort spokesman Justin Romano said.
Snow covered chairs and ski equipment at Heavenly Mountain Resort near South Lake Tahoe, California Friday. Skiers were eager to hit the slopes had to sit out a Presidents Day holiday weekend as heavy snow and rain fell for a fourth straight day
Two men snowboard down a steep street in South Lake Tahoe Friday. The snow was so deep in some areas plows couldnt go out and cities were running out of places to pile it
Drivers make their way up and down a snow packed street in South Lake Tahoe on Friday
The snow was so deep in some areas plows couldnt go out and cities were running out of places to pile it
But non locals were advised not to tackle the conditions after the resort had already gotten 163 inches 414 centimeters of snow this month, just 5 inches shy of its snowfall record for February, set in 1986.
An Oakland couple had a near accident on an icy road last weekend that made them reconsider heading into snow this holiday.
When a main highway through the Lake Tahoe area was crushed with traffic, Aura Campa and her partner drove her SUV on a side road. Her vehicle didnt have chains, and when it was going uphill, the vehicle went into reverse.
A worker operates a snow blower at Heavenly Mountain Resort near South Lake Tahoe
Fresh snow coats a sign at the top of Ski Run Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe
A big rig lacking chains slid into a snowbank blocking State Route 88 in Amador County near Tragedy Springs
That was really scary for us. It was on a tiny hill with a small amount of ice but that was enough for us to think twice about traveling through a snowstorm again, Campa said.
Several routes to the ski mecca of Lake Tahoe shut down, including about 70 miles 110 kilometers of Interstate 80 from Colfax, California, to the Nevada state line.
I 80 was reopened to passenger vehicles Friday evening.
A man walks down a sidewalk in South Lake Tahoe left Jeff Elkins with the Webster Groves Parks Dept. tries to stay ahead of the snow by blowing off the sidewalks in the business district of town on Lockwood Avenue right
Hao Liu, of San Francisco, rolls a large ball of snow for a snowman his family was making in Wingfield Park in Reno, Nevada, Friday
Jinchun Xia, left, and Kevin Liu, 5, of San Francisco, roll a ball of snow for a snowman they made at Wingfield Park in downtown Reno
The storm was expected to dump between 3 and 6 feet 1 to 2 meters of fresh snow in a region where some ski resorts reported getting 3 feet 1 meter since Thursday. Officials warned of avalanches in the greater Lake Tahoe Area, where heavy snow and high winds were expected through Sunday.
Campa added about using their season passes and hitting the fresh powder at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows resort: Were not going to risk it.
Chains were required for travel in many other parts of the towering Sierra Nevada.
All avid skiers are itching to get out on the mountain, but the roads are pretty treacherous right now, said Kevin Cooper, marketing director for Lake Tahoe TV.
Authorities told people to stay home as snow kept piling up.
State Route 267 is so deep that plows can no longer plow. They have ordered up a large blower to try and clear the pass, Placer County sheriffs Lt. Andrew Scott said in a tweet with a video of the snow covered road.
Fridays storm damaged the San Jacinto Mountains Highway 243 near Idyllwild, California
Rainwater continued to drain Friday from Californias saturated landscapes, and road crews in parts of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming were working to clear avalanches
The storms heavily damaged and in some places destroyed parts of roads leading to Idyllwild and other mountain communities about 100 miles 161 kilometers east of Los Angeles, but access was not cut off.
Crews were starting repairs on State Routes 74 and 243. A route combining surviving portions of the two mountain highways and a county road kept the communities connected to the world, but authorities urged outsiders to leave the tenuous route to residents.
Were discouraging tourism and snow play up there this weekend, California Department of Transportation spokeswoman Terri Kasinga said.
Highways also were damaged in the nearby San Bernardino Mountains, where ski resorts around Big Bear Lake have an abundance of snow. Kasinga said those routes would be open to the public.
In other parts of California, crews turned to cleanup after a storm Thursday led to at least three deaths.
Jay Michael Tucker kayaks through the flooded Surrey Resort as the Russian River flows through it in Guerneville, California
Streets and low lying areas flooded as the Russian River swelled above its banks Friday
A woman pulled from rising water in a flood control channel in Corona, southeast of Los Angeles, had a heart attack and died. About 50 miles 80 kilometers east, a man was found dead after floodwaters swept him away in a rural community. A mans body also was recovered from a fast flowing creek in Escondido, northeast of San Diego.
Storms also have swamped much of the state with heavy rain that crumbled roads and flooded a resort north of San Francisco where a kayaker paddled through a meeting room after a nearby river swelled over its banks. The onslaught extended into Arizona and other parts of the U.S. West, with a winter blast also hitting Missouri.
Winter weather extended into Arizona and the Rocky Mountains.
Firefighters rescued a motorist who called 911 to report that runoff swept his car down a wash in Tucson, Arizona. In northern Arizona, a handful of popular recreation areas around the red rock resort town of Sedona closed because of heavy flooding. More storms were expected to drop snow in northern Arizona this weekend.
In parts of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, road crews worked to clear avalanches that had closed mountain highways and to ease the threat of more slides.
Owner Alex Yarosheno holds onto a tree as the Russian River flows through Surrey Resort in Guerneville Friday
A woman walks along a flooded road in Guerneville. In California, rainwater drained from saturated landscapes even as a new system moved into northern areas of the state and more heavy snow fell in the Sierra Nevada
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California town trials universal income program giving 130 residents $500 for next year - Duration: 5:17.
Could universal basic income be the solution to crime, poverty and bankrupt cities? That's what one California town is trying to find out
Starting this month, 130 residents of Stockton, California, will receive a debit card loaded with $500 for the next 18 months that they're free to use at their own discretion
The program, overseen by the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED), started on Friday
'The need has only been reiterated.Folks are ready to use this money to pay bills, to save for the future, to pay off debt and pay for medicine,' SEED director Sukhi Samra said to the Sacramento Bee
SEED will dole out the funds and study and analyze how the income boost affects residents' spending and saving, financial stability, and overall quality of life
The initiative seeks to target poorer communities and see if giving a universal basic income, regardless of income level or employment status, can create a better, happier society
For low-skilled workers, the money can make a big impact in keeping up with inflation and evening out the scales of wealth inequality
Wealth inequality has become all the more stark in California following the tech boom
The program is funding the project using a $1million grant from the Economic Security Project and another $2million from a foundations and individual donors
Stockton is a strategic place to start as it's been dubbed 'America's foreclosure capital' and was the largest city to seek bankruptcy before Detroit filed in 2013
During the 2008 recession Stockton was plagued with unemployment and violent crime
Today isn't much better as one in four residents live below the poverty line there, according to the U
S.Census Bureau.All the residents involved in the program have a median income at or below $46,033
'I think (the program) will make people work better and smarter and harder,' Mayor Michael Tubbs said in an interview with NPR last year
'We're not just designed just to work all day and run a rat race.We're designed to be in community, to volunteer, to vote, to raise our kids
And I think the more inputs and investments we can give in people to do those things, the better off we are as a community,' he added
Similar universal wealth projects have taken place in Finland and Canada.After the trials finished they were notably not continued
In California U.S.Senator Kamala Harris proposed a bill last year that would provide middle class and working families a tax credit of up to $6,000 a year that would come in the form of $500 monthly checks
'SEED has already contributed to that conversation and re-conceptualizing what dignity is and not tying to work around deservedness and the poor and the working poor,' SEED director Samra said
The Stockton program hopes to shares stories of progress among residents by March and the initiative will run through August 2020
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California issues warning to avoid skiing over Presidents Day weekend because theres TOO MUCH snow - Duration: 7:46.
California issues warning to avoid skiing over Presidents Day weekend because theres TOO MUCH snow
Keen snow sports fans in and across the West Coast have been ordered to stay home this holiday weekend because ski resorts were taking in too much snow.
Winter weather enveloping Californias mountains for a fourth straight day Friday kept skiers from hitting the slopes at the start of the Presidents Day holiday weekend, with snow so deep that plows could not tackle it and cities scrambled to find places to pile it.
Mammoth Mountain was about to break a more than 30 year record for monthly snowfall and skiers and snowboarders should be able to reach the slopes as long as they have chains or snow tires, resort spokesman Justin Romano said.
Snow covered chairs and ski equipment at Heavenly Mountain Resort near South Lake Tahoe, California Friday. Skiers were eager to hit the slopes had to sit out a Presidents Day holiday weekend as heavy snow and rain fell for a fourth straight day
Two men snowboard down a steep street in South Lake Tahoe Friday. The snow was so deep in some areas plows couldnt go out and cities were running out of places to pile it
Drivers make their way up and down a snow packed street in South Lake Tahoe on Friday
The snow was so deep in some areas plows couldnt go out and cities were running out of places to pile it
But non locals were advised not to tackle the conditions after the resort had already gotten 163 inches 414 centimeters of snow this month, just 5 inches shy of its snowfall record for February, set in 1986.
An Oakland couple had a near accident on an icy road last weekend that made them reconsider heading into snow this holiday.
When a main highway through the Lake Tahoe area was crushed with traffic, Aura Campa and her partner drove her SUV on a side road. Her vehicle didnt have chains, and when it was going uphill, the vehicle went into reverse.
A worker operates a snow blower at Heavenly Mountain Resort near South Lake Tahoe
Fresh snow coats a sign at the top of Ski Run Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe
A big rig lacking chains slid into a snowbank blocking State Route 88 in Amador County near Tragedy Springs
That was really scary for us. It was on a tiny hill with a small amount of ice but that was enough for us to think twice about traveling through a snowstorm again, Campa said.
Several routes to the ski mecca of Lake Tahoe shut down, including about 70 miles 110 kilometers of Interstate 80 from Colfax, California, to the Nevada state line.
I 80 was reopened to passenger vehicles Friday evening.
A man walks down a sidewalk in South Lake Tahoe left Jeff Elkins with the Webster Groves Parks Dept. tries to stay ahead of the snow by blowing off the sidewalks in the business district of town on Lockwood Avenue right
Hao Liu, of San Francisco, rolls a large ball of snow for a snowman his family was making in Wingfield Park in Reno, Nevada, Friday
Jinchun Xia, left, and Kevin Liu, 5, of San Francisco, roll a ball of snow for a snowman they made at Wingfield Park in downtown Reno
The storm was expected to dump between 3 and 6 feet 1 to 2 meters of fresh snow in a region where some ski resorts reported getting 3 feet 1 meter since Thursday. Officials warned of avalanches in the greater Lake Tahoe Area, where heavy snow and high winds were expected through Sunday.
Campa added about using their season passes and hitting the fresh powder at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows resort: Were not going to risk it.
Chains were required for travel in many other parts of the towering Sierra Nevada.
All avid skiers are itching to get out on the mountain, but the roads are pretty treacherous right now, said Kevin Cooper, marketing director for Lake Tahoe TV.
Authorities told people to stay home as snow kept piling up.
State Route 267 is so deep that plows can no longer plow. They have ordered up a large blower to try and clear the pass, Placer County sheriffs Lt. Andrew Scott said in a tweet with a video of the snow covered road.
Fridays storm damaged the San Jacinto Mountains Highway 243 near Idyllwild, California
Rainwater continued to drain Friday from Californias saturated landscapes, and road crews in parts of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming were working to clear avalanches
The storms heavily damaged and in some places destroyed parts of roads leading to Idyllwild and other mountain communities about 100 miles 161 kilometers east of Los Angeles, but access was not cut off.
Crews were starting repairs on State Routes 74 and 243. A route combining surviving portions of the two mountain highways and a county road kept the communities connected to the world, but authorities urged outsiders to leave the tenuous route to residents.
Were discouraging tourism and snow play up there this weekend, California Department of Transportation spokeswoman Terri Kasinga said.
Highways also were damaged in the nearby San Bernardino Mountains, where ski resorts around Big Bear Lake have an abundance of snow. Kasinga said those routes would be open to the public.
In other parts of California, crews turned to cleanup after a storm Thursday led to at least three deaths.
Jay Michael Tucker kayaks through the flooded Surrey Resort as the Russian River flows through it in Guerneville, California
Streets and low lying areas flooded as the Russian River swelled above its banks Friday
A woman pulled from rising water in a flood control channel in Corona, southeast of Los Angeles, had a heart attack and died. About 50 miles 80 kilometers east, a man was found dead after floodwaters swept him away in a rural community. A mans body also was recovered from a fast flowing creek in Escondido, northeast of San Diego.
Storms also have swamped much of the state with heavy rain that crumbled roads and flooded a resort north of San Francisco where a kayaker paddled through a meeting room after a nearby river swelled over its banks. The onslaught extended into Arizona and other parts of the U.S. West, with a winter blast also hitting Missouri.
Winter weather extended into Arizona and the Rocky Mountains.
Firefighters rescued a motorist who called 911 to report that runoff swept his car down a wash in Tucson, Arizona. In northern Arizona, a handful of popular recreation areas around the red rock resort town of Sedona closed because of heavy flooding. More storms were expected to drop snow in northern Arizona this weekend.
In parts of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, road crews worked to clear avalanches that had closed mountain highways and to ease the threat of more slides.
Owner Alex Yarosheno holds onto a tree as the Russian River flows through Surrey Resort in Guerneville Friday
A woman walks along a flooded road in Guerneville. In California, rainwater drained from saturated landscapes even as a new system moved into northern areas of the state and more heavy snow fell in the Sierra Nevada
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