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The storm is expected to blow in with high winds and heavy rain, likely knocking down trees and power lines and causing flooding, especially where leaves are blocking drains.
Eric Ciraulo of Capitol Ace Hardware in Sacramento says ahead of the wet storm, they're having trouble keeping sand in stock.
Los Angeles County prosecutors charged Dimitri Diatchenko, of North Hollywood, on Tuesday with cruelty to an animal and making criminal threats.
Seventy-eight-year-old John Vanderwerff died without any children in 2010, and named Gardiner in his will. But four of his cousins argue the relationship didn't fit the definition of a common-law marriage. A judge agreed she didn't properly inform his estate of the union and tossed the marriage declaration.
San Joaquin Delta College has announced they will be closed on Thursday due to the big storm scheduled to hit Northern California.
Authorities are asking for help in finding a missing teen considered at-risk.
A 21-year-old Sierra College student has been arrested on allegations he carved death threats into trees near campus, police say.
