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La Niña is still likely, say meteorologists at the National Weather Service.
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La Niña is still likely, say meteorologists at the National Weather Service.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Dec 20, 2024

Katie Rodriguez here, asking myself an oddly familiar question: What is the difference between El Niño and La Niña, and are we experiencing on…

This winter could be one of the biggest El Niño events in decades, but storms remain hard to predict.
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This winter could be one of the biggest El Niño events in decades, but storms remain hard to predict.

  • David Schmalz
  • Dec 21, 2023

Back in the winter of 1997, when an El Niño weather dynamic created the conditions for California to be drenched by rainfall, late comedian Ch…

Local cities and PG&E are already preparing for possible El Niño weather coming our way.
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Local cities and PG&E are already preparing for possible El Niño weather coming our way.

  • Pam Marino
  • Dec 14, 2023

Forecasters keeping an eye on surface temperatures of the Southern Pacific Ocean earlier this year watched as those temps kept rising in the E…

Hundreds of trees fell on the Monterey Peninsula during last winter’s storms. With another wet winter ahead, what can be done?
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Hundreds of trees fell on the Monterey Peninsula during last winter’s storms. With another wet winter ahead, what can be done?

  • Pam Marino
  • Dec 14, 2023

A LARGE MONTEREY CYPRESS PROVED TOO MUCH FOR THE MAIN OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION LINES THAT CARRY ELECTRICITY INTO MONTEREY, PACIFIC GROVE, PEBBLE …

A new study shows why thousands of red crabs get stranded on Monterey County shores.
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A new study shows why thousands of red crabs get stranded on Monterey County shores.

  • Christopher Neely
  • Jul 15, 2021

Seemingly every few years, thousands of tiny red crabs, called pelagic red crabs or tuna crabs, wash up along Monterey County shores. The crab…

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