While most of Southern California survived Tropical Storm Hilary without serious damage, a handful of mountain and desert areas east of Los Angeles were still trying to recover.
Tag: Coachella Valley (Calif)
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In Palm Springs, Where Rain Is Rare, Residents Brace for Hilary’s Downpour
Throughout the desert resort city in California, anxiety set in as the storm approached.
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California’s Last Tropical Storm In 1939 Killed Almost 100
The most recent tropical cyclone to make landfall in Southern California capsized boats, cut power and phone service and destroyed homes along the coast.
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Frank Ocean Pulls Out of Coachella Weekend 2 Set, Citing Leg Injury
The singer-songwriter’s performance there on Sunday was his first large-scale concert in years, but his scheduled second act has been canceled in response to medical advice, a representative said.
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When There’s Arsenic in the Water, but ‘We Have Nowhere to Go’
The Environmental Protection Agency found that water at a mobile home park that mostly serves agricultural workers contained almost 10 times the allowable limit of arsenic. But housing alternatives are hard to find.