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Drought-Busting Scientists Sail into Oncoming Storm

After a record-breaking rainless January in San Francisco and much of the Bay Area, an “atmospheric river” will bring a rainstorm to the region this weekend–and one team of scientists will ride into the storm to study the phenomenon and its potential impact on California’s devastating three-year drought.

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CA Rainstorms Uncover Million-Year-Old Fossils

California’s recent rainstorms have brought fossils, several of which are believed to be millions of years old, ashore in the Bay Area and along the rest of Pacific coast. Among the rarer fossil finds this week was the tooth of