UPI
By Darryl Coote
California Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency Wednesday to aid relief efforts as the Golden State braces to be hit by a series of storms, the likes of which it has not seen in years.
Some communities in the Western state on Wednesday were attempting to recover from a New Year’s Eve storm that slammed California, killing at least two people, when Newsom issued the emergency declaration as a bomb cyclone rapidly intensified off its coast.