California

• Home Values in the West Drop for 9th Straight Month—These Metros Saw Steepest Declines - For nine months in a row, home values have declined in the West, and these major metros took the hardest hit.
• California's Under-The-Radar Zoo Is A Unique Gem Where You Can See Rare Endangered Rescues - See rare wildlife native to California, while supporting the animals' rehabilitation and rescue, at this unique and family-friendly zoo in Southern California.
• Bear Evicted After Spending 37 Days Living in Tiny Crawl Space Under California Home - BEAR League assisted in removing the animal out from under the house in Altadena
• Trump administration freezes $10B in child, family aid to 5 states over fraud concerns - The move comes a day after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he would not seek reelection amid political fallout over a massive fraud probe in his state.
• Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California dies, reducing GOP's narrow control of the House to 218-213 - Republican Doug LaMalfa, a seven-term U.S. representative from California, has died, GOP officials said Tuesday. LaMalfa represented Northern California’s 1st District, along the Oregon border, including Redding and reaching just north of
• Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States - The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
• High tides and heavy rain flood parts of California’s Bay Area - King tides cause highest floodwaters in decades for area, while people are rescued from trapped cars and roads close
• Heavy Rain and King Tides Cause Flooding in California - Highways were blocked and a regional airport shut down on Saturday when the latest in a long run of drenching rainstorms coincided with especially high tides.
• California’s Latest Storm Brings Flooding to San Francisco Bay Area - The state has seen a nonstop run of storms in recent weeks. This one is expected to bring heavy rain through the weekend.
• California ban on openly carrying guns is unconstitutional, court rules - By Nate Raymond Jan 2 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that California's ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state was unconstitutional.