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  • The low January precipitation is disappointing news for California, which needs a wet winter to reduce drought conditions. Much of the state is still in severe drought though overall conditions have improved since last winter.
  • Masks can come off today for vaccinated Californians in many indoor spaces, however, some restrictions still apply regardless of vaccination status. Next, police are now ticketing people living at a homeless encampment on Sports Arena Boulevard as part of the city’s progressive enforcement efforts to move residents into shelters. Later, Carlsbad has become the first city in the county to pass a law making it illegal for anyone other than a licensed recycler to possess a catalytic converter without valid proof of ownership. And, more than a dozen antitrust bills targeting “big tech” are in play in the nation’s capital right now. Then, water conservation efforts combined with projects like Carlsbad’s desalination plant, leave the county in a better position to weather a drought. It also leaves us with some of the highest water rates in the state. Finally, a look inside the Oakland Fortune Factory, where a mother-daughter duo turns out thousands of handmade cookies every day.
  • Newsom was re-elected Tuesday by beating little-known Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle. Newsom mostly ignored Dahle in the months leading up to the election.
  • In tree ring records dating back to AD 800, the only multidecade drought that came close to today's was in the 1500s. Researchers say climate change is a factor and the U.S. must plan for less water.
  • A severe drought, now in its second year, has dramatically worsened the already desperate situation in the country with an economy in freefall following the Taliban takeover in August.
  • It's the first time this century that La Niña has returned for three consecutive years, according to the UN's weather agency. The pattern influences weather events worldwide.
  • Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate after Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto won reelection in an exceptionally close race. She speaks with Morning Edition about what the race means for her party.
  • Whether Gov. Gavin Newsom wins or loses on Tuesday, the recall election's outcome is likely to have big impacts on public health policies and the balance of power in both Sacramento and Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, some business owners in San Diego are implementing vaccine requirements after President Biden mandated COVID-19 vaccines for federal employees last week. Plus, San Francisco and irrigation districts in the Central Valley are suing the state over drought restrictions.
  • The Senate has approved a measure meant to avert a railroad strike in eight days — without the paid sick days rail workers have been asking for.
  • The Anopheles stephensi is a well-known malaria mosquito, but still sort of new in Ethiopia, where it has caused dramatic, out-of-season outbreaks in ill-equipped cities, new research shows.
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