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A storm system is approaching California and will impact the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast starting early on Tuesday. 

A storm system is approaching California and will impact the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast starting early on Tuesday. 

The satellite picture shows the next front approaching that will bring in more rain later this afternoon along with some breezy southerly winds 10-15 gusting to 30, 40-50 at the beaches.  This system will bring up to an inch of rain in the Coast Range and will increase river flow rate some.  The rain will ease later tonight, and we likely see some scattered light showers behind the front, and the winds shift to westerly then decrease to around 8-12 after midnight, highs near 54, lows near...

Alaska’s Salmon Are Shrinking Pacific salmon are returning to freshwater smaller and younger than they used to. Austin Price December 15, 2020 A fisheries ecologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Krista Oke has heard it time and again from fishermen up and down Alaska rivers: Salmon just aren’t as big as they used to be. This is especially true on the Yukon River, she says, where Chinook salmon is a cultural touchstone and staple food for Indigenous people in both the U...