John Antczak

California Sep 1, 2022

California Heat Wave Sparks Fears of Power Outages, Fires

California is in a state of emergency as a brutal heat wave brings the threat of power outages and wildfires.

Anthony Burdock, left, and Sean de Guzman, chief of snow surveys for the California Department of Water Resources, check the depth of the snow pack during the first snow survey of the season at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. The survey found the snowpack at 78.5 inches deep with a water content of 20 inches. Statewide, the snow holds 160% of the water it normally does this time of year.

California Mar 1, 2022

California Snow Pack Far Below Normal After Dry Winter Months

Drought-stricken California’s winter mountain snowpack is far below average after two historically dry months that reversed gains from storms late last year, officials said Tuesday as they urged the nation’s most populous state to conserve water.

NEWARK, CALIFORNIA – October 25: Caltrans crews work to clear the storm drains from debris at a flooded section of the Southbound Interstate 880 between Thornton Avenue and Mowry Avenue on Oct. 25, 2021, in Newark, Calif. An atmospheric river storm, the strongest to hit the Bay Area in two years moved through the Bay Area on Sunday. (Photo by Dai Sugano/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)

California Dec 16, 2021

California Mops Up After Storm Soaks State, Triggers Slide

Cleanup was underway after a powerful storm swept through California, setting rainfall records in the drought-stricken state but also triggering rescue efforts on a raging river and in canyon communities hit by mudslides.

Coronavirus Jan 26, 2021

California Lifts COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders, Curfew Statewide

California lifted regional stay-at-home orders across the state Monday in response to improving coronavirus conditions, returning the state to a system of county-by-county restrictions.

File Image: The Virgin Orbit “Cosmic Girl” – a modified Boeing Co. 747-400 carrying a LauncherOne rocket under it’s wing – takes off for the Launch Demo 2 mission from Mojave Air and Space Port on January 17, 2021 in Mojave, California. – The LauncherOne rocket, which will release from the wing of the Boeing 747 before ignition, contains small research satellites, known as CubeSats for NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 20 mission developed by nine research universities and a NASA center. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Long Beach Jan 17, 2021

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit Reaches Space on 2nd Try

The launch occurred after the Boeing 747-400 took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in the desert north of Los Angeles and flew out over the Pacific Ocean to a drop point beyond the Channel Islands.

California Dec 21, 2020

Overwhelmed, California Hospitals Contemplate Rationing Care

California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers.

APPLE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 18: A California National Guard medic checks vital signs of an incoming patient in front of triage tents set up outside St Mary Medical Center amid a surge in COVID-19 patients in Southern California on December 18, 2020 in Apple Valley, California. The 213 bed capacity hospital in San Bernardino County currently has 60 ICU-level patients with only 20 official ICU beds. The hospital is currently treating 131 COVID-19 positive patients while 20 more patients are suspected to have the virus. Southern California currently has zero percent of its ICU (Intensive Care Unit) bed capacity remaining amid the spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Coronavirus Dec 19, 2020

California Hospitals Struggling as Coronavirus Cases Explode

California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers.

In this April 14, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom gestures during a news conference at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova, Calif.

Coronavirus May 1, 2020

Northern California County Defies Governor's Virus Shutdown Order

A rural California county allowed nonessential businesses to reopen and diners to eat in restaurants on Friday, becoming the first to defy Gov. Gavin Newsom’s statewide orders barring such moves during the coronavirus pandemic.

An aerial view of the schoolyard at Frank McCoppin Elementary School on March 18, 2020 in San Francisco, California.

Coronavirus Mar 19, 2020

California Parents Face Possible Long-Term Homeschooling

Extraordinary restrictions on everyday activities expanded to more areas of California on Wednesday as many parents around the state struggled to fathom the prospect put forth by Gov. Gavin Newsom of schools staying closed until summer.