• The La Niña weather pattern that has shaped the past three years is officially over. The Pacific Ocean is officially back to a neutral state, and scientists say it could be trending toward an El Niño season by the fall. [Associated Press / New York Times]
  • You can expect the rain in San Francisco to begin this afternoon as this atmospheric river arrives, starting with drizzles and then getting heavier by evening. Residents of the Outer Sunset and Outer Richmond will see the first drizzles this morning after 10 or 11 a.m. [Chronicle]
  • The family of an elderly woman living alone in the San Bernardino mountains is mourning her loss after she was found dead in her snowbound home, which had lost heat and power. 93-year-old Eleanor "Dolly" Avenatti was "fiercely independent" and living alone with dementia, and was not able to be rescued amid hundreds of rescue missions. [CBS/KCAL]
  • Governor Gavin Newsom has tested positive for COVID-19, and it's the second time he's had it in less than a year. [ABC 7]
  • BART Inspector General Harriet Richardson is resigning, and she says its because BART leadership has hampered her ability to do her job to investigate waste and corruption within the agency. [NBC Bay Area]
  • The ACLU has written a letter to the town of Los Gatos, and may be preparing a lawsuit, after the town council voted to censure a planning commissioner who spoke at a public meeting and referred to "rich, white, anti-housing men." [Bay Area News Group]
  • The disappearance a week ago of a 64-year-old Santa Rosa man with dementia is baffling local authorities, and they've developed no leads and found no sign of him, after he wandered out of the home he shares with his wife. [Chronicle]
  • Senator Mitch McConnell, 81, was hospitalized Wednesday after tripping and falling during a private dinner at a D.C. hotel. [New York Times]