Weather: Remembering California's Great Flood of 1862 - latimes.com

The Great Flood of 1862, which drenched downtown L.A. with 35 inches in just over a month, began at just this time of year and, meteorologists believe, under similar weather conditions to our current storms. Most of the L.A. Basin ended up a lake.

[George W. Obama]: Polar bears not 'endangered' - Robin Bravender - POLITICO.com

The Obama administration is sticking with a George W. Bush-era decision to deny polar bears endangered species status.