The first of two "pineapple express" storms arrived in Southern California early Wednesday ... the weather service office in Eureka said. Flooding also temporarily forced the closure of some ...

The first of two “pineapple express” storms has arrived in Southern California after delivering a stronger-than-expected pounding to the San Francisco Bay Area, breaking rainfall records.

Call it an atmospheric river, a Pineapple Express or just weather, but some parts of California and the U.S. Northwest are being slammed by up to foot of rain before the storm runs out of moisture ...