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A surfer rides a wave churned by a winter storm underneath the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge on Friday in the San Francisco Bay. ASSOCIATED PRESS  
AP  

Winter's fury

Calm between storms offers chance to restore power

The chance of scattered residual showers today is likely to continue a slight reprieve for the soggy Bay Area before another winter storm is expected to hit Tuesday, carrying with it the possibility of up to 2 inches of rain and more than a foot of snow in the mountains. (San Francisco Chronicle)
ALSO:
• Wind, rain and snow pummel most of state
• Outages, damage in storm's wake
• Burst levee floods town east of Reno
• 9 missing in Western snowstorms

Phillip Stine of Waterford uses a willow branch as a divining rod to find water. BART AH YOU/Modesto Bee  
Bee  

Witch upon a well

Waterford man uses willow branch to find water

Phillip Stine gripped a forked willow branch tightly in his hands and set out across a freshly plowed field. He traversed the area for quite a while, with no result. Then something strange happened. (Modesto Bee)

After collecting water samples from Chorro Creek, which flows into the Morro Bay estuary, volunteer Chris Robinson measures the flow of the creek. JAYSON MELLOM/Tribune  
Tribune  

A sense of ownership

Volunteers make estuary one of most studied ecosystems

The Morro Bay National Estuary Program’s volunteer monitoring program is designed to improve coastal water quality. In all, the program has 10 ongoing and seasonal monitoring efforts, making the 2,300-acre Morro Bay estuary and its watershed that stretches from Morro Rock to the outskirts of San Luis Obispo one of the most studied ecosystems in the state. (San Luis Obispo Tribune)

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Quote of the Day
“Committee: A group of men who individually can do nothing, but as a group decide that nothing can be done.”
— Fred Allen

Photos of the Week
CHUCK WINSOR, P.E.
Orange County Sanitation District

Prado Dam release
Friday will be the third anniversary of the Prado Dam releasing the highest flow (10,000 CFS) in its more than 60-year history. Because of OCSD’s involvement with protecting the SARI line, Chuck was on-site at the Santa Ana River on Jan. 11, 2005, and took this series of photos that show a dramatic example of a true hydraulic jump.
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Born on this Day
William Peter Blatty, 80; Paul Revere, 70; Jann Wenner, 62; Kenny Loggins, 60; Erin Gray, 58; David Caruso, 52; Katie Couric, 50; Doug E. Doug, 38; Eric Gagne, 32; Alfonso Soriano, 32; Dustin Diamond, 31.

On this Day in 1789
The first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation's first president.

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