{"id":470969,"date":"2026-09-21T16:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/470969\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:38:10","slug":"california-declares-state-of-emergency-ahead-of-el-nino-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/470969\/","title":{"rendered":"California declares state of emergency ahead of El Ni\u00f1o season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790008690_901_origin-kabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, September 21, 2026 4:21PM<\/p>\n<p>Stream Southern California&#8217;s News Leader and Original Shows 24\/7<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday declared a state of emergency for California as a historic <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/tag\/el-nino\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">El Ni\u00f1o season<\/a> takes shape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The move puts statewide agencies on alert ahead of potentially powerful winter storms and other significant weather impacts during the upcoming rainy season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The declaration mostly helps streamline efforts to help prepare the state for what is expected to be a historic weather event. It directs crews to prepare roads and critical infrastructure, stage emergency supplies and help communities brace for flooding, landslides and coastal impacts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Forecasters expect El Ni\u00f1o to strengthen in the months ahead.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, September 21, 2026 4:21PM Stream Southern California&#8217;s News Leader and Original Shows 24\/7 Gov. Gavin Newsom on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[185205,7,9,8],"class_list":["post-470969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-185205","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}