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California declares state of emergency ahead of historic El Niño season

Summary by The Los Angeles Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: KABC, as published by ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC) · September 21, 2026 · 1 min read

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Gov. Newsom declared a state of emergency for California ahead of what is expected to be a historic El Niño season.

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Summary created by	The Los Angeles Editorial Desk — automated, rule-governed
Byline on source page	KABC, as published by ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC)
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Source published	Sep 21, 2026
Indexed here	Sep 22, 2026
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Prepublication human review	No — editorial rules, flagged-item review, and published samples

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