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2 people, dog rescued from river as storm douses California

By Associated Press
Published: March 29, 2022, 8:33am
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Bianca Kulback, 57, walks over sandbags stacked around her home during a rain storm in Silverado Canyon, Calif., Monday, March 28, 2022. A vigorous late-season storm moved slowly through California on Monday, bringing flood worries as rain fell across wildfire burn scars. (AP Photo/Jae C.
Bianca Kulback, 57, walks over sandbags stacked around her home during a rain storm in Silverado Canyon, Calif., Monday, March 28, 2022. A vigorous late-season storm moved slowly through California on Monday, bringing flood worries as rain fell across wildfire burn scars. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Photo Gallery

LOS ANGELES — Two people and a dog were rescued from a rain-swollen Southern California river Monday as a vigorous late-season storm moved slowly through the state, bringing heavy showers and snow.

A helicopter rescue crew pulled the dog’s owner, a woman, from the rushing Los Angeles River, in the San Fernando Valley, around 2:40 p.m.

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