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Almost everyone who lives in areas prone to snow seems to have a legendary snowstorm story: the blizzard of ’78, the Storm of the Century, any of the blizzards or bomb cyclones that have happened since then. And according to experts, historic snowstorms—the kind you measure all other snowy days against—are becoming more regular.

Despite shorter, warmer winters—driven by climate change—in many areas, blizzards are predicted to become more frequent and intense. Since warmer air holds more moisture, more snow is likely to fall when temperatures are just below freezing versus when temperatures are significantly below the 32 degrees Fahrenheit freezing point.

Warmer-than-normal winter air is impacting nearly every region of the U.S., according to a 2024 study by Climate Central. For every 1 degree rise in Fahrenheit the air holds 4% more moisture, creating the right conditions for intense snowfall.

Stacker compiled a list of the biggest 1-day snowfalls in California using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information to better understand historical snowfall events on a local level. Only one record snowfall for each county was included in the list.

January 29, 1968 (Butte County)
– 1-day snowfall: 45.0 inches

January 29, 1968 (Plumas County)
– 1-day snowfall: 48.0 inches

December 24, 1979 (Shasta County)
– 1-day snowfall: 48.0 inches

December 21, 1996 (Nevada County)
– 1-day snowfall: 48.1 inches

April 3, 1958 (Placer County)
– 1-day snowfall: 49.0 inches

January 19, 1933 (Tulare County)
– 1-day snowfall: 60.0 inches

March 9, 2023 (Mariposa County)
– 1-day snowfall: 60.0 inches

January 2, 1901 (Siskiyou County)
– 1-day snowfall: 63.0 inches

March 31, 1982 (Alpine County)
– 1-day snowfall: 65.0 inches

January 5, 1982 (El Dorado County)
– 1-day snowfall: 67.0 inches

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If you’re deciding whether to buy or rent a home in Los Angeles in 2026, you’re not alone. What used to be a simple answer has become more difficult as the economy continues to drift from historical norms.

Previously, it was common knowledge that buying was the more affordable choice, with long-term benefits generally outweighing the initial costs. But that assumption has shifted. After the pandemic threw housing markets off kilter, prices ballooned and mortgage rates climbed, straining affordability nationwide. Now, the typical buyer needs to earn far more than the typical renter to afford a median-priced home in many cities, leading the homeowner population to stall.

So what does buying vs. renting look like in Los Angeles right now? To find out, Redfin Real Estate looked at the income required to afford a typical home over a typical apartment—called the “income premium.” For example, an income premium of 10% means a household needs to earn 10% more to buy than to rent, while a premium of -10% means renting is cheaper than buying.

Note: All data is a monthly average for the month of December 2025. Rental data comes from a partnership with Zillow; median income data comes from the U.S. Census.

Buying vs. renting: Los Angeles

• Income premium to afford typical home over typical apartment: 115.2%
• Income needed to buy: $248,307
• Income needed to rent: $115,401
• Median sale price: $970,307
• Median rent price: $2,885
• Median household income: $103,226

Buying vs. renting: National

• Income premium to afford typical home over typical apartment: 46.3%
• Income needed to buy: $111,252
• Income needed to rent: $76,020
• Median sale price: $426,747
• Median rent price: $1,901
• Median household income: $86,185

This story was
produced by
Redfin Real Estate and reviewed and
distributed by Stacker.

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Análisis por Lisa Eadicicco, CNN

Las grandes tecnológicas siguen lidiando con despidos masivos, el más reciente con el anuncio de Amazon de recortar 16.000 empleos. Es una tendencia que comenzó mucho antes de la carrera de la IA: el cambio organizacional provocado por la llegada de las nuevas tecnologías.

Los gigantes tecnológicos prosperan o fracasan según sus decisiones de renovación, dejando a menudo a decenas de miles de trabajadores sufriendo las consecuencias.

Las décadas de 1990 y 2000 presenciaron una oleada de despidos en empresas emblemáticas de la industria como IBM, Hewlett Packard y Microsoft, que adoptaron avances tecnológicos como las computadoras personales, los dispositivos móviles y la nube.

Los asombrosos recortes de empleos de Amazon esta semana, la segunda ola desde octubre, elevan los ceses recientes del gigante del comercio a aproximadamente el 9 % de su fuerza laboral corporativa.

Si bien los despidos de Amazon no son consecuencia directa de la IA, sí están tangencialmente relacionados.

Los avances en IA han generado una preocupación generalizada sobre el futuro del empleo, ya que gigantes tecnológicos como Microsoft, Meta y Verizon también recortaron su personal el año pasado.

La IA es la “tecnología más transformadora que hemos visto desde internet”, afirmó Beth Galetti, vicepresidenta sénior de experiencia de personal y tecnología de Amazon, al anunciar los despidos en octubre. Añadió que la empresa necesita “menos niveles” para “avanzar lo más rápido posible”.

En su memorando explicando la nueva ronda de ceses, Galetti escribió que Amazon pretende “fortalecer” la organización “reduciendo capas, aumentando la propiedad y eliminando la burocracia”.

Es probable que las empresas estén trasladando recursos a áreas como datos, automatización y análisis en medio de la carrera de la IA, según Zeki Pagda, profesor asistente de la Rutgers Business School.

“Amazon no puede volver a capacitar fácilmente a una fuerza laboral diseñada para la logística manual o los sistemas minoristas tradicionales para que desarrolle agentes de IA generativos”, escribió Pagda en un correo electrónico a CNN.

Amazon remitió a CNN al memorando de Galetti cuando se le solicitó un comentario. La compañía también afirmó que la IA no es la causa de la gran mayoría de los recortes y que seguirá contratando en otras áreas. Galetti también escribió que las “reducciones generalizadas cada pocos meses” no forman parte del plan de Amazon.

IBM es uno de los ejemplos más destacados de recortes masivos en respuesta a las nuevas tecnologías.

La compañía despidió a 50.000 personas en 1993, cuando la tecnología de chips evolucionó y la industria tecnológica se alejó de las grandes computadoras mainframe.

Ante la competencia de las computadoras personales más pequeñas, el modelo de negocio de IBM comenzó a centrarse en los servicios y el software.

“El desafío de IBM no es sólo reducir su tamaño, sino también transformarse por completo en un actor más ágil y más orientado al mercado”, escribió el corresponsal de la revista Time, Thomas McCarroll, en 1992.

En 2014, Microsoft despidió a 18.000 trabajadores a los pocos meses de que Satya Nadella asumiera el cargo de CEO.

Estos recortes se produjeron justo después de que Microsoft absorbiera el negocio de telefonía móvil de Nokia, con la esperanza de alcanzar a Google y Apple en el mercado de smartphones.

Antes de esos despidos, Nade

By Lilit Marcus, CNN

(CNN) — This week in travel news: Australian travelers descended on an imaginary tourist attraction, a woman recalls the night she unexpectedly bunked with a pair of traveling nuns, and the turning point for REAL ID has arrived.

Getting into hot water

Hundreds of tourists are flocking to hot springs in a small town in Tasmania, Australia. However, there was one small wrinkle in their trip planning. The hot springs are actually an AI “hallucination” that erroneously appeared on a travel advice website and was widely shared before people figured out what was happening.

While this particular anecdote is funny, it speaks to a larger, more alarming trend in the travel industry.

Anne Hardy, adjunct professor in tourism at Southern Cross University, Australia, told CNN that about 37% of tourists use artificial intelligence-powered large language models like ChatGPT for travel advice or itineraries.

Are you thinking about using AI to plan your next vacation, but not sure how to tell what’s real and what’s fake? Five CNN Travel staffers in five different cities tried to follow AI-created itineraries in their own hometowns, with varying degrees of success. Follow their experiences – and learn from their mistakes – here.

‘Sister Act,’ travel edition

“Great Escapes” is a new CNN Travel series about how journeys sometimes don’t go as planned — and what happens next. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be bringing you the first three articles in the series, which are also available in audio form.

This week’s story is about Diann Droste, who in 1973 was a 16-year-old high schooler traveling around the US by Greyhound bus when a massive snowstorm threatened to strand her alone in a small town in Minnesota.

Luckily, though, Diann wasn’t alone. Two guardian angels emerged – in the form of nuns. The two women saw broke, scared Diann alone in the lobby of a motel and invited her to stay with them. That night, the unlikely trio had dinner and the nuns taught Diann how to play the card game Canasta.

These days, Diann is a mom whose kids can’t believe she once roomed with total strangers. But, as she explains, that’s the kind of thing people did before cell phones and the widespread use of credit cards.

The next morning, the snow had cleared enough to let the bus continue on its journey, and Diann went home to her family. However, she has never forgotten – even after all this time – the kindness of the two women who made sure she was safe on that snowy night.

Ready for REAL IDs?

Starting this Sunday, February 1, the Transportation Security Administration says it will charge airline passengers who do not have a REAL ID $45 to verify their identity.

CNN’s Pete Muntean explains what this means for travelers.

Unexpected ingredients

One of the most fun parts of visiting a new place is trying the local specialties. That was certainly the case for actor Tony Shalhoub, who tried rye bread ice cream in Reykjavik, Iceland, during the “Breaking Bread” series that he hosted on CNN.

The grain-meets-dairy concoction is topped with rhubarb syrup and house-made whipped cream. Although Shalhoub was skeptical at first, he ended up loving the surprising treat.

And that’s not all. Sometimes a simple ingredient like olive oil is best tried not as part of

By Eric Bradner, CNN

Carmel, Indiana (CNN) — Marla Ailor attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration last year with her family, and remembered thinking it was a long day.

So she breathed a sigh of relief on Friday as she watched Melania Trump’s documentary and saw that — after a day that included three balls and returning to the White House at 2 a.m. — the first lady kicked off her heels.

“It’s a gauntlet,” she said. “You really appreciate what they have to go through in order to get through an event like that, and what their day must really be like.”

Ailor, the elected clerk-treasurer of nearby Westfield, was one of about 100 people — mostly older women — who packed all but two of the 10 rows of seats at a Regal movie theater northeast of Indianapolis on Friday for one of the first showings of Amazon MGM Studios’ “Melania,” which documents a 20-day stretch leading up to Trump’s return to office. In Carmel, a group of about 20 women who are active in local politics bought tickets for the 12:45 p.m. showing.

The film wasn’t a hit in every city on its opening day. Theaters in some cities were nearly empty. In Washington, DC, the first showing of the day — 11:30 a.m. ET at Regal Gallery Place downtown — was about one-third filled, and almost everyone in the theater was a reporter. Representatives of NPR, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Atlantic were among those in the room.

Before the previews began, a male reporter called out, “Is everyone a journalist here?”

A chorus of replies came from across the room: “Here.” “Here.” “Here.”

“Any civilians?” the man asked.

“I’m a civilian,” said one woman, who added that she was there with a journalist friend.

Critics have alleged the multi-million dollar film might have been made with an ulterior motive. The president on Thursday batted away suggestions that the $40 million that Amazon MGM Studios paid to acquire the rights could constitute corruption. “I think it’s really going to be very important. It shows life in the White House. It’s a big deal actually,” he told reporters on the red carpet at a Kennedy Center premiere.

In the film, it’s the president, not the first lady, who draws most of the laughs. One scene depicts Donald Trump asking his wife if she’d watched his election night victory speech, as she responds — seemingly in a hurry to get off the phone — that she’ll catch it later on the news. Attendees chuckled when he’s told he’ll ride to the inauguration with outgoing President Joe Biden and responds, “That’ll be an interesting drive.”

In London, some who attended the documentary’s opening day panned it afterward. One person said that “it’s like if Victoria Beckham became first lady.”

Siblings Daniel and Elise Fairweather both disliked the film, even though Daniel — who called it “tone-deaf” — said he likes Melania Trump herself. “She’s surrounded by ‘yes’ men,” Elise Fairweather said.

Still, across the United States on Friday, many Trump supporters said they’d bought tickets to see “Melania” on its opening day because they wanted to demonstrate their support for the first family.

Outside an AMC theater in Los Angeles, Mary Eike, a 74-year-old retired CPA and Trump supporter, said she showed up early to catch the first screening. When asked what motivated her to come see the film, Eike told CNN she feels it’s “about time they did something with that gorgeous first lady.”

“This woman is beautiful and she’s charming and nice and just a st