A child is home and recovering after a possible case of bird flu in Alameda County, California, according to the California Department of Public Health. The child had mild upper respiratory symptoms and received treatment.

California health officials reported a possible case of bird flu in a child in the San Francisco Bay Area. The child had no known contact with infected animals.

California's public health department on Tuesday reported a possible case of bird flu in a child with mild symptoms. The state said there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the virus and that the child's family members tested negative.

Northern California and the Pacific Northwest residents on Tuesday were bracing for the strongest atmospheric river storm system, bringing a lot of rain to some areas and creating the potential for a “bomb cyclone” that can intensify wind overnight.

A powerful bomb cyclone is taking aim at the Pacific Northwest and northern California with hurricane force winds forecast to gust up to 70 mph with as much as 15 inches of rain and heavy snow in the mountains.

A rare deep-sea oarfish has washed up in California, the third to do so in a few months and only the 22nd since 1901.