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The governor of Iowa sent helicopters to a small town to evacuate people from flooded homes Saturday, the result of weeks of rain, while much of the United States longed for relief from yet another round of extraordinary heat.

San Jose’s Ópera Cultura wants teens to immerse themselves and reconnect with their heritage in the tragic legend of La Llorona with their new musical drama “La Llorona: The Weeping Woman.

Temperatures will fall better upper 80s to low 90s by Monday.

"In my Almaden neighborhood, two competing real estate firms have been placing small American flags (complete with business cards) in front of each house. I assume it is an effort to inspire patriotism, or just maybe it's for advertising."

"Our state is ahead of the game on a number of issues across the nation: climate change, women's health care rights, attempts at gun control, LGBTQ rights, et al.

"I worked at Chevron Research in the lab on the sixth floor. On hot days I would go on the balcony and look east and I could see where freeways 80 and 580 were because of all the smog over the freeways."

"Have the demands of parenthood become so enormous that we’re choosing to ignore our feeling that all this screen time is harmful?"

New murals are making a name for East Village San Jose, which includes retail shops, eateries and a number of vegan and vegetarian options.

Is that day-old rice safe to eat? Can your three-year-old clean up the cookie dough mixing bowl? And do you really need to keep butter in the fridge?

The area, which is free to use for the public, features eight interactive exhibits meant to focus on helping children learn about patterns, proportion, scale and symmetry by combining reflecting mathematical and scientific concepts through nature.