A huge piece of California's Highway 1 was washed out this week by a winter storm that brought heavy rain and snow.
Dubbed the "340 cipher," the message was unraveled by a trio of code breakers -- David Oranchak, a software developer in Virginia, Jarl Van Eycke, a Belgian computer programmer, and Sam Blake, an Australian mathematician.
Cal Fire said Sunday that more than 16,500 firefighters continue to work towards containing the 23 major wildfires currently burning across the state
Three massive wildfires chewed through parched Northern California landscape Sunday as firefighters raced to dig breaks and make other preparations ahead of a frightening weather system packing high winds and more of the lightning that sparked the huge blazes and scores of other fires around the state, putting nearly a quarter-million people under evacuation orders and warnings.
Temperatures dropped into the 30s in recent days, dimming the prospects for survival, Schneider said.
The price of wine is expected to drop to its lowest levels in five years thanks, in part, to a surplus of California grapes.
The deputy was treated at a hospital and subsequently released without any serious injuries, officials said.