A roller-skating rink with warped wooden floors is among businesses struggling to recover from California’s storms, which caused billions of dollars in damage to businesses, homes and infrastructure
Weeks of heavy weather unleashed landslides, shattered rainfall records and hit industries from tourism to agriculture
Waves whipped up by ‘atmospheric rivers’ rolling through California have caused damage in beach towns such as Aptos and Capitola. WSJ’s Jim Carlton reports from the community, where local residents are picking up the pieces. Photos: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty ImagesANTIOCH, Calif.
“Mother Nature could have been a little nicer, but I think she has a head of her own,” general manager Bob Bruce said earlier this week, walking carefully on the warped floor as dozens of beach balls intended to drop at midnight Jan. 1 remained suspended in a ceiling net.
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