A powerful atmospheric river is upon us and forecasted to dump rain, some snow, as well as bringing the risk of flooding and high winds across Northern California. It looks like wet weather is here for the foreseeable forecast - possibly into Thanksgiving. ABC10 Meteorologist Rob Carlmark explains how the forecast varies from the valley to the foothills and Sierra. Chad Hecht is a Research and Operations Meteorologist at the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes and discusses what this means for our state’s water needs, and if this marks an end to wildfire season.

Known as the smallest mountain range in the world, the Sutter Buttes are about an hour drive north of Sacramento and hard to miss among the flat agricultural landscape outside Yuba City. This year there has been a debate about changing the name from Sutter Buttes to Sacred Buttes, to acknowledge the abuse John Sutter committed on native Californians during the Gold Rush. Sutter County District 3 Supervisor Mike Ziegenmeyer explains why fellow county supervisors, and a petition of more than 1,500 signatures, oppose the name change. Shelly Covert is a Tribal Spokesperson for the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe and Executive Director of the California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP) and explains the buttes’ importance to Native tribal culture and why a name change is the right thing to do.

World leaders are wrapping up what is considered to be the most important annual meeting surrounding climate change - COP29. But this year comes with the uncertainty of an incoming Trump administration. California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot was part of a California delegation that traveled to both COP16 and COP29 and explains how the state is pressing forward with its own climate action.