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California at Auburn by the numbers: Tigers do nothing but win on Sept. 7

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1 year ago

September 7, 2024

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California at Auburn by the numbers: Tigers do nothing but win on Sept. 7

California (1-0) at Auburn (1-0)

2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday (ESPN2)

Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn

1 Previous game between Auburn and California. The Tigers beat the Golden Bears 14-10 on Sept. 9, 2023.

3 Interceptions for California in its season-opening 31-13 victory over UC Davis last week. Cal was the only team in the nation with three interceptions in Week 1.

3 True freshmen caught TD passes in Auburn’s season-opening 73-3 victory over Alabama A&M last week. Malcolm Simmons had three receptions for 91 yards, including a 57-yard TD; Perry Thompson had two receptions for 82 yards, including a 70-yard TD; and Cam Coleman had two receptions for 66 yards, including a 44-yard TD. Five Auburn players had at least one TD reception in the opener. Last season, seven Tigers had TD receptions.

5 Victories without a loss for Auburn on Sept. 7. All the games were played in Auburn, and the Tigers outscored their opponents – Southwestern Louisiana, Fresno State, Western Carolina, Arkansas State and Tulane – by a combined score of 229-22.

5 Games for California in the Eastern or Central time zones this season after the Golden Bears played in five such games in the previous five seasons combined. California is playing its first season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2024.

6 300-yard passing games for Auburn QB Payton Thorne, although only one has come with the Tigers. In last week’s 73-3 victory over Alabama A&M, Thorne completed 13-of-21 passes for 322 yards with four TDs and no interceptions. Thorne’s other five 300-yard passing games came while he played for Michigan State.

6 Victories and 11 losses for California against SEC opponents. Saturday’s game will be the Golden Bears’ 10th on an SEC member’s home field. Cal has played at Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Ole Miss and Tennessee and has a 2-7 record in those games.

7 Years since Auburn’s previous game against an opponent from the Atlantic Coast Conference, which California joined for the 2024 season. The Tigers lost at Clemson 14-6 on Sept. 9, 2017, in its most recent game against an ACC member. Auburn’s most recent victory against an ACC member came on Sept. 5, 2015, when the Tigers downed Louisville 31-24 in Atlanta. Auburn has a 34-12 record against ACC opponents, with a 19-5 home mark.

22 Consecutive games with at least one reception for Auburn WR Robert Lewis. All but the most recent of those games came with Lewis playing for Georgia State. He had 70 receptions for 877 yards and seven touchdowns for the Panthers in 2023. Lewis had an 8-yard reception in Auburn’s season-opening 73-3 victory over Alabama A&M on Saturday.

77 Rushing yards are needed by Auburn RB Jarquez Hunter to become the 15th Auburn player with 2,300. Hunter ran for 53 yards on 11 carries in Auburn’s 14-10 victory over California last season. He also ran for 53 yards and a touchdown in the Tigers’ season-opening game last week against Alabama A&M, although he needed only four carries to reach that total in Auburn’s 73-3 victory.

143 Games have been played by Auburn since it was most recently shut out, the second-longest streak in school history. Auburn’s most recent shutout loss came 49-0 to Alabama on Nov. 17, 2012. Auburn’s record scoring streak lasted 149 games, starting with a 55-16 victory over Richmond on Oct. 4, 1980, and ending with a 17-0 loss to Alabama on Nov. 26, 1992. Auburn’s current scoring streak is the 10th-longest in SEC history, and its record streak is the ninth-longest.

450 Auburn games at Jordan-Hare Stadium when the Tigers take the field on Saturday. Auburn and Florida tied 7-7 in Game 1 on Nov. 30, 1939, and the Tigers have a 347-95-7 record in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

1,325 Rushing yards for California RB Jaydn Ott in 2023, the most in the Pac-12. In the Golden Bears’ 14-10 loss to Auburn last season, Ott had 78 yards and one touchdown on 20 carries before leaving the game with an injury in the third quarter.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.

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Heavy rain, high tides cause flooding along stretch of Northern California

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January 3, 2026

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Heavy rain, high tides cause flooding along stretch of Northern California

CORTE MADERA, Calif. (AP) — Heavy rain and high tides believed to be the most severe in two decades caused flooding in parts of Northern California on Saturday, prompting road closures and rescues of residents trapped in their cars.

Roadways through a 15-mile (24-kilometer) stretch from the Sausalito area to San Rafael were flooded after a downpour coincided with record-breaking “ King Tides,” Marin County Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Dobbins said.

No injuries were reported but authorities were called to assist when cars got stuck in floodwater as high as three and four feet (1.1 and 1.2 meters), he said.

“There is a lot of water in the roadways,” Dobbins said, adding the tides were reportedly the highest in more than two decades. “Along with heavy rains, it just created the perfect storm for flooding on the streets.”

Authorities in the communities near San Francisco asked residents to stay home wherever possible until waters recede. Some residents kayaked along what normally would be city streets. Others waded out in water that passed their knees.

A flood warning was in place for the San Francisco area until 2 p.m. Saturday and an advisory until 2 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in San Francisco.

King Tides occur when the sun, moon and Earth are in alignment and the moon is in its closest position to the Earth, creating a stronger gravitational pull.

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UPDATE: Crash at California/Dakota

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6 days ago

December 29, 2025

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10:06 PM: Police are arriving at the scene of a two-vehicle crash reported at California/Dakota, with at least two people hurt.

11:06 PM: Police have just reopened the street. We went to the scene after a report that one vehicle had ended up on the lawn of a church – First Lutheran Church of West Seattle (WSB sponsor) – is on the southwest corner – but all we could see was one vehicle on the sidewalk. We’re following up with SFD regarding the people who were hurt.

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Southern California’s wild weather is not over. Wind gusts of up to 65 mph predicted

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6 days ago

December 28, 2025

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Southern California’s wild weather is not over. Wind gusts of up to 65 mph predicted

Last week’s rain won’t be the end of Southern California’s wild weather as strong wind gusts are forecast through the area until Tuesday.

Gusts of up to 65 mph are expected in mountains and valleys throughout the region, with the National Weather Service warning that power outages were possible and that residents should keep an eye out for downed trees and power lines.

“Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles,” according to an alert issued by the National Weather Service.

The recent storms that drenched Southern California and soaked the soil could also “increase the likelihood of damage” caused by downed trees and power lines, the agency noted.

The National Weather Service issued the advisory Sunday, warning that the western Santa Monica Mountains, Santa Susana Mountains, San Gabriel Mountains and the Interstate 5 and Highway 14 corridors could see strong winds starting Sunday evening, lasting until Monday afternoon.

Winds between 20 to 30 mph are expected in those areas until Sunday evening. Wind speeds are then predicted to pick up until Monday afternoon, with northeast winds of up to 40 mph and gusts of up to 65 mph.

A similar alert for strong gusts was issued by the weather service for the San Bernardino and Riverside County mountain and valley regions, as well as the Santa Ana Mountains, where strong winds could linger until Tuesday afternoon.

Northeast winds with speeds of up to 30 mph are expected to hit the area starting this evening, with gusts of up to 60 mph.

The high wind alerts come after the region was drenched for days, causing debris flows that washed through homes in Wrightwood. At least three people were killed in storm-related deaths, including a man in San Diego who was struck by a falling tree. In Boyle Heights, a rare tornado touched down on Christmas morning.

More rain is expected this week, including the possibility of rain on New Year’s Day.

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