This story was updated to correct spelling in headline. An atmospheric phenomenon called a Pineapple Express is expected to bring heavy rains and snowfall to California and the Northwest this week.

In a dramatic rescue during a major storm fueled by an atmospheric river, a Northern California deputy saved a driver trapped in her vehicle after it plunged into a flooded creek near Port Reyes ...

The first of two “Pineapple Express” storms arrived in Southern California early Wednesday after delivering a stronger-than-expected pounding to Northern California, breaking rainfall records ...

The wet weather fueled by an atmospheric river represents an about-face after a dry January helped ignite fires that devastated California.

The wet weather fueled by an atmospheric river comes after a dry January helped ignite fires that devastated California. Here ...

Call it an atmospheric river, a Pineapple Express or just weather, but some parts of California and the U.S. Northwest are being slammed by up to foot of rain before the storm runs out of moisture ...