San Francisco (AFP) – California, home to Silicon Valley, is eager to rein in the deployment of artificial intelligence and is looking to Europe's tough-on-big-tech approach for inspiration.

The latest storm battering the California coast has brought fresh flooding, mudslides, sinkholes and coastal erosion — but the three mansions atop the cliffs of Dana Point remain anchored in place.

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The storm has caused significant flooding, power outages, and rock and mudslides in the Southwest, with more to potentially come.

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Heavy rain and flooding are probably starting this weekend despite expected weakening of the storm. It could become the first tropical system to make a California landfall in 84 years.