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The title should say "may trigger soaking winter storms in California".

Are you implying there are places in the world other than California? Interesting, this might require some further research.

Indeed. I'm also interested in learning about these mythical non-california places.

Maybe other political parties too?

It is in a newspaper from San Jose, California. Its implicit.

Not everyone here will immediately know that the Mercury News is a newspaper in San Jose.

Right, but the Mercury News is titling things for its readership, which presumably by and large do know where it's based.

And HN has a policy of not altering titles.

So, voila.