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ByDonnaCassata The Associated Press WASHINGTON Desper- ate Democrats are rush- ing to save suddenly vul- nerable House incumbents, even in states where Presi- dent Barack Obama cruised to double-digit victories, amid fresh signs of Repub- lican momentum less than a week before the midterm elections. The once friendly ter- rain of New York, Califor- nia, Obama's native state of Hawaii and adopted state of Illinois all now pose stiff challenges to Democrats who are deter- mined to limit their losses next Tuesday. Both parties agree the GOP will hold its House majority; the ques- tion is whether Republicans can gain enough seats to ri- val their post-World War II high water mark of 246. The current breakdown is 233-199 in favor of the Republicans with three va- cancies. "We're in trench warfare. I'm not going to sugarcoat it," Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in an in- terview. In one sign of Demo- cratic concern, Vice Pres- ident Joe Biden was head- ing to Massachusetts on Wednesday for a rally with Seth Moulton, who is trying to hold onto a Democratic seat against Republican Richard Tisei. Then Biden was traveling to California on Saturday to campaign in an open-seat contest east of Los Angeles that surpris- ingly looks closer than a sure-fire Democratic gain. "Heck, it's been so long since a Republican was elected to the Congress in Massachusetts, most Re- publicans don't know how to spell Massachusetts," joked Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon, chairman of the National Republican Con- gressional Committee. He said the GOP is spending 78 percent of its indepen- dent money in districts that Obama won. National Democrats are coordinating with lo- cal campaigns in Nevada, Hawaii and California in hopes of holding seats. In one example, the Democratic committee has bought $99,000 in ra- dio ads for eight-term Rep. Lois Capps in her Santa Barbara-area race against Chris Mitchum, the son of the late actor Robert Mit- chum. The GOP candidate has relatively little money still on hand for his cam- paign — $96,108 — but the contest is considered close. The committee also re- served $360,000 in air time for ads for first-term Rep. Steven Horsford in his cen- tral Nevada district north of Las Vegas after the Karl Rove-founded group Cross- roads GPS made a late ad buy of $935,000. And In Hawaii, the Democrats are spending $200,000 on tele- vision ads and voter out- reach for Mark Takai, who is locked in a tight race with former Republican Rep. Charles Djou in an open Honolulu-based dis- trict that Obama won with 70 percent of the vote. In the closing days, the Democratic committee has invested $1.1 million in an effort to protect six incum- bents in Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, West Virginia and California. With Obama persona non grata for many Democrats, former President Bill Clin- ton was campaigning in California on Wednesday. "It's a tough climate, it's getting tougher," Israel said. "It's the worst climate for Democrats since 2010, but it won't be 2010. We knew that this was coming and we prepared for it." The Democrats lost 63 House seats that year. Any president's party typically loses seats at the halfway point of his final term. This time the situa- tion has gotten worse for Democrats — and better for Republicans — as Obama's unpopularity has dragged down his party, GOP-lean- ing outside groups have spent freely and some in- dependents have shifted to the Republicans. "It's a referendum year on the president and his policies," Walden said in an interview. "We faced it in '06, and I know how ugly it can be." With George W. Bush in the White House, the Re- publicans lost 30 seats in the House and six in the Senate in 2006. Twenty-three incumbent Democrats are seen as in jeopardy compared to just four Republicans. A greater House Republican majority would mean Speaker John Boehner of Ohio would be able to weather more defec- tions on legislation and still get bills passed. In Iowa, Republican Gov. Terry Branstad's strength and Democratic Senate can- didate Bruce Braley's strug- gles are undercutting four- term Rep. Dave Loebsack and Democratic hopes of holding Braley's open seat. Three New York Dem- ocrats are endangered even though Gov. Andrew Cuomo is widely expected to capture another term. The same is true in Califor- nia where Gov. Jerry Brown is an odds-on favorite to win again but four Demo- crats are considered vulner- able. Voters' matter-of-fact attitude toward those two governors' races has gener- ated little energy for other candidates. MIDTERM ELECTIONS De mo cr at s ru sh t o re sc ue i nc um be nt s CAROLYNKASTER—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Rep. Steven Horsford., D-Nev. speaks in Washington. Horsford is one of the endangered Democratic incumbents. By Frank Eltman The Associated Press FARMINGDALE,N.Y. A man with a history of psychiat- ric problems decapitated his mother, dragged her lifeless body into the street in front of their home and then killed himself by walking into the path of a nearby oncoming train, police said Wednesday. Neighbors initially took the woman's killing as a macabre Halloween prank. Patricia Ward, a 66-year- old professor, was killed Tuesday night in her Farmingdale apartment just steps from a Long Is- land Rail Road station, Nas- sau County Police Detec- tive Lieutenant John Az- zata said. Her 35-year-old son, Derek Ward, committed suicide several minutes later by walking in front of a commuter train ap- proaching the station, Az- zata said. Patricia Ward was found dead in the street at around 8 p.m. Tuesday. Her torso was found by a curb and her head was several paces away, police said. PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS Police: Man decapitates mother, is killed by train Washington 62/45 New York 59/45 Miami 85/69 Atlanta 67/46 Detroit 52/41 Houston 80/55 Chicago 53/35 Minneapolis 50/26 Kansas City 65/34 El Paso 81/55 Denver 62/34 Billings 58/36 Los Angeles 79/61 San Francisco 73/60 Seattle 60/51 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans:0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: FRIDAY 63° 48° SATURDAY 61° 43° Mostly cloudy , sho we rs around Cooler with periods of rain SUNDAY 66° 43° Pa rtly sunn y and co ol MONDAY 67° 47° Clouds and sun TODAY 78° 55° Sun and clouds. Mostly cloudy tonight. High ....................................................................... 78° Low ........................................................................ 52° Normal high ......................................................... 71° Normal low ........................................................... 47° Record high ............................................. 89° in 1939 Record low .............................................. 30° in 1946 Humidity noon today ........................................ 51% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.78" Normal month to date ..................................... 1.07" Season to date .................................................. 3.33" Normal season to date .................................... 1.83" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ........................................................... Moderate Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ........................................................... Good Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass .................. Absent Mold ............... Moderate Trees ....................... Low Weeds ................ Absent 3 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 7:36 a.m. 6:09 p.m. 1:43 p.m. none Friday 7:37 a.m. 6:08 p.m. 2:25 p.m. 12:31 a.m. 10 hr., 33 min. Oct30 First Nov6 Full Last Nov14 New Nov22 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........1.50 ....... -0.10 atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......128.90 .......none atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.55 ....... -0.05 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.20 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......200.50 ....... -0.10 atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......166.44 ....... -0.06 BlackButte ....................439.05..............29,992 .....20.9% LakeOroville..................658.70............966,264 .....25.9% LakeShasta ...................895.09.........1,109,778 .....24.4% LakeTrinity..................2196.10............564,930 .....21.3% Whiskeytown...............1202.11............216,470 .....89.8% Weather Trivia ™ Compared to other stars, is our sun bigger or smaller than average? Smaller. Today Friday Anaheim 81/58/pc 74/57/pc Bakersfield 84/56/pc 76/53/pc Chula Vista 78/59/pc 73/60/pc Crescent City 64/53/c 60/46/sh Death Valley 92/65/pc 92/65/pc Eureka 66/53/c 59/45/sh Fremont 74/56/pc 65/51/r Fresno 85/56/pc 76/52/pc Glendale 81/58/pc 73/56/pc Huntington Beach 74/61/pc 70/60/pc Irvine 76/58/pc 72/59/pc Lake Tahoe 65/40/pc 56/30/r Long Beach 77/61/pc 72/59/pc Los Angeles 79/61/pc 73/59/pc Mammoth Mountain 68/30/pc 62/30/pc Modesto 81/52/pc 66/49/r Monterey 70/53/pc 64/51/r Moreno Valley 84/52/pc 75/52/pc Napa 74/51/pc 63/43/r Needles 90/62/pc 90/62/s Oakland 70/55/pc 63/49/r Oxnard 74/57/pc 70/54/pc Redding 77/54/pc 62/47/r Riverside 85/49/pc 75/52/pc Sacramento 81/54/pc 63/48/r San Bernardino 85/50/pc 75/50/pc San Diego 75/64/pc 71/63/pc San Francisco 73/60/pc 68/56/r San Jose 75/53/pc 64/50/r San Luis Obispo 75/55/pc 69/52/r Santa Ana 79/62/pc 74/61/pc Santa Barbara 73/53/pc 71/52/pc Santa Clarita 82/53/pc 72/50/pc Stockton 82/51/pc 65/49/r Ventura 72/57/pc 69/55/pc Yosemite Valley 74/44/pc 65/38/r Today Friday Albuquerque 71/44/s 68/50/pc Atlanta 67/46/s 68/36/s Baltimore 60/39/pc 59/43/pc Boston 57/42/pc 53/46/pc Buffalo 50/40/pc 49/37/sh Chicago 53/35/c 43/30/sn Cincinnati 57/43/pc 49/29/c Dallas 80/52/s 69/41/s Denver 62/34/s 62/39/pc Detroit 52/41/c 45/34/sn El Paso 81/55/s 74/55/pc Fargo 46/19/pc 42/25/s Honolulu 86/75/pc 87/75/pc Houston 80/55/s 77/45/s Indianapolis 55/38/pc 45/28/c Kansas City 65/34/pc 46/26/s Las Vegas 82/62/pc 83/58/s Louisville 61/46/pc 51/32/c Miami 85/69/pc 85/62/pc Minneapolis 50/26/c 41/22/s New Orleans 76/55/pc 75/47/s New York City 59/45/pc 57/48/pc Oklahoma City 75/43/s 59/32/pc Colder air sweeping south into the Great Lakes area today will bring rain showers with even a few wet snowflakes mixing in to far-northern Minnesota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Scattered thunderstorms will impact far-southern parts of Texas, as well as the middle and northern portions of Florida. Light rain showers will spread up the Southeast coast through North Carolina. Cooler air will filter into the Northeast, making conditions feel much more seasonable. A new storm will bring rain to the Northwest before ap- proaching California. 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