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ByWilliamJ.Kole The Associated Press BOSTON Talk about glut- tons for punishment: Bosto- nians buried beneath more than 8½ feet of snow sud- denly are clamoring for a little more so they can boast of a new record. The city is just a smid- geon over 2 inches away from setting an all-time snowfall mark. So far this winter, it's gotten 105.5 inches, according to Na- tional Weather Service mea- surements taken at Logan International Airport. The record is 107.6 inches recorded during the 1995- 96 season. Records date to 1872. Having endured weeks of misery, residents like Erin O'Brien insist they deserve bragging rights. Otherwise, some wonder, what was the point of it all? "I want the record. We earned the record," said O'Brien, a professor of po- litical science at the Uni- versity of Massachusetts- Boston. More snow was expected Thursday, but the weather service was predicting accu- mulation of an inch or less in Boston, making it ques- tionable that a record was within the grasp of Bosto- nians' mittened hands. "Elusive is a good word," National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Simpson said Wednesday. "We're no longer in that superactive pattern. We quiet down af- ter (Thursday) so there are no guarantees." Many took to social me- dia, urging the city to send up snowy vibes and get the record for the entire season, which is measured from July 1 through June 30. "Have folks already given up? We've got more than a month of snow potential. We'll take the crown. Don't stop believin'," public rela- tions executive Mike Spin- ney said on Twitter. Not everyone, naturally, is on board. After digging out repeatedly from back- to-back snowstorms that have crippled public trans- portation and cost the city millions in cleanup, some don't want to see one more snowflake fall. "I really don't care if we don't beat the record for snowiest winter," said Amy Ouellette, a marketing as- sociate in Salem, north of Boston. "I just want it over and I want spring and sun to melt it all." WEEKS OF MISERY Bo st on ia ns w an t to s et s no w re co rd ELISEAMENDOLA—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Cones save parking spaces on a neighborhood street in South Boston. By Judy Lin The Associated Press SACRAMENTO In the wake of one of the worst measles outbreaks in re- cent history, a California lawmaker proposed a bill Wednesday that would re- quire all child care and pre-school workers to get vaccinated against several contagious diseases. Because the workers have close contact with children, it makes sense to require them to be vac- cinated against measles, pertussis, influenza and other diseases, Sen. said Sen. Tony Mendoza, D-Ar- tesia. "We must do everything in our power to protect California's children who spend time in day care," Mendoza said in announc- ing his bill, SB792. Public health officials said more than 100 peo- ple in California have con- tracted measles, a highly contagious respiratory dis- ease that can cause pneu- monia, brain damage and death in rare cases. About two-thirds of those people visited or worked at Disneyland or had contact with some- body who was there. About two dozen other measles cases tied to Disneyland have been confirmed in six states, Mexico and Canada. Mendoza's bill would re- quire child care workers to comply with adult immu- nizations recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including influenza, per- tussis and measles. Those workers currently face no immunization require- ments. The bill was sponsored by public health officers. "This bill will help pro- tect our most vulnera- ble citizens — infants and small children — from life-threatening commu- nicable diseases, some of whom are too young to be vaccinated," said Kat De- Burgh, executive director of the Health Officers As- sociation of California. Child care operators were open to the proposal. "It's a good idea," said Sharon Coleman, who runs Loving Care for Kids in Su- isun City and is immedi- ate past president of the California Association for Family Child Care. "You can't work with the kids if you come down with any of that stuff. It protects us." MEASLES OUTBREAK Lawmaker pushes child care worker vaccinations Washington 33/17 New York 29/15 Miami 85/71 Atlanta 54/32 Detroit 20/4 Houston 45/29 Chicago 14/2 Minneapolis 14/8 Kansas City 29/21 El Paso 46/28 Denver 39/21 Billings 44/31 Los Angeles 76/52 San Francisco 69/48 Seattle 55/40 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 77° 41° SATURDAY 81° 43° Mostly sunn y Pa rtly sunn y SUNDAY 78° 45° Mostly sunn y and ve ry warm MONDAY 79° 47° Sunshine and re maining warm TODAY 72° 38° Plenty of sunshine. Mostly clear and chilly tonight. High ....................................................................... 68° Low ........................................................................ 36° Normal high ......................................................... 63° Normal low ........................................................... 43° Record high ............................................. 80° in 1936 Record low .............................................. 26° in 1966 Humidity noon today ........................................ 27% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date .................................................. Trace Normal month to date ..................................... 0.58" Season to date ................................................ 18.16" Normal season to date .................................. 18.64" 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: Neutral Grass .................. Absent Mold .........................Low Trees ............. Moderate Weeds ................ Absent 4 Highest at 11 a.m. Today 6:37 a.m. 6:05 p.m. 6:23 p.m. 6:26 a.m. Friday 6:36 a.m. 6:06 p.m. 7:19 p.m. 6:55 a.m. 11 hr., 28 min. Mar5 Full Mar13 Last New Mar20 First Mar26 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........1.10 .......none atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......129.02 ....... -0.04 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.58 ....... -0.04 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......237.80 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......200.60 .......none atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......166.26 ....... -0.03 BlackButte ....................452.00..............58,995 .....41.1% LakeOroville..................757.22.........1,745,859 .....46.7% LakeShasta ...................990.48.........2,626,547 .....57.7% LakeTrinity..................2271.26.........1,150,981 .....43.5% Whiskeytown...............1199.05............207,304 .....86.0% Weather Trivia ™ Are raindrops shaped like a pear? No, they actually look more like a mushroom. Today Friday Anaheim 75/45/s 82/48/s Bakersfield 71/41/s 73/44/s Chula Vista 72/48/s 77/48/s Crescent City 58/44/s 57/44/s Death Valley 76/46/s 82/52/s Eureka 59/39/s 58/40/pc Fremont 71/44/s 70/43/s Fresno 71/44/s 73/45/s Glendale 76/47/s 82/50/s Huntington Beach 71/52/s 73/54/s Irvine 75/45/s 82/48/s Lake Tahoe 52/20/s 55/21/s Long Beach 74/46/s 77/49/s Los Angeles 76/52/s 81/52/s Mammoth Mountain 50/15/s 54/17/s Modesto 71/41/s 73/41/s Monterey 69/46/s 69/46/s Moreno Valley 70/39/s 77/42/s Napa 67/36/s 70/36/s Needles 72/48/s 77/52/s Oakland 68/44/s 68/44/s Oxnard 72/48/s 74/50/s Redding 72/37/s 76/43/pc Riverside 70/32/s 78/36/s Sacramento 70/39/s 72/41/s San Bernardino 75/37/s 80/40/s San Diego 72/51/s 77/51/s San Francisco 69/48/s 69/48/s San Jose 72/43/s 72/43/s San Luis Obispo 75/43/s 77/45/s Santa Ana 76/51/s 78/53/s Santa Barbara 69/44/s 71/46/s Santa Clarita 72/44/s 78/46/s Stockton 71/38/s 73/39/s Ventura 71/49/s 73/51/s Yosemite Valley 64/29/s 67/32/s Today Friday Albuquerque 49/25/s 57/29/s Atlanta 54/32/r 47/32/pc Baltimore 33/11/sn 26/10/s Boston 28/13/sn 26/17/s Buffalo 13/2/sf 19/17/pc Chicago 14/2/s 26/21/pc Cincinnati 22/-3/pc 29/21/s Dallas 37/21/s 45/27/s Denver 39/21/s 49/21/pc Detroit 20/4/s 22/19/pc El Paso 46/28/s 55/35/s Fargo 20/13/pc 35/24/c Honolulu 79/68/sh 77/67/c Houston 45/29/c 54/34/pc Indianapolis 19/-4/pc 25/22/s Kansas City 29/21/s 50/32/s Las Vegas 65/43/s 71/47/s Louisville 27/8/pc 32/21/s Miami 85/71/pc 84/70/pc Minneapolis 14/8/s 34/24/c New Orleans 61/34/r 52/40/c New York City 29/15/sn 26/20/s Oklahoma City 37/20/s 49/27/s A southward press of arctic air and a slow-moving storm system will result in a long swath of snow and ice today. An icy mix is forecast from north- eastern Texas to southeastern Virginia. A zone of heavy snow will follow sleet from middle Tennes- see to southern New England. The combination of snow, slush and a freeze-up will make for slippery travel along an area extending close to 1,500 miles. Drenching rain is forecast from coastal Texas to the Carolina coast as an area of warmth shrinks in the South. Cold, dry conditions are in store from Maine to central Texas. High ............. 88° in Fernandina Beach, FL Low ............ -23° in Lake Yellowstone, WY High .............. 111° in Birdsville, Australia Low ............. -63° in Delyankirskiy, Russia Bogota 68/46/t 68/47/c Buenos Aires 80/66/s 81/68/s Caracas 88/75/pc 87/75/pc Ensenada 72/49/s 77/50/s Mexico City 78/45/pc 74/47/pc Montreal 14/-3/s 19/12/pc Rio de Janeiro 91/75/s 92/76/pc Tijuana 74/48/s 77/51/s Toronto 16/0/sf 23/16/pc Vancouver 50/38/c 52/37/c Orlando 87/65/pc 78/56/c Philadelphia 32/12/sn 29/15/s Phoenix 73/49/s 77/54/s Pittsburgh 19/0/sn 25/17/pc Portland, ME 28/4/c 24/13/s Portland, OR 61/36/pc 64/39/pc St. Louis 21/11/pc 41/32/s Salt Lake City 47/29/s 53/30/s Seattle 55/40/pc 58/41/c Tucson 68/45/s 72/48/s Washington, DC 33/17/sn 32/18/s Cairo 72/53/s 78/55/pc Casablanca 74/51/s 79/50/s Johannesburg 82/56/s 80/56/pc Kinshasa 89/72/t 89/72/t Lagos 94/77/t 94/78/pc Nairobi 88/56/pc 88/57/s Tripoli 69/49/pc 56/45/pc Baghdad 72/44/s 73/46/s Beijing 47/27/pc 52/31/s Hong Kong 73/68/c 75/67/r Jerusalem 59/47/s 68/49/s Kabul 45/30/sn 46/31/s Manila 89/72/pc 90/73/s Melbourne 66/54/pc 68/54/c New Delhi 78/56/pc 80/57/s Seoul 40/24/pc 46/28/s Singapore 90/76/pc 89/76/pc Sydney 80/61/s 82/66/s Tehran 56/40/pc 50/30/pc Tokyo 53/40/c 48/41/pc Amsterdam 47/38/pc 48/39/pc Athens 61/56/pc 60/47/sh Belgrade 39/35/r 40/31/sn Berlin 45/30/pc 47/36/pc Budapest 46/33/pc 46/28/pc Dublin 50/40/c 51/46/c London 52/38/pc 53/43/pc Madrid 57/31/s 63/34/s Moscow 35/24/sn 33/23/c Paris 49/31/pc 50/33/c Rome 50/42/sh 53/40/pc Stockholm 39/33/s 42/31/sf Vienna 45/32/pc 44/31/pc Zurich 40/26/c 42/25/s 57/27 59/23 60/24 58/31 56/16 70/39 70/38 67/36 73/35 70/40 72/40 58/19 61/18 59/30 72/37 72/38 70/36 62/43 64/44 59/39 72/37 63/28 64/28 58/44 65/33 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 Locallyowned business offering high value, low cost energy for decades. 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