Over the next seven months, essentially no rain fell.

Several experts noted that the intense gusts lofted embers miles from the fire front, essentially spreading flames through the air — not by brush.

Then in June the House Jan. 6 committee held its televised hearings, essentially a daytime drama about Trump’s multipronged efforts to keep power, starring Republican eyewitnesses.

The proposal, which essentially allows the state to put more money into the rainy day fund, changes the California Constitution and requires voter approval.

Robert Gallucci, the chief US negotiator with North Korea at the time, later said there was "discomfort in almost all quarters" about the US essentially "subcontracting its foreign policy" to a former president.