Authorities intercepted a woman using this drug kit in preparation for shooting up a mix of heroin and fentanyl inside a Walmart bathroom last month in Manchester, N.H. Fentanyl offers a particularly potent high but also can shut down breathing in under a minute. Credit: Salwan Georges/Washington Post/Getty Images/via CapRadioThough the spike in fentanyl death rates has largely affected the Northeast, the trend is starting to worry health experts in California, who are already taking precautions to reduce overdoses.

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Credit: ollesvensson / FlickrYou might double check the brand before you slice into an avocado. Some California-grown avocados are being recalled.

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Snow falls as John King of the Department of Water Resources, crosses a meadow while conducting the third manual snow survey of the season at the Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif. Credit: Rich Pedroncelli / AP Photo / via CapRadioStorms this week are expected to bring rain and snow to a large portion of California. Monday's could drop more than a quarter of an inch of rain at low elevations and up to a foot of snow in the mountains.