The newsroom remains on storm coverage today. The initial focus this morning is on Santa Paula Airport, where the Santa Clara River is eating into the runway. But the rain is expected to continue throughout the day, so there may be other trouble spots before it's all over. A number of reporters and photographers are involved in the coverage. Directing the show today will be County Editor Marty Bonvechio (mbonvechio@VenturaCountyStar.com). We'll continue to update the story on the website all day.

As a companion piece to the overall storm coverage, business writer Jim McLain (jmclain@VenturaCountyStar.com) will examine the agriculture losses from the storms. Row crops, a major player in the county's ag scene, are being greatly affected by the rain. Farmers already lost 10 percent of the year's strawberry crop from prior storms. And strawberries are the number one cash crop in the county. He'll evaluate the potential financial impact, and the impact on us, the consumers.

There are other local stories available for page one tomorrow, but they will probably either be held a day, or moved to the Local news sections to make space available for storm coverage.

One local story we continue to follow is the big cat on the loose in the Simi Valley / Moorpark area. There was another spotting of the cat's prints over near the Santa Rosa Valley, but it's unclear when those prints were found.

Off the wire today, the stories we're looking at for Page One include: President Bush is in Brussels to meet with NATO and the U.S. Supreme Court is holding a hearing today on Oregon's assisted suicide law.