President Joe Biden overlooked the devastation a recent procession of extreme storms have wreaked on California’s Central Coast: washed out piers, waterfront businesses damaged by flooding, massive landslides and beaches strewn with the trunks of redwood trees and other debris. The president traveled to Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties on Thursday to tour damage from the storms that pummeled the region with record rainfall and high-speed winds for the better part of two weeks. Biden flew into the region around noon, landing at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, before heading to the coast for a helicopter and motorcade tour, during which he was accompanied by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Alex Padilla and federal emergency officials. Biden somberly reflected on how the storms had claimed the lives of at least 21 Californians, not including a 5-year-old boy whose body has not been recovered after he was swept away by floodwaters. He then pledged that federal agencies will help the region fully recover and rebuild. “We are not leaving until things are built back and built back better than they were before,” Biden said. “People of California, I’ll say it again, the country is here for you.” To read more, click on the link in our bio. 📸: @jachristian