A ghost lake that vanished decades ago in California's central valley has come back to life with a vengeance after torrents of rain resuscitated the body of water Tulure Lake, wedged between San Francisco and Los Angeles, was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River but dried up by the 1920s 'All of the crops are completely flooded and ruined,' resident Martina Sealy told CNN. 'It takes a lot of jobs for people. That's a lot of food that we provide for up and down California and all around the nation. It's pretty scary.' 'This is just...