California
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Explosive California wildfires could burn into December
World | Aug 21, 2021, 09:25 AM ISTCalifornia has already surpassed the acreage burned at this point last year, which ended up setting the record. Now it’s entering a period when powerful winds have often driven the deadliest blazes.
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National forests closed as California wildfires surge
World | Aug 20, 2021, 04:28 PM ISTThe U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday that beginning on Aug. 22 it will close nine national forests from near Lake Tahoe at the Nevada border on the east all the way west to Six Rivers National Forest, which stretches north to the Oregon border and contains more than 1 million acres of land alone.
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California wildfire season sets records, more damage expected
World | Aug 20, 2021, 01:55 PM ISTCalifornia has already surpassed the acreage burned at this point last year, which ended up setting the record.
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Weekend of fear looms for Californians in face of wildfires
World | Aug 07, 2021, 11:31 PM ISTThe Dixie Fire that incinerated much of the gold rush-era town of Greenville has destroyed more than 180 homes and is threatening more than 10,000 buildings in the northern Sierra Nevada. It had engulfed an area larger than the size of New York City.
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‘We lost Greenville’: Wildfire decimates California town
World | Aug 06, 2021, 07:38 AM ISTThe Dixie Fire, swollen by bone-dry vegetation and 40 mph (64 kph) gusts, raged through the northern Sierra Nevada community of Greenville on Wednesday.
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Huge California fire grows as heat spikes again across state
World | Aug 04, 2021, 08:54 AM ISTFirefighters saved homes Monday in small northern California community of Greenville near Plumas National Forest as strong winds stoked Dixie Fire, which grew to over 395 square miles across Plumas and Butte counties.
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COVID: California urges people to mask up indoors
World | Jul 29, 2021, 06:52 AM ISTWednesday's announcement comes a day after Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised that fully vaccinated people mask up in public indoor settings in places where community spread is high or substantial.
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5 people killed in hours-long standoff in California
World | Jul 27, 2021, 02:00 PM ISTIn a statement to the media on Monday, Kern County sheriff's office said they received a report of shots fired at 1:00 pm on Sunday, reports Xinhua news agency.
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California Fires: 10 Devastating pictures of the state's largest fires
Auto | Jul 26, 2021, 04:36 PM ISTCalifornia's largest wildfire merged with a smaller blaze and destroyed homes in remote areas with limited access for firefighters, as numerous other fires gained strength and threatened property across the U.S. West.
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California's largest fire burns homes as blazes scorch West
World | Jul 26, 2021, 07:41 AM ISTThe massive Dixie Fire, which started July 14, had already leveled over a dozen houses and other structures when it combined with the Fly Fire and tore through the tiny Northern California community of Indian Falls after dark Saturday.
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California’s largest wildfire causes massive devastation to houses
World | Jul 25, 2021, 05:53 PM ISTThe Dixie fire, which started July 14, had already leveled over a dozen houses and other structures when it tore through the tiny community of Indian Falls after dark.
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Dangerous conditions complicate wildfire fight in western US
World | Jul 19, 2021, 07:53 PM ISTErratic winds and dry lightning added to the dangers for crews battling the nation’s largest wildfire on Monday in parched Oregon forests, just one of the dozens burning across several Western states.
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With virus cases rising, mask mandate back on in Los Angeles
World | Jul 16, 2021, 08:02 AM ISTThe announcements come amid a sharp increase in virus cases, many of them the highly transmissible delta variant that has proliferated since California fully reopened its economy on June 15.
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California wildfire advances as heat wave blankets US West
World | Jul 11, 2021, 07:09 AM ISTOn Friday, Death Valley National Park in California recorded a staggering high of 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54 Celsius) and could reach the same high on Saturday.
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California firefighters battle big wildfires in high heat
World | Jul 02, 2021, 10:04 AM ISTMount Shasta, the volcano that towers over the region, was shrouded in a haze from smoke plumes that could be seen in images from weather satellites in space.
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Loss of circadian regulation allows for increase in glucose production during lung cancer
Lifestyle | Jun 29, 2021, 09:05 AM ISTNew research from the University of California, Irvine reveals how the circadian regulation of glucose production in the liver is lost during lung cancer progression, and how the resulting increase in glucose production may fuel cancer cell growth.
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California man rescued days after being stuck inside giant fan at vineyard
World | Jun 10, 2021, 08:17 AM ISTThe man was discovered Tuesday by a deputy responding to a call about a suspicious vehicle parked near the winery in Santa Rosa, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
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3 girls killed, 1 badly injured in California hit-and-run
World | Jun 09, 2021, 09:10 AM ISTAuthorities on Tuesday were looking for a hit-and-run driver who killed three young girls — two of them wheelchairs — and left a fourth with life-threatening injuries as they walked along a Southern California desert highway.
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3 killed, 27 hospitalised after boat capsizes off San Diego
World | May 03, 2021, 08:24 AM ISTThree people were killed and more than two dozen others were hospitalized after a wooden boat capsized Sunday in San Diego
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California office building shooting kills 4, including child
World | Apr 01, 2021, 09:59 AM ISTShots were being fired as officers arrived at a two-story office building on Lincoln Avenue in Orange, south of Los Angeles, at about 5:30 p.m., Lt. Jennifer Amat said.