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  Dine like a star at these celebrity owned restaurants in California

  Travel | December 27, 2019 18:47 IST

  Vacationing in the USA? Check out these best celebrity restaurants in California that you'll love!

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  Wildfires cause turmoil in CA property insurance market

  World | December 25, 2019 10:17 IST

  Kent Michitsch seemed to be running out of traditional options to insure the home he’s lived in for more than 30 years northeast of San Diego as California’s massive property insurance market reels from three consecutive years of destructive wildfires.

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  US awards immigration detention contracts in California

  World | December 24, 2019 11:16 IST

  The Trump administration awarded billions of dollars in contracts for private companies to operate immigration detention centers in California —- less than two weeks before a new state law takes effect to prohibit them. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in October to ban contracts for for-profit prisons starting Jan. 1. Supporters hoped the law would force U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to look elsewhere after current contracts expire.

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  Hate crime: Sikh taxi driver brutally assaulted in US

  India | December 19, 2019 16:46 IST

  Baljeet Singh Sidhu, who works as a mail carrier and an Uber driver, was attacked on Sunday while he was parking his car outside his home near Hilltop Mall, Richmond, California.

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  Indian-American killed in terrorist attack in Kabul

  India | November 27, 2019 7:12 IST

  “I want to confirm with a heavy heart that a United States citizen, Anil Raj of California, was killed in a terrorist attack on a UN vehicle in Kabul on November 24. There were five other civilians who were injured, including staff,” Pompeo told reporters at a news conference Washington.

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  California sues largest manufacturer of e-cigarettes

  World | November 19, 2019 10:41 IST

  E-cigarettes are facing increasing restrictions in the US, with prohibitions on the local and state level and the threat by President Donald Trump to prohibit marketing the products on the national level.

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  Utility hints at possible power outage in California

  World | November 18, 2019 15:33 IST

  The utility said the lack of rain, dry vegetation, recent extreme winds, as well as above-average temperatures for this time of year were likely to ignite wildfires.

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  10 shot, 4 killed at backyard football party in California

  World | November 18, 2019 12:58 IST

  The shooting took place about 6 p.m. on the city’s southeast side where people were gathered to watch a football game, Fresno Police Lt. Bill Dooley said.

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  16-year-old California school gunman dies

  World | November 16, 2019 10:14 IST

  The US journal Education Week has been listing school shootings since 2018. It said that there has been 22 incidents that have resulted in death or injury so far in 2019. There were 24 such incidents last year, it added, but the casualty toll was higher, at 114.

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  Photos: New Southern California wildfire engulfs 9000 acres of land

  World | November 02, 2019 7:22 IST

  The fire burned down the sides of a mountain bordered by agricultural land, the small city of Santa Paula and other communities as it grew to about 14 square miles (36 square kilometers). Airplanes tried to flank it with long drops of retardant while helicopters dropped loads of water.

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  Shootout at Halloween party in California; 4 dead, several injured

  World | November 01, 2019 21:44 IST

  Four people were killed and four were wounded at a Halloween night party shooting at a large rental home in a wealthy San Francisco Bay Area community, police said Friday.  

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  Luxury homes scorched, celebs flee as wildfires rage across California

  World | October 29, 2019 9:55 IST

  Some 2.2 million people lacked electricity after California’s biggest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, shut it off over the weekend in the northern part of the state to prevent its equipment from sparking blazes during windy weather.

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  Mass blackout in California amid raging wildfires

  World | October 27, 2019 19:00 IST

  A second massive blaze in suburban Los Angeles termed the Tick Fire had charred 4,615 acres and was 55 per cent contained as of Saturday evening.

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  More than 50,000 evacuated due to wild fire in California

  World | October 27, 2019 12:57 IST

  According to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), the wild fire ignited Wednesday night exploded very fast, scorching over 25,455 acre (103 square km) by Saturday morning with only 10 per cent containment.

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  Massive wildfire in California prompts evacuation

  World | October 25, 2019 12:57 IST

  The fire was reported to have started near the Geysers Geothermal Plant, the world's largest geothermal field, but there officials were yet to ascertain it.

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  California to ban smoking on state parks, beaches

  World | October 12, 2019 17:59 IST

  California will ban smoking on state parks and beaches starting next year under legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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  Abducted from home, tech millionaire Tushar Atre found dead inside BMW

  World | October 03, 2019 10:27 IST

  Atre had been kidnapped from his home around 3 am "during a crime" and he was last seen getting into a white BMW SUV.

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  Indian couple believed to be among those killed in US dive boat fire

  World | September 05, 2019 13:52 IST

  The daughter and son-in-law of Satish Deopujari, a renowned Nagpur-based paediatrician, were on board the ill-fated boat packed with scuba divers which caught fire and sank off the California coast, family sources said.

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  California boat fire: Search for survivors on diving boat called off as 34 presumed dead

  World | September 04, 2019 7:14 IST

  It’s not known what started the fire early Monday aboard the Conception, which carried scuba diving enthusiasts on a three-day excursion. It spread rapidly and flames blocked both exits out of the lower deck, where passengers and one crew member were sleeping in tight quarters, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said.

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  At least 25 confirmed dead in boat fire in California

  World | September 03, 2019 14:11 IST

  At least 25 people were confirmed dead and nine others still missing after a tragic boat fire early Monday near an island off the Southern California coast.