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The Latest Breaking News from California

Swelling Mosquito Fire surpasses 60,000 acres to become California's largest wildfire this year

Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place as the blaze burns at 20% containment in El Dorado and Placer counties.

Axios

California launches suit against Amazon alleging anticompetitive contracts with retailers

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit against Amazon on Wednesday, accusing the Seattle-based e-commerce giant of anticompetitive behavior in its dealings with third-party merchants.

Los Angeles Times

California governor OKs mental health courts for homeless

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a first-of-its kind law to expand the ways in which people with severe mental health disorders can tap into court-ordered treatment

The Independent UK

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Mosquito fire nears 60,000 acres, poised to become largest blaze in California this year

LOS ANGELES — The Mosquito fire in Northern California continued to burn into historically dry fuels on Wednesday, growing close to 60,000 acres. It is poised to surpass the McKinney fire as the largest blaze to burn in California this year.

Los Angeles Times

California Plows Ahead With Providing Free Money To Mitigate Inflation

The state's $9.5 billion Better for Families program will provide checks of up to $1,050 to state residents to stem the rising costs of living.

Reason

California sues Amazon, alleging its policies cause higher prices everywhere

California's antitrust lawsuit alleges the company penalizes sellers and suppliers that offer cheaper prices at rival online stores.

WEKU

California sues Amazon, alleging antitrust law violations

California is suing Amazon, accusing the company of violating the state’s antitrust laws by stifling competition and engaging in practices that push sellers to maintain higher prices on products on other sites

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Britney Spears’ ex wanted by police after missing court date in California

Authorities in California on Wednesday were searching for Britney Spears’ ex-husband, Jason Alexander, who failed to show up for a court appearance.

Tribune News Service

Geno Smith ranks No. 2 in PFF grades among QBs after Week 1

Here's how all 32 starters were graded in Week 1 and where they rank.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Watch: Red-footed booby grabs spotlight on whale-watching boat

Whale watchers in California’s Monterey Bay on Tuesday happily made way for a red-footed booby as the seabird landed on the rail as if to become just another passenger.

USA Today Sports Media Group

California cleans up from mudslides, as fire gains strength

Rescuers are searching for a person missing in a mudslide that swept boulders down fire-scarred slopes in Southern California mountain communities

The Independent UK

Huge 'polite' bear walks into shop and strolls out with food leaving cashier stunned

A 'polite' brown bear wandered into a shop in California and proceeded to take out snacks of chocolate bars, leaving a shocked cashier barricading a door with a broom. Cashier Christopher Kinson said "it's almost like it had manners"

Daily Mirror

Tesla, TikTok and taquitos: On the beach at the world's first wealth festival

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California — Opening night at the Future Proof wealth festival kicked off with an edict from one of the hosts: "Tomorrow, we rage. Tonight, we drink."

Los Angeles Times

Megachurch pastor raped hundreds and forced victims to call him ‘uncle’, lawsuit claims

Naasón Joaquín García is being sued in California by five alleged victims, having been convicted of various child sex abuse charges earlier this year

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Medical coding creates barriers to care for transgender patients

Last year, Tim Chevalier received the first of many coverage denials from his insurance company for the hair removal procedure he needed as part of a phalloplasty, the creation of a penis.

The Guardian - US

‘My emancipation proclamation’: the man fighting to free millions from their criminal records

Jay Jordan’s criminal record barred him from job after job, leaving him in poverty. Now he’s helping California take a transformative step

The Guardian - US

Do later school start times make teens happier? California’s about to find out

Several states are considering late start measures for teens which makes sense scientifically, but may cause logistical problems

Los Angeles Times

Manuel Muñoz's stories capture a Central Valley you've never seen

It's the sunny beaches and the Golden Gate that make it onto the postcards. But look at a topographic map of California and you'll see that one of its defining features is the Central Valley, a 450-mile-long basin of agricultural heartland, source of almonds and fruit bound for distant states,…

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Global AI Summit in Riyadh Sees Launch of Center Focused on Facing World Challenges

The Second Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit, underway in Riyadh, witnessed Tuesday the launch of Tammayuz center, which belongs to the “Global AI Corridor” launched by Saudi Aramco in partnership with Beyond Limits, a US-based artificial intelligence company. The center was floated in cooperation with the California Institute of Technology…

The Independent UK

US pub to show Queen’s funeral to give expats ‘a little piece of tradition’

Ye Olde King’s Head in Santa Monica, California, will show footage of the historic event.

Tribune News Service

California barely avoided blackouts during heat wave. Was that a win or a wake-up call?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It was a 10-day test of California’s ability to keep the lights on and maintain its green-energy crusade, an unprecedented heat wave that pushed the state’s power grid to the brink of rolling blackouts.

Chicago Sun-Times

Colorado River water supply to California farms could be threatened by hotter, drier future years

If the Colorado River were to become unusable, Southern California would lose one-third of its water supply. And vast swaths of farmland in the state’s southeastern desert would go unplanted.

Tribune News Service

Newsom unveils new California abortion website as Republican crackdown continues

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new website Tuesday designed to help Californians and those outside the state access abortions — his latest attempt to stymie Republicans’ efforts to curtail the procedure across the country.

Tribune News Service

‘Great strides’ in Mosquito fire containment, as California blaze nears 50,000 acres

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Crews continue to make steady progress battling the Mosquito fire burning in Placer and El Dorado counties, with officials reporting “great strides” in containment on some sections of the fire amid changing weather conditions.

The Guardian - US

Rescuers search for person missing in Los Angeles mountain area mudslides as thousands evacuate

Heavy rains are remnants of tropical storm that brought badly needed rainfall to drought-stricken southern California last week

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