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First Thing: California fire crews make progress against ferocious Oak fire

Fire burning near famous national park exploded in size over weekend but crews have achieved 10% containment. Plus, Freya the walrus makes a splash in Norway

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: Sleep deprivation is an important part of our youth mental health crisis

California achieved a first in the nation this month: implementing a statewide law setting limits on the earliest school start times for adolescents.

Los Angeles Times

California’s Oak Fire: What, where and why?

Key questions answered about the blaze that is raging in US’s central California.

Al Jazeera

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Wildfire near Yosemite is now California's biggest this season

The Oak Fire is only 10% contained and has forced thousands more people to evacuate today.

Axios

Militia helping Oak fire evacuees creates furor in California town of Mariposa

The appearance of camouflage-clad militia members in the small Sierra foothills town of Mariposa, California, as the Oak fire raged nearby has sparked a furor in Mariposa County, with the local sheriff’s department praising the group for its help while some residents accused the militia of exploiting the disaster.

Tribune News Service

Why Yosemite’s Oak fire is burning with such ferocity – explained

The blaze forced more than 3,000 people to evacuate and exploded to 17,000 acres seemingly overnight – what made it so devastating?

The Guardian - US

US firefighters begin to slow huge California wildfire

Officials say Oak Fire, the most destructive blaze so far this fire season in California, is 10 percent contained.

Al Jazeera

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Haunted by his father's role in Vietnam, he turned to farming to grow a new legacy

WINTERS, Calif. — Craig McNamara had come prepared to talk about heavy things.

Los Angeles Times

Ryvid Launches Aerospace-Inspired Electric Motorcycle For Commuters

Irvine, California-based electric mobility startup Ryvid announces the Anthem, an aerospace-inspired electric commuter motorbike retailing at $7,800.

RideApart

Plummeting stocks and a Moscow shopping mall. CalPERS is stuck with its Russia investments

California lawmakers turned to the state’s two giant pension systems to punish Russia when the country invaded Ukraine in February, urging the funds to sell off Russian holdings.

Tribune News Service

Safari Park relocating birds in response to avian flu outbreak

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — About 120 birds at San Diego Zoo Safari Park were moved to new protected habitats at Safari Park last week and more will be relocated in the next few weeks in response to a highly contagious strain of avian flu that recently was detected in California.

Tribune News Service

Sen. Padilla got $250 million in local projects for California. Job well done or pushing pork?

WASHINGTON — Sen. Alex Padilla boasts he’s secured about $250 million for 134 projects, ranging from bike and pedestrian path improvements to flood control.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Firefighters slow growth of California blaze near Yosemite

Firefighters significantly slowed the spread of a smoky wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park

The Independent UK

UC and CSU campuses to provide cheap abortion pills amid California’s post-Roe push

LOS ANGELES — Abortion pills will soon be easily and cheaply available to students at the University of California and California State University under a state law aimed at expanding access to the medication to college students, a move that could become a flashpoint for anti-abortion groups vowing to challenge…

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As Kevin McCarthy’s California district gets redder, discontent brews on his right

CLOVIS, Calif. — In Washington, Kevin McCarthy is the ultimate party-line Republican, one of former President Donald Trump’s most loyal congressional foot soldiers who is leading the charge in the GOP’s quest to regain control of the House in November.

Evening Standard

Mariposa County: State of emergency declared as wildfire burns outside of Yosemite National Park

A destructive wildfire near Yosemite National Park burned out of control through tinder-dry forest on Sunday and had grown into one of California's biggest blazes of the year, forcing thousands of residents to flee remote mountain communities.Around 2,000 firefighters battled the Oak Fire , facing tough conditions that includes steep…

Daily Record

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s US mansion targeted by two intruders in 12 days

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moved to the mansion in Montecito, California after ditching their royal duties in 2020.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Is California’s new gun law, modeled after the Texas abortion law, constitutional?

The debate over California’s controversial new gun law, signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, seems to confuse two important questions: How can the law be challenged in court and, once challenged, is it constitutional?

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Reason

Brickbat: From Maine to Mexico, But Not California

Last year, the Petaluma, California, city council banned the construction of new gas stations. Four other California cities have followed suit, and Los Angeles City Council member Paul Koretz wants that city to be next. He noted that Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed banning the sale of vehicles with internal…

The Guardian - US

California fire crews make progress against ferocious Oak fire near Yosemite

Fire burning near famous national park exploded in size over weekend but crews achieved 10% containment by Monday morning

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's US home targeted by two intruders in 12 days

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moved to the mansion in Montecito, California after quitting their royal duties in 2020 but there have been six security alert calls in 14 months

360info

Are our homes burning the forest?

With urban development where wildfires have raged, conflict seems inevitable. Is there a better way?

Los Angeles Times

Firefighters face punishing weather conditions in battle against raging fire near Yosemite

LOS ANGELES — A combination of heat, low humidity and parched vegetation continues to bedevil firefighters battling an inferno burning in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Yosemite that has forced thousands to flee their homes.

Axios

In photos: Huge California fire near Yosemite forces thousands to evacuate

The wildfire in Yosemite National Park grew to more than 14,000 acres today.

ABC News

The Loop: COVID reinfections, 'explosive' California wildfires, and a massive price for Muhammad Ali's belt

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