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Injuries, destruction reported in fast-moving California fire

Another fire has spread in California as the state battles a prolonged heat wave, with a blaze that started on a lumber mill near the Oregon border destroying homes and injuring several people.

ABC News

Yankees hope epidural will help Anthony Rizzo’s back pain

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Yankees are hopeful that Anthony Rizzo will be able to get some relief from the nagging back pain that has limited him this season after having an epidural on Thursday. Rizzo stayed behind in California to see renowned orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. Robert Watkins, who…

Tribune News Service

A girl wanted to keep the goat she raised for a county fair. They chose to kill it

A California lawsuit brought by the girl’s parents accuses law enforcement of traveling hundreds of miles to confiscate a beloved pet

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Californians asked to conserve power amid brutal heat wave

Californians sweltering in the West’s lengthening heat wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use again to prevent stress on the state’s electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts

The Independent UK

Thousands told to flee 3 towns ahead of fast California fire

Authorities say a fast-moving fire in Northern California is threatening hundreds of homes and at least 5,000 residents across three communities have been ordered to leave immediately

The Independent UK

Marilyn Monroe fan spends £42,000 on surgery in quest to look like Hollywood legend

Serena Smith, from California, has already spent thousands on a boob job, nose job and fillers and most recently forked out £13,000 on a Brazilian Butt Lift surgery

Daily Mirror

Judge tosses manslaughter charge in boat fire that killed 34

A federal judge has thrown out an indictment charging a boat captain with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 scuba divers three years ago off the California coast

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100 in the truck, 120 on the roof: How workers are coping with California’s heat wave

A delivery driver relies on 15 bottles of water to get him through his route. A beekeeper keeps a portable fan under her veil. A construction worker starts as early as 6 a.m. but still ends the day with a sweat-soaked shirt.

Los Angeles Times

California Penguin Alive And Kicking In New Prosthetic Booties

This is the moment a penguin tries on a pair of life-changing booties that will put the spring back in his step for good.

Zenger

Millennials can't afford to pay rent in these California cities because of the renter wage gap

Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and three other California cities have some of the biggest millennial renter wage gaps in the country — the gap being the difference between what the typical worker can afford versus the average rental costs.

Los Angeles Times

California's ban on gas-powered cars worries Minnesota's corn and soybean farmers

California's ban on new sales of emissions-producing vehicles after 2035 has sounded alarms in Minnesota, where farmers growing corn and soybeans that power ethanol and biodiesel are expressing wariness about the decision's long-term implications.

Tribune News Service

One by one, LA firefighters on front lines succumb to extreme heat, adding new danger to job

LOS ANGELES — The first pager alert came Wednesday at 3:02 p.m.

Los Angeles Times

Honda, Toyota, EV Sales And California Leads: EV News Sep 2, 2022

There's never really a shortage of EV news, and now we're even getting new announcements from the likes of Honda and Toyota. Times are certainly changing.

InsideEVs

Blazes erupt across California as state bakes in scorching heat

Seven firefighters hospitalized, with extreme temperatures expected to last through Labor Day

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Sauced tomatoes cover Californian highway after bizarre truck crash

In this week's videos, a slippery mess after a dramatic crash caused a truck to scatter more than 150,000 tomatoes across a highway in California.

Daily Record

Dumbarton para-golfer set to captain Europe against the USA in the Phoenix Cup

And after being vice-captain this year, Jim Hamill, 63, will step up to skipper Europe in next year’s event in Santa Barbara, California.

Reason

California Bureaucrats Want to Take Over Your Local Fast Food Joint

Where have we heard before about government councils dictating terms to nominally private enterprise?

Los Angeles Times

Jack Dolan: Steep, icy and ‘vicious’: How a day of climbing on Mt. Shasta turned deadly

MT. SHASTA, Calif. — The couple from Seattle had a taste for adventure but little alpine experience, so they hired Jillian Webster, a professional mountain guide, to help them climb Mt. Shasta — one of California’s most dramatic peaks.

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Michael Hiltzik: Prop. 27 backers say it will solve homelessness by enabling sports gambling. Don't bet on it

California ballot initiative campaigns long since turned into founts of misinformation and lies purveyed by self-interested promoters.

Axios

46 large fires burn across 8 states as heat wave grips U.S. West

"Critical fire weather, including low relative humidity and gusty winds, is forecast from northern California into Montana Friday," NWS warns.

Tribune News Service

Anthony Rizzo seeing back specialist, could miss Yankees-Rays series

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Anthony Rizzo did not make the trip from California to Tampa. The Yankees first baseman stayed on the West Coast to see a back specialist and could miss the series against the Rays, Yankees manager Aaron Boone told the Michael Kay Show Thursday. Rizzo has missed…

The Independent UK

Parents in California demand schools provide shade after one playground hits 145F in brutal heatwave

Parts of state are dealing with worst heatwave of the year

Los Angeles Times

California extends flex alert as power grid is strained by heat wave and wildfires burn

LOS ANGELES — Faced with a record-setting heat wave sweltering California and fueling two major fires, officials extended a flex alert calling for voluntary energy conservation through Friday, hoping to prevent rolling blackouts.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Photos: Steph Curry welcomes Michelle Wie West, Collin Morikawa to Underrated Golf finale at TPC Harding Park

The event included 13 top boys and girls athletes from across the country competing at the San Francisco muni.

Ballotpedia

California State Legislature votes to send a constitutional amendment to the 2024 ballot related to local votes on certain housing projects

On Aug. 31, the last day of the legislative session, the California State Legislature voted to send Senate Constitutional Amendment 2 (SCA 2) to the ballot in 2024. SCA 2 would repeal Article 34 of the state constitution, which requires local voter approval via a ballot measure for federal and/or…

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