Traditional crime victims groups are emboldened by the possible recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom and some district attorneys. But other groups are redefining the term ‘victim.’
Anita Chabria
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For many Afghan refugees, the struggles don’t end when they reach U.S. soil
As the Taliban solidifies control of Afghanistan, Californians with friends and family in the country are scrambling to help.
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As Dixie fire tears through communities, some refuse evacuation orders with guns in hand
One challenge for fire crews in Plumas County is residents who won’t leave their property, forcing firefighters to take risks on their behalf.
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‘We knew there was no saving it’: Gold Rush-era town gone, leaving broken hearts, broken dreams
Greenville, a Gold Rush town dating to the 19th century, rebuilt after an 1881 fire. Now it has been destroyed by the Dixie fire, California’s largest this year.
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Firefighters face unprecedented conditions as they try to save towns from Dixie fire
Officials say a perfect storm of conditions — the heat, the dry fuels, the drought, the wind, the slope — has driven the Dixie fire’s rapid spread. “There were places where we couldn’t even get a hose because we couldn’t get an engine anywhere near where the fire was,” one said, “so it was all hand tools and that kind of stuff.”
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Overwhelmed firefighters battle to save California communities, assess mass destruction
Another day of dangerous winds is on tap as the Dixie fire continues to grow and the River fire burns homes north of Sacramento.
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As drought slams California and Oregon, Klamath farmers grow fish to quell a water war
In the Klamath basin, some farmers hope to head off potential violence by repopulating fish that are part of a decades-old water and wildlife conflict.
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Extremist ‘Grizzly Scouts’ indicted for blocking federal probe into killings of Oakland fed, Sgt. Gutzwiller
The men — affiliated with the boogaloo movement — are accused of covering up their association with a man accused of murdering a federal security guard and Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office.
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QAnon now pushes alarming conspiracy myths targeting China and Jewish people
Online conspiracy theorists have pivoted their focus to a “new world order” – a cabal of global elites they say include vaccine proponents, Biden and Gov. Newsom.
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Newsom orders National Guard protection for California’s state Capitol
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
