The Dixie fire in Butte and Plumas counties has destroyed two structures since its July 14 ignition and is threatening at least 800 others.
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Thieves are stealing California’s scarce water. Where’s it going? Illegal marijuana farms
As drought grips most of California, water thefts have increased to record levels. Thieves tap into hydrants, pump water from rivers and break into remote water stations and tanks.
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‘She never left her cub’: Heartbreaking photo shows danger cars pose to Yosemite’s bears
A viral Facebook post urging motorists to drive slowly through Yosemite National Park shows the tragic reality that deadly collisions leave in their wake.
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UCSC researchers helping California’s black abalone, increasingly threatened by wildfire
In Big Sur, scientists from UC Santa Cruz and elsewhere are rescuing the abalone from landslides caused by the Dolan Fire and moving them to safety in new neighborhoods where “resident abalone” already thrive.
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Two fast-moving California fires are creating their own dangerous weather systems
The Dixie and Tamarack fires have chewed through nearly 100,000 acres with little containment, officials said Tuesday. That update came after Monday saw the Dixie fire, burning in Butte and Plumas counties, generate its own pyrocumulonimbus cloud, which created its own lightning — something the Tamarack fire, on the California-Nevada border, also did Tuesday.
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After coyote charges at children in San Francisco park, animal is killed: ‘Too close for comfort’
The coyote had aggressively approached toddlers in the San Francisco Botanical Gardens on five separate occasions. One official attributed the coyote’s actions to people repeatedly feeding it, leading the animal to lose “not just fear, but all sense of caution.”
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With drought worsening, should California have much tougher water restrictions?
Experts support the pace of Newsom’s current drought response, but some scientists urge more action.
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Newsom asks all Californians to voluntarily reduce water usage by 15% amid drought
Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking Californians to voluntarily cut back on water consumption by 15% compared with last year as drought conditions worsen and temperatures continue to rise across the western United States.
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It’s not the San Andreas, but fault system that produced 6.0 quake poses big dangers
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