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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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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PG&E equipment may have sparked Dixie fire, growing near burn scar of deadly Camp fire
At inception the Soquel Creek Water District focused on flood control. Today, the District now ensures 41,000 Santa Cruz…
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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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Dry lightning fire concerns upgraded in Santa Cruz Mountains to a Red Flag Warning
Red Flag Warning takes place of Fire Weather Watch as the National Weather Service warns of events that could treacherously combine with dry fuel levels in the Santa Cruz Mountains and other areas throughout the Bay Area. Concern here begins Sunday afternoon.
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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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Fire risk & homeless camps, the collision of emergencies: Santa Cruz Fire orders closures to minimize risk
Among the biggest changes of the revised law: Whereas previously proposed rules would’ve left areas with certain zoning…
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California hit by record-breaking fire destruction: ‘Climate change is real, it’s bad’
Already this year, there have been more than twice as many acres burned than during the same period last year — and hundreds more fires.
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‘Extraordinary conditions’: California faces power shortage as fires threaten electric lines
California’s energy operator issued a third Flex Alert in four days, attributing it to ‘extraordinary conditions’ due to record-breaking heat and fire.