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Trump changes course, approves California relief for 6 fires
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October 17, 2020
Trump changes course, approves California relief for 6 fires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration abruptly reversed course and approved California’s application for disaster relief funds to…
Epic scale of California wildfires continues to grow
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October 6, 2020
Epic scale of California wildfires continues to grow
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The staggering scale of California’s wildfires reached another milestone Monday: A single fire surpassed one million…
Record-breaking California wildfires surpass 4 million acres
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October 5, 2020
Record-breaking California wildfires surpass 4 million acres
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a year that has already brought apocalyptic skies and smothering smoke to the West Coast,…
Better weather won’t keep California from grim fire landmark
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October 3, 2020
Better weather won’t keep California from grim fire landmark
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Firefighters may get a reprieve from the weather Saturday as red flag warnings of extreme fire…
California’s wine country residents facing fire fatigue
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September 30, 2020
California’s wine country residents facing fire fatigue
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Will Abrams and his family packed their pickup truck with laptops, clothes, sleeping bags and a…
Dying winds give crews hope in Northern California fires
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September 29, 2020
Dying winds give crews hope in Northern California fires
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Firefighters say they hoped dying winds would enable them to bear down on a wildfire that…
California wine country wildfire forces evacuation of hospital, hundreds of homes
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September 28, 2020
California wine country wildfire forces evacuation of hospital, hundreds of homes
ST. HELENA, Calif. (Reuters) – A wind-driven wildfire erupted on Sunday in the heart of northern California’s Napa Valley wine…
Few resources, old-growth forest allowed for fire’s growth
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September 23, 2020
Few resources, old-growth forest allowed for fire’s growth
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lack of firefighting resources in the hours after it was sparked allowed a fast-moving wildfire…
Enormous California wildfire threatens desert homes near LA
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September 22, 2020
Enormous California wildfire threatens desert homes near LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An enormous wildfire that churned through mountains northeast of Los Angeles and into the Mojave Desert…
California wildfire likely to grow from wind, low humidity
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September 21, 2020
California wildfire likely to grow from wind, low humidity
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The destruction wrought by a wind-driven wildfire in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles approached 156…