Tag: California
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15 dead as wildfires torch California wine country
Firefighters battled wildfires in California’s wine region as the death toll rose to 15 and thousands were left homeless in neighborhoods reduced to ashes. “The homes are gone, they are like dust,” said Jack Dixon yesterday, a personal trainer who lives in Santa Rosa, a city of 175,000 in Sonoma County. “It is just like …
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October 11, 2017 -
Deadly wildfire sweeps through California’s wine region
Parts of California’s wine region in the US are being ravaged by fast-spreading fire that has killed at least one person and seriously injured two others. Mass evacuations have been announced as several others are reportedly missing, BBC reported on Monday. About 20,000 people have fled from Napa, Sonoma and Yuba counties after fires broke …
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October 10, 2017 -
California becomes ‘sanctuary state’
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a landmark “sanctuary state” legislation, vastly limiting who state and local law enforcement agencies can hold, question and transfer at the request of federal immigration authorities. SB (Senate Bill) 54 or the “Sanctuary State” bill, was introduced by Democratic Senate President Kevin de Leon last December, weeks after the 2016 …
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October 6, 2017 -
5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off California
An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale has struck off California in the Pacific Ocean, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake, with a magnitude of 5.8, was then followed by a second quake of 5.6 closer to shore, The Sun reported on Friday. The epicentre, with a depth of 12.0 km, was …
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September 23, 2017 -
Hate crime: Gurdwara in US vandalised with graffiti
A gurdwara in the US state of California has been vandalised with hate messages scrawled on its walls, including one calling for ‘nuking’ Sikhs. The incident took place at the Vermont Gurdwara in Los Angeles, also known as the Hollywood Sikh Temple. A witness confronted the vandal and caught him on cell phone footage walking …
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September 6, 2017 -
California lawmakers to probe white supremacy rise
California lawmakers will hold public hearings in September to probe the rise of white supremacy in the wake of the Charlottesville unrest, the state Senate leader said. In a statement on Monday, Kevin de Leon asked the chairs of the Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management and the Senate Public Safety Committee to convene the …
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August 22, 2017 -
Facebook to build a new ‘integrated, mixed-use village’
After moving into a 430,000 sqft sprawling facility in Menlo Park, California, two years ago, Facebook is ready to expand its office space with building "an integrated, mixed-use village". To be called "Willow Campus", the new facility will provide 125,000 sq.ft of new retail space, including a grocery store, pharmacy and additional community-facing retail. "Working …
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July 8, 2017 -
Excessive heat warning issued in California
The US National Weather Service (NWS) issued an excessive heat warning in California, predicting the region could face a new record high temperature this week. "An upper level high pressure system centred over the desert southwest will continue to strengthen and expand westward through Saturday," the NWS said on 5 July. "This will bring widespread triple digit …
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July 6, 2017 -
California adds four more ‘discriminatory’ states to travel ban
California has issued a ban on state-funded and state-sponsored travel to four more states that it says have laws discriminating against the LGBTQ community, the media reported. The travel ban was first put into effect January 1 when state measure AB 1887 became law. The law says California is "a leader in protecting civil rights …
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June 24, 2017 -
Kanye West wants to give California’s High School a new look
Rapper Kanye West is planning to give California's Calabasas High School a makeover. The 40-year-old Grammy winner, and a Calabasas resident himself, wants to give the school a new look in "his style", according to Us Weekly. Las Virgenes Unified School District's Superintendent Dan Stepenosky says that the rapper's attorneys toured the school's facilities and …
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June 19, 2017 -
Government following Indian man shooting case with US police: Swaraj
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said the government is following a case with the US police about an Indian man who was shot at in California. In a series of tweets, Swaraj said she has recieved a report from Indian Consulate in San Francisco that an Indian man identifed as Mubeen Ahmed, who …
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June 9, 2017 -
Andhra CM seeks California’s help in technology, industry
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who began his week-long visit to the US, sought California state's help in areas like technology, industry and agriculture. Naidu, leading a high-level delegation, met California Governor Jerry Brown at Sacramento on Thursday. The Chief Minister said Andhra Pradesh would emerge as the gateway to Southeast Asia given …
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May 5, 2017 -
Mobile reactor to convert waste plastic to diesel set to debut
A mobile reactor to convert waste plastic into fuel, that uses technology developed by an India-born chemist, is soon to make its debut in California in a demonstration project. "Using our efficient Plastic to Fuel (PTF) conversion units, we are hoping to address the problems of plastics pollution on land and theocean," Swaminathan Ramesh, a …
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April 5, 2017 -
3 killed in California plane crash
Three persons were killed and two injured when a small plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood in California, authorities said. The passengers were returning to San Jose city after a weekend cheerleading competition at Disneyland when the plane crashed in Riverside neighbourhood on Monday, setting two homes ablaze, Fire Chief Michael Moore said in a news …
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February 28, 2017 -
1 dead, others stranded as storm lashes California
A powerful Pacific storm blew into Southern and Central California with wind-driven heavy rains that downed power lines and electrocuted a man, stranded others in flooded areas and disrupted hundreds of flights at airports. With the storm feeding on an atmospheric river of moisture stretching far out into the Pacific, precautionary evacuations of homes in …
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February 18, 2017 -
1 dead, others stranded as storm lashes California
A powerful Pacific storm blew into Southern and Central California with wind-driven heavy rains that downed power lines and electrocuted a man, stranded others in flooded areas and disrupted hundreds of flights at airports. With the storm feeding on an atmospheric river of moisture stretching far out into the Pacific, precautionary evacuations of homes in …
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February 18, 2017