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Still Raging: Largest Wildfire in California History Grows

August 7, 2018

LAKEPORT — Wildfires tearing through trees and brush, rampaging up hillsides and incinerating neighborhoods: The places and names change, but the devastation is showing signs of becoming the new normal in Calif...

California’s Educational Crisis Framed by Two Events: Walters

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August 6, 2018

In case you missed it, a Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles is allowing an education lawsuit to proceed against the state. The lawsuit contends that California’s public schools have failed to adequately tea...

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Ferguson Fire Now the Biggest in Sierra National Forest History

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August 6, 2018

Officials overseeing the effort against the deadly Ferguson Fire said Monday morning that it is the largest wildfire in Sierra National Forest history. The fire has grown to 91,502 acres and is 38% contained...

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Brown Denies Parole for Weidert, Who Buried Fresno Man Alive

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August 3, 2018

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown has again blocked parole for the killer of a developmentally disabled Fresno man who was buried alive. Brown said Friday that 55-year-old David Weidert remains too dangerous to ...

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Senate OK’s $38 Billion For Israel Defense

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August 3, 2018

Israel would receive a $38 billion aid package providing munitions and other defense-related assistance under a bill approved this week by the U.S. Senate. The 10-year package, the largest of its kind ever, was...

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Was Facebook Right or Wrong to Ban Heng’s Campaign Ad?

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August 3, 2018

Facebook turned down an ad for Republican congressional candidate Elizabeth Heng on Friday, her campaign said, deeming it too graphic for the social media site. “It is unbelievable that Facebook could have s...

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Northern California Cyclone of Flames Hit 143 MPH

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August 3, 2018

Experts say a deadly Northern California wildfire burned so hot at its peak that it created a cyclone of flames that reached 143 mph, ripping through the region with the force of a destructive Midwest tornado. ...

TSA Tracks Regular Travelers Like Terrorists In Quiet Skies Program

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August 3, 2018

Criticism is mounting over a new domestic surveillance program called "Quiet Skies" that targets ordinary U.S. citizens not suspected of a crime or on any terrorist watch list. The previously undisclosed pro...

Dan Walters Deals Truth on Jerry Brown and CEQA Reform

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August 2, 2018

With California mired in a housing affordability crisis, you would think that folks in the Capitol could summon the gumption to reform the state's landmark environmental law. But the California Environmental...

US Allies Kill 22 Yemeni Civilians at Wedding. Village Asks, ‘Why Us?’

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August 2, 2018

Yemeni civilians are calling for the denouncement of the U.S. role in their country's civil war after airstrikes killed 22 at a wedding and thousands of others. The deaths are continuing unabated, with as ma...

Iran Alleges UN Inspector Tested Positive for Explosives

Amid Climate Change Concern, GM Rolls out Big New Chevy SUVs

Accidental Shootings Raise Questions About Arming Teachers

Californians Aren’t Getting the Mental Health Care They’re Legally Guaranteed. Why Not?

Israel’s West Bank Settlements: 4 Questions Answered

Farmworker Reform Bill Passes House. What’s Next?

Nunes’ Reliably Red District Remains So, But Is Slipping

The Kanye Effect? New Polls Show Black Support for Trump Surging

Despite Trump's Attacks, California Is Still a Republican State

When Will Bulldogs Finally Prevail in ‘Winning Time’?

Thousands of ‘Penis Fish’ Wash up on a Northern California Beach

Anyone Can Apply to Be Fresno State’s Head Coach. Yes, Even You.

A Better Way: Let’s Give PG&E's Customers the Reins

A Clinical Trial Saved My Life. So Why Aren’t More Cancer Patients Enrolling?

Californians Aren’t Getting the Mental Health Care They’re Legally Guaranteed. Why Not?

Do You Really Know the Bill of Rights? Take This Quiz.

US Growth of Islam Creates Need for Religious Scholars

Political Activist Sarsour Will Speak at Local CAIR Banquet

Many Specialists Will Be on Hand at Free Health Clinic in Fresno

Islamic Center Dinner To Feature Texas TV Reporter Who Wears a Hijab

Elections in 4 States Offer Tests of 2020 Voter Enthusiasm

Looking for Extra Cash? County Needs Election Workers.

Revenge of the Arambulas? Big Donation to Defeat Dyer.

Bloomberg at UN: US President Must End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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Still Raging: Largest Wildfire in California History Grows

California’s Educational Crisis Framed by Two Events: Walters

Ferguson Fire Now the Biggest in Sierra National Forest History

Brown Denies Parole for Weidert, Who Buried Fresno Man Alive

Senate OK’s $38 Billion For Israel Defense

Was Facebook Right or Wrong to Ban Heng’s Campaign Ad?

Northern California Cyclone of Flames Hit 143 MPH

TSA Tracks Regular Travelers Like Terrorists In Quiet Skies Program

Dan Walters Deals Truth on Jerry Brown and CEQA Reform

US Allies Kill 22 Yemeni Civilians at Wedding. Village Asks, ‘Why Us?’

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