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Friday’s Creek Fire Updates: 6% Containment, More Firefighters & Equipment, China Peak Explosion

As the Creek Fire burns over 175,893 acres in Fresno and Madera into its eighth day, the more than 1,600 firefighters on scene have forged 6% containment. That first hard edge on the wildfire has Cal Fire officials expressing cautious optimism about bringing the aggressive blaze under control. “Today was...

Friday’s Creek Fire Updates: Cautious Optimism After 6% Containment; China Peak Explosion

As the Creek Fire burns over 175,893 acres in Fresno and Madera into its eighth day, the more than 1,600 firefighters on scene have forged 6% containment. That first hard edge on the wildfire has Cal Fire officials expressing cautious optimism about bringing the aggressive blaze under control. “Today was...

Diplomat Tapped To Be PM Vows Reforms in Crisis-Hit Lebanon

BEIRUT — Lebanon's prime minister-designate on Monday called for a new government to be formed “in record time,” pledging to speed up the investigation into the massive Beirut explosion and implement reforms after winning the backing of major parties in the crisis-hit country. Mustapha Adib, Lebanon's ambassador to Germany, spoke...

Lebanon’s Cabinet Resigns Over Beirut Blast Amid Public Fury

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s government resigned Monday amid widespread public fury at the country’s ruling elite over last week’s devastating explosion in Beirut. The move risks opening the way to dragged-out negotiations over a new Cabinet amid urgent calls for reform. Prime Minster Hassan Diab headed to the presidential palace to...

Judge Threatens to Force PG&E to Hire More Tree Trimmers

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Thursday threatened to force Pacific Gas & Electric to hire more tree trimmers to reduce the chances of its electrical grid igniting fires in Northern California and adhere to a requirement imposed after the utility's natural gas lines blew up a neighborhood a...

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