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Amid drought, California declares war on lush lawns
Hailed as the Yelp of weed, marijuana startup Leafly is running a full-age ad in the Sunday edition of The New York Times. With the western US state struggling to conserve water, locals are re-landscaping their outdoor spaces as attitudes shift about what constitutes an attractive yard.
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Watch the drought take over the entire state of California in one GIF
It started off bad, then it got worse. And then it got much, much worse.
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Mudslides trap Southern California town, stranding thousands
Torrential rain and rapid mudslides have shut down a Southern California town, standing thousands of people and trapping 500 at a church camp.
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What If California Runs Out of Water?
It would be a great premise for a Hollywood apocalyptic disaster thriller. Imagine that after several years of devastating drought, California's supply of water gradually vanished. As the reservoirs went bone dry, in Los Angeles water would stop flowing from faucets, while in California's Central Valley, crops would wither as irrigation ceased.
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Get used to toilet-to-tap water, Californians told
Orange County’s $140m plan to make more waste water potable as drought-hit state prepares to ditch the ‘yuck factor’
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California Will Run on 100 Percent Clean Energy by 2050, Stanford Professor Says
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SeaWorld stock sinks 30% on poor attendance and sales
Shares of SeaWorld took a deep dive in trading today after the entertainment company posted a big miss in its latest quarter, blaming the media for casting negative attention on its parks' treatment of animals and deterring people from visiting.
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California has given away rights to far more water than it has
California has allocated five times more surface water than the state actually has, making it hard for regulators to tell whose supplies should be cut during a drought, University of California researchers reported. The scientists said California’s water-rights regulator, the State Water Resources Control Board, needs a systematic overhaul of policies and procedures to bridge the gaping disparity, but lacks the legislative authority and funding to do so.
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Tahoe woman attacked by bear may face feeding charges
A Lake Tahoe woman who was attacked by a black bear in her backyard could become the first person in the area charged with illegally feeding the wild animals. California authorities say the woman, whose name hasn't been released, has been feeding bears for years in her yard on the lake's north shore at Kings Beach.
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Kill Switches on Smartphones Now Mandatory in California
California Governor Jerry Brown signed historic legislation Monday, mandating that every smartphone sold in California after July 1, 2015, be equipped by default with a kill switch, a feature that can render the device useless if stolen.
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Wildfire Arsonist Sentenced to Death For Killing 5 Firefighters
A California man was sentenced to death on Friday for setting a hillside inferno in 2006 that killed five USFF firefighters. The penalty had been recommended by the jury that convicted the man, Raymond L. Oyler, 38, of murder and arson in March.
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Most Expensive Car Ever - Ferrari GTO Sells for $38 Million
A 1962-63 Ferrari GTO Berlinetta was sold in California on Thursday for $38,000,000, the most ever paid for a car at auction. The price included a 10% “buyer’s premium” paid to the auction company, Bonhams. While the sale was easily a record price for any car ever sold at auction, some experts had predicted the classic car would go for more than $50 million.
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Thousands get green energy jobs in California
Green energy advocates got some welcome news last week: More than 2,500 clean energy and clean transportation jobs were announced in California in the second quarter of 2014, including 150 in Riverside County.
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California to be first US state to ban plastic bags
California governor Jerry Brown said he will approve a ban on single-use plastic bags, in what would make the western US state the first to outlaw them. Lawmakers passed the bill late last Friday, and it now only requires Brown's signature to pass into law. The governor must do so before the end of September.
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Californians' purchases of plug-in electric cars top 100,000
Clifornia has passed an electric milestone: This week, a car buyer in the state bought the 100,000th plug-in vehicle sold here. "California's plug-in electric vehicle market is ramping up, and we expect to see significant growth as customers realize how economical and convenient they are," said Christine Kehoe, executive director of the California Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative.
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California deems carpooling via all ride-share services illegal
Uber, Lyft and Sidecar are told to halt any carpool features. The California Public Utilities Commission confirms it sent two copies of a warning letter to all three peer-to-peer car services.
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Yosemite wildfire crews also battling bears on fire lines
Crews battling a wildfire in Yosemite National Park have had to deal with steep terrain, dense forest brush, oppressive heat, and now, bears. According to the U.S. Forest Service, bears have become "a major issue with fire crew safety" in camps and along the fire line. “Extensive measures are being taken not to attract bears to the food and other supplies,” officials said in a recent update posted online. Trash, they added, is being backhauled daily.
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'Yelp Bill' protects Californians from getting pants sued off over reviews
California has passed a bill that protects customers from getting penalized by companies after writing bad reviews. Yelp's response: Yippee! In a blog post published Wednesday, Yelp said that it sometimes hears about businesses that sneak clauses into consumer contracts that forbid customers from leaving negative reviews on sites like Yelp.
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Wildfires threaten thousands in Northern California
Fire officials in Orange County work to control a wildfire that has charred roughly 1,500 acres in the Silverado Canyon area.
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King Fire
Firefighters battling the King Fire watch as a backfire burns along Highway 50 in Fresh Pond, California, September 16, 2014.
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