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Californians Asked to Conserve Power Amid Brutal Heat Wave
Californians sweltering in the West’s lengthening heat wave were asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use again during critical hours Friday and again Saturday to prevent stress on the state’s electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts.
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California Heat Wave Sparks Fears of Power Outages, Fires
California is in a state of emergency as a brutal heat wave brings the threat of power outages and wildfires.
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California Power Grid Operator Braces for Long Heat Wave
Operators of California’s power grid expect to issue calls for voluntary conservation of electricity during a prolonged heat wave building over the West and they warned that there could be energy shortages if conditions worsen.
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California Snow Pack Far Below Normal After Dry Winter Months
Drought-stricken California’s winter mountain snowpack is far below average after two historically dry months that reversed gains from storms late last year, officials said Tuesday as they urged the nation’s most populous state to conserve water.
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California Mops Up After Storm Soaks State, Triggers Slide
Cleanup was underway after a powerful storm swept through California, setting rainfall records in the drought-stricken state but also triggering rescue efforts on a raging river and in canyon communities hit by mudslides.
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Weather Slows Caldor Fire, But Flames Keep Moving
Firefighters reported progress Wednesday in the battle to save communities on the south end of Lake Tahoe from an approaching forest fire after the stiff winds they had feared failed to materialize in the California-Nevada alpine region.
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California Lifts COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders, Curfew Statewide
California lifted regional stay-at-home orders across the state Monday in response to improving coronavirus conditions, returning the state to a system of county-by-county restrictions.
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit Reaches Space on 2nd Try
The launch occurred after the Boeing 747-400 took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in the desert north of Los Angeles and flew out over the Pacific Ocean to a drop point beyond the Channel Islands.
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Overwhelmed, California Hospitals Contemplate Rationing Care
California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers.
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California Hospitals Struggling as Coronavirus Cases Explode
California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers.
