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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 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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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.
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California Officials Praise More Peaceful Protesting
California authorities have praised the thousands of peaceful protesters who thronged streets around the state while announcing criminal charges against more than 100 people accused of looting and violence. Police in the San Francisco Bay Area said a break-in suspect was killed when officers mistook his hammer for a gun.
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Northern California County Defies Governor's Virus Shutdown Order
A rural California county allowed nonessential businesses to reopen and diners to eat in restaurants on Friday, becoming the first to defy Gov. Gavin Newsom’s statewide orders barring such moves during the coronavirus pandemic.
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California Governor: 60,000 Homeless Could Get Virus
As worries about the spread of the coronavirus confine millions of Californians to their homes, concern is growing about those who have no homes in which to shelter. Gov. Gavin Newsom estimates up to 60,000 homeless could end up infected.
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California Parents Face Possible Long-Term Homeschooling
Extraordinary restrictions on everyday activities expanded to more areas of California on Wednesday as many parents around the state struggled to fathom the prospect put forth by Gov. Gavin Newsom of schools staying closed until summer.
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California's Winter Snowpack Below Average After Dry January
California’s weather turned largely dry in January and has left the water content of the Sierra Nevada snowpack below average for this time of year.
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Winter Storms Wash Away California Drought, Enlarge Snowpack
California is drenched and its mountains are piled high with snow amid a still-unfolding winter of storms that was unimaginable just a few months ago.
