Alexander Nguyen
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KPBS
A new COVID-19 variant nicknamed “razor blade throat” is making its way through parts of California. While case numbers remain relatively low in San Diego County, health experts are warning people not to let their guard down.
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Firefighters have stopped the forward progress of the Aruba Fire in Rainbow, which has scorched 54 acres and was 30% contained Monday.
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Caltrans plans on upgrading and expanding wrong way driving countermeasures to more than 67 freeway onramps throughout the county. -
As fires burn across California, San Diego County fire departments are seeing a shortage of recruits applying for firefighter positions. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe threat of wildfire is increasingly leading insurers to drop the policies of San Diego homeowners, a trend most prominent in the county’s rural areas but also affecting city neighborhoods from Scripps Ranch to Hillcrest. -
The vote came nearly a year after a similar measure died in the waning hours of the legislative session. California remains one of just four states without a way of decertifying officers despite nationwide protests over the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis that have driven reform efforts. -
The threat the Caldor Fire poses to Lake Tahoe residents is exposing differences between laws against price-gouging in Nevada and California. -
A decrease in strong winds is helping the battle against a huge California forest fire threatening Lake Tahoe. -
The hearing was scheduled one day after federal prosecutors stated in a court filing that the death penalty would not be pursued against Earnest, who faces more than 100 hate crime counts in his federal case. -
Strong Winds Push California Wildfire Closer To Lake TahoeFlames raced across treetops and through drought-stricken vegetation as firefighters scrambled to keep a growing California wildfire from reaching a resort city at the southern tip of Lake Tahoe. -
As of late Wednesday morning, crews had the burn area of the 1,427- acre blaze, dubbed the Chaparral Fire, about 80% contained, according to Cal Fire.
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