LOS ANGELES – The destruction wrought by a wind-driven wildfire in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles approached 156 square miles (404 square kilometers) Sunday, burning structures, homes and a nature center in a famed Southern California wildlife sanctuary in foothill desert communities.Firefighters were, however, able to defend Mount Wilson, which overlooks greater Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Mountains and has a historic observatory founded more than a century ago and numerous broadcast antennas serving Southern California, from the Bobcat Fire.The Bobcat Fire started Sept.

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Precarious rocks help refine earthquake hazard in California

Cathleen O’GradyIn an earthquake zone, near the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in southern California, stands a precariously balanced rock that Anna Rood has nicknamed Damaris, after her best friend. “The joke is that she’s incredibly fragile,” says Rood, a Ph.D.

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Californians to vote on racial, gender preference programs

SAN FRANCISCO – A California with vastly different political preferences and demographics is voting on whether to allow affirmative action in public hiring, contracting and college admissions — nearly a quarter century after voters outlawed programs that give preference based on race and gender. If approved, Proposition 16 would repeal a 1996 initiative that made it unlawful for California's state and local governments to discriminate against or grant preferential treatment to people based on race, ethnicity, national origin or sex.

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California to study reparations for Black Americans

SACRAMENTO, CA - APRIL 03: California State Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) speaks during a news conference to announce new legislation to address recent deadly police shootings on April 3, 2018 in Sacramento, California. California State SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will develop a detailed plan for granting reparations to Black Americans under a new law Gov.

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Layoffs remain high as 837,000 seek unemployment aid

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week to a still-high 837,000, evidence that the economy is struggling to sustain a tentative recovery that began this summer.The Labor Department's report, released Thursday, suggests that companies are still cutting a historically high number of jobs, though the weekly numbers have become less reliable as states have increased their efforts to root out fraudulent claims and process earlier applications that have piled up.For example, California, which accounts for more than one-quarter of aid applications, simply provided the same figure it submitted the previous week.

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California now bans certain chokeholds but governor bans other justice reforms

Sonoma County Deputy Charlie Blount slams David Ward's head into his Honda. Nov.

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Seager homers, Dodgers edge Brewers 4-2 in wild-card opener

LOS ANGELES – Mookie Betts had two hits and an RBI, Corey Seager homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 in the opener of their NL wild-card series on Wednesday night.The eight-time West champion Dodgers capitalized early in a bullpen game for the Brewers and can wrap up the best-of-three series on Thursday. Milwaukee — a playoff entrant despite a losing record — limped into the postseason as the No.

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'Serenade on the Avenue' pop-up concert honoring healthcare workers

PHILADELPHIA - An elevated 30 minute pop up performance in Center City across from the Kimmel Center on the 7th floor of a construction site soon to be the luxury high rise Arthaus Condominiums at Broad and Spruce. "It's sheer exhilaration. We haven't had that opportunity to celebrate, to be live or to embrace the performances," said developer Carl Dranoff.

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California governor signs corporate boardroom diversity law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Hundreds of California-based corporations must have directors from racial or sexual minorities on their boards under a first-in-the-nation bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.The diversity legislation is similar to a 2018 measure that required boardrooms to have at least one female director by 2019.

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California wildfire evacuees return home to find devastation

SANTA ROSA – Nikki and Kevin Conant returned to their home in California's wine country Wednesday to find only the charred remains of their home and wine-barrel repurposing business.“It was like a part of me is gone, burnt up in the fire. Everything we built here, everything we made here is gone," Nikki Conant said.

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Florida vs. South Carolina: How to watch, stream, listen

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Florida State vs. Jacksonville State: How to watch, stream, listen

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State is still looking for the first win of the 2020 season as the Seminoles play against Jacksonville State at 4 p.m.

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UCF vs. Tulsa: How to watch, stream, listen

ORLANDO, Fla. – The University of Central Florida will host Tulsa in the Knights' first home game of the year on Saturday.UCF officials said about 11,000 fans will be allowed to attend the game. Fans will be required to wear a face covering during the game.[RELATED: There are new rules at the Bounce House for UCF’s first home game]The Knights go into the game as the No.

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Chris Harrison on How Matt James' Season of 'The Bachelor' Will Work Amid COVID-19 (Exclusive)

Matt James is gearing up for his journey, and yes, it will still take place in a bubble. The entirety of Clare Crawley's season of was filmed on set at La Quinta Resort & Club in Palm Springs, California, and while James is shooting somewhere else, he'll also be constrained to a single resort, Chris Harrison told ET. «Number one, yes, we are still in a quarantine pandemic bubble.

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NFLPA asking teams to change all fields to natural grass

said in a statement on Wednesday that artificial turf is significantly harder on the body than grass.He cited the NFL's injury data from 2012-18 that the contact injury rate for lower extremities was higher during practices and games held on turf. And that NFL players experienced a much higher rate of noncontact lower extremity injuries on turf compared to natural surfaces.He also said that cold-weather teams such as the Packers, Steelers and Browns have natural grass fields.

As wildfires continue in western United States, biologists fear for vulnerable species

Elizabeth PennisiTwo weeks ago, conservation scientist Dominick DellaSala was at his home in Talent, Oregon, writing an opinion column warning that the hotter, drier weather that had sparked devastating wildfires in California could soon catalyze blazes across the western United States. Then, his power went out.

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Hot, dry conditions stoke devastating California wildfires

SAN FRANCISCO – Flames devoured swaths of brush and trees in Northern California on Wednesday amid unseasonably hot and dry weather.High winds that spread new fires this week in the Napa and Sonoma wine country and in a far northern area of the state were reduced to breezes, but vegetation remained ripe for burning in high temperatures amid very low humidity.The National Weather Service said the weather conditions would last for several days due to high pressure centered over the state. Heat advisories were in effect or pending along about three-quarters of the California coast and many areas had poor air quality due to smoke.

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Shooting breaks out at Amazon fulfillment center in Florida, killing 1

Getty Images At least one person was killed and another injured in a shooting Tuesday evening at an Amazon fulfillment center in Jacksonville, Fla., in front of horrified witnesses, authorities said.Deputies from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said when they responded, they located a Black female and Black male with gunshot wounds.The female was pronounced dead the scene and the male was transported to a hospital. His condition was unknown.

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California now allows all outdoor playgrounds to reopen to public

((Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images))SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is now allowing all outdoor playgrounds to reopen to the public.Families are asked to limit their visits to 30 minutes per day so more people can enjoy the playgrounds.People are required to maintain social distancing and everyone two years old and older must wear a mask.The rules and park capacity must be posted, at the entrance to the playground.However, not every playground may reopen, since local authorities will make the final decision on when to reopen their playgrounds.The California Department of Public Health announced the change on Tuesday.

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Uber, Lyft look to kill California law on app-based drivers

LOS ANGELES – Californians are being asked decide if Uber, Lyft and other app-based drivers should remain independent contractors or be eligible for the benefits that come with being company employees.The battle between the powerhouses of the so-called gig economy and labor unions including the International Brotherhood of Teamsters could become the most expensive ballot measure in state history. Voters are weighing whether to create an exemption to a new state law aimed at providing wage and benefit protections to drivers.

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Man punched CVS manager when confronted about shoplifting, police say

Authorities are searching for a man accused of shoplifting from a Center City CVS and assaulting a store employee when confronted. CENTER CITY - Philadelphia police are searching for a man who they say attempted to shoplift items from a CVS in Center City and punched a store manager when confronted about the theft.Authorities say the incident happened at a CVS on the 1200 block of Walnut Street around 8:30 p.m.

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No debate: Judge, Yankees pound Bieber, Indians in opener

CLEVELAND – On a night for debates, Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees made quite an opening statement.Shane Bieber had no rebuttal.Judge smashed a tone-setting, two-run homer on Bieber's fourth pitch, Cole struck out 13 and the New York Yankees opened the AL playoffs with a resounding 12-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday.

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Disney to 'axe 28,000 workers' as Covid-19 pandemic stops visitors going to theme parks

Disney employees are to lose their jobs as the coronavirus pandemic has stopped visitors going to its theme parks.Disney is set to axe 28,000 staff due to the lack of tourists since the deadly bug took over earlier this year, reports Mirror Online.Josh D'Amaro, Disney's head of parks, sent a letter to staff which revealed the company had to make "difficult decisions." According to reports, of the thousands set to be let go, two thirds will be part time workers.During the pandemic, Disney's park in Florida, Paris, Shanghai, Japan and Hong Kong have reopened though the company was forced to limit the number of visitors to allow for physical distancing.California Adventure and Disneyland in Anaheim, California, remain closed to visitors.Mr

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Disney to lay off 28,000 workers at its parks in California, Florida

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California's wine country residents face fire fatigue

NAPA, Calif. – Will Abrams and his family packed their pickup truck with laptops, clothes, sleeping bags and a tent and quickly left their rental home in California's wine country after seeing flames on a hill about a quarter-mile away Monday morning. It was their third hurried fire evacuation in as many years.In 2017, Abrams woke up to find their Santa Rosa home on fire, clearing burning branches out of the driveway so he could get his wife, 12-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter to safety.

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Disney to lay off nearly 28K workers at California, Florida locations due to coronavirus

coronavirus pandemic, The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it planned to lay off 28,000 workers in its parks division in California and Florida.Two-thirds of the planned layoffs involve part-time workers but they ranged from salaried employees to nonunion hourly workers, Disney officials said.Disney’s parks closed last spring as the pandemic started spreading in the U.S.

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California sues US regulator in bid to deter 'ghost guns'

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Backed by the fathers of two slain children, California's attorney general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday in an effort to crack down on so-called “ghost guns” that can be built from parts with little ability to track or regulate the owners.The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives doesn't consider that the unfinished do-it-yourself kits qualify as firearms.

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Disney Parks Are Laying Off 28,000 Employees Amid Pandemic

Disney is announcing some major decisions.

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Woman charged in attempted kidnap of Joe Montana grandchild

LOS ANGELES – A 39-year-old woman was charged Tuesday in what authorities say was an attempted kidnapping of the 9-month-old granddaughter of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana from his Southern California home. Sodsai Predpring Dalzell was charged with felony counts of attempted kidnapping and burglary, according to a complaint filed by Los Angeles County prosecutors.

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Biden releases 2019 tax returns ahead of presidential debate with Trump

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, released more of their personal tax returns just hours before the first presidential debate with President Donald Trump.Biden's running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, released her 2019 returns as well.Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event on Sept.

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Biden releases 2019 tax returns before 1st debate with Trump

WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden paid nearly $288,000 in federal income taxes last year, according to returns he released just hours before his Tuesday night debate with President Donald Trump.The move came following a report from The New York Times that Trump paid just $750 in income taxes in 2016, the year he ran for president, and in 2017, his first year in the White House. Biden and his wife, Jill, along with Biden’s running mate, California Sen.

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Twins shelve Donaldson for wild card series with calf injury

MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson will miss the best-of-three AL first-round series against Houston because of a nagging injury to his right calf, and the team included rookie Alex Kirilloff on the roster that was set on Tuesday prior to Game 1.Donaldson missed 30 games this season with a muscle strain and returned to the lineup on Sept. 2, but he was removed from Friday's game after the first inning on with cramping.

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Oakland Nature Preserve to host nighttime Pumpkin Glow hike

OAKLAND, Fla. – The Oakland Nature Preserve is inviting ghouls, goblins and you to an enchanted evening hike.The Pumpkin Glow, the preserve’s new fall event, will feature a winding wooded trail of decorated and hand-carved jack-o'-lanterns.People can walk among the jack-o-lanterns from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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New California law prompted by crash that killed Kobe Bryant, 8 others

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 17: Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant attend a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Atlanta Hawks at Staples Center on November 17, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Allen Berezov SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov.

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Virus, strife prompt 'resiliency' funds in Black communities

SAN FRANCISCO – The modest cash grant Iguehi James received from the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce helped the clothing designer defray costs, including surge prices on elastic and fabric that jumped dramatically due to the pandemic.The application process was simple and she qualified for a $5,000 “resiliency” grant, despite being a solo practitioner with no employees or storefront. Along with the fiscal help, the grant reminded the 38-year-old novice entrepreneur that she is part of a community with a tradition of mobilizing to help members in times of distress.

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They wanted disruption in 2016. Now they're Trump defectors

Shawna Jensen’s moment of reckoning came in March, as she sat in her suburban Fort Worth, Texas, living room next to her fireplace. Her laptop was open to a Zoom happy hour with five girlfriends.

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NASA and SpaceX set target date for next astronaut launch from Kennedy Space Center

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – NASA and SpaceX have set a target date and time for the next astronaut launch from the Kennedy Space Center.The launch is currently targeted for 2:40 a.m. on Oct.

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Thousands of DDSB students join growing waitlist to transfer to at-home learning

coronavirus case numbers rise in schools across the region, thousands of students in the Durham District School Board are on a waiting list to transfer to at-home learning.The DDSB tells Global News there are 3,447 students on the waitlist. Among those students, 2,873 are in elementary school.The deadline for elementary school students to apply to transfer is Oct.

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1 new death as Foothills hospital outbreak grows to 53 cases

Dr. Deena Hinshaw said one more COVID-19 death has been reported from the Foothills Medical Centre, where two more units at the Calgary hospital are under outbreak protocols.

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Johnstone, 2-time WS champ and popular prankster, dies at 74

LOS ANGELES – Jay Johnstone, who won World Series championships as a versatile outfielder with the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers while being baseball’s merry prankster, has died. He was 74.He died last Saturday of complications from COVID-19 and also had suffered from dementia in recent years, according to his daughter Mary Jayne Sarah Johnstone.

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Surgeries postponed, visitors restricted as COVID-19 outbreak grows at Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre

COVID-19 outbreak grows.Alberta Health Services said Monday that 26 patients and 27 workers at the Foothills Medical Centre have contracted the novel coronavirus, and four patients have died. Coronavirus: AHS confirms 5 more patient, 7 additional staff cases at Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre As of Friday, 136 workers were in isolation.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Visitors to the hospital are now only allowed in end-of-life situations or if they have been pre-approved as essential.The health agency says it has postponed 39 surgeries that were scheduled for Monday due to staff restrictions and a reduced number of inpatient beds.

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Person seriously injured, shots fired at Orange County shopping center

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – One person was seriously injured during an incident at a shopping center early Monday morning, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies responded to South John Young Parkway and Americana Boulevard at 3:30 a.m. for a reported battery call.

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California wildfires: New wind-fuelled blaze forces hospital evacuation, threatens vineyards

A new wildfire that sparked Sunday morning, called the Glass Fire, has swept through California’s Napa County, forcing a hospital to move patients and is threatening many of the region’s popular vineyards.

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California wildfires force evacuation of hundreds of homes, hospital in wine country

wind-driven wildfires erupted on Sunday in the heart of northern California’s Napa Valley wine country and spread across more than 1,000 acres (404 hectares), forcing the evacuation of several hundreds homes and a hospital, authorities said.Fire crews were out in force, scrambling to fend off flames threatening neighborhoods and vineyards in the northwest corner of the famed wine-growing valley, about 75 miles (120 km) north of San Francisco.The blaze, dubbed the Glass Fire, broke out before dawn near Calistoga and raced toward the adjacent towns of Deer Park and St. Helena, with flames advancing to within a mile of the Adventist Health St.

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Fast-moving Glass Fire in Napa County burns 1,500 acres in first 12 hours

CALISTOGA, Calif. - Authorities in Napa County issued additional mandatory evacuations Sunday afternoon after a fast moving fire that started early Sunday morning near St. Helena. According to CAL FIRE, the Glass Fire had a "dangerous rate of spread." The fire was burning north of St.

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Joe Montana saves grandchild from alleged kidnapper inside Malibu home

SANTA CLARA, CA - DECEMBER 20: Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana looks on from the sidelines during an NFL football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium on December 20, 2015 in Santa Clara, Ca MALIBU, Calif. - NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana and his wife had to grab his baby granddaughter from the arms of an intruder inside his Malibu home to prevent her from being kidnapped, authorities said Sunday.Around 5 p.m.

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Joe Montana saves grandchild from alleged kidnapper inside Malibu home, reports say

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana looks on from the sidelines during an NFL football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium on December 20, 2015 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W.

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Newsom signs law requiring California to house transgender inmates based on gender identity

SAN QUENTIN, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 29: A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officer wears a protective mask as he stands guard at the front gate of San Quentin State Prison on June 29, 2020 in San Quentin, California. San Quen SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
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