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Verizon's Smart Store in Santa Maria, California, Opens...
2014-09-07 21:34:02| IT Services - Topix.net
Opens the first Verizon Wireless Smart Store in Santa Maria, California. Verizon Wireless customers invited to experience a new way of discovering new technology with the mobile lifestyle in mind.
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California wildfire near Yosemite prompts evacuation of 700 homes
2014-09-06 09:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Crews battling a wildfire on the outskirts of Yosemite National Park in central California reported progress Saturday containing the blaze though evacuation orders for about 700 homes remain in effect, officials said. The blaze, named the Bridge Fire, was 25 percent contained and holding steady at 300 acres (120 hectares), one day after it erupted in Mariposa County near Oakhurst, some 14 miles (22.5 kilometers) southwest of the national park, according to the California Department of Forestry and...
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California asks Congress to set aside funds to fight wildfires
2014-09-06 02:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: With federal funds for fighting wildfires running low, officials in California on Thursday called on Congress to move forward on a stalled plan to set up an emergency reserve fund for battling the extreme blazes anticipated this fall. The call by U.S. Representative John Garamendi, a Democrat whose district near Sacramento includes parts of three national forests, the state's top firefighter and others comes days after the U.S. Forest Service said it would have to dip into money meant for fire...
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California FINALLY gets serious about protecting its groundwater
2014-09-06 02:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: As California suffers through the third year of a record-breaking drought, state lawmakers agreed today to require more sweeping oversight of the states groundwater resources. California legislators approved Senate Bill 1168 and Assembly Bill 1739, which together call for stricter management of groundwater supplies by local agencies while giving the state the ability to step in when necessary. Up until now, California was the only state in the nation that did not comprehensively monitor or regulate...
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California in tussle over record utility fine
2014-09-06 00:40:48| Energy - Topix.net
The biggest beneficiary of the record $1.4 billion fine levied against Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for a gas line explosion that killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes in suburban San Francisco is the state of California, which stands to gain $950 million to spend any way it wants.
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