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US Oil Company Fined for California Spill

Amplified Energy Corporation and two of its subsidiaries based in Texas, US, have been fined for discharging crude oil into the Californian waters illegally.

The company will be charged fines worth millions of dollars and probation up to five years.

The spill likely happened b...

Number of fires in the US touches the 100 mark

Wildfires may not be new news for citizens of the USA. The major causes of wildfire include uncontrolled debris burning, improperly extinguished, no extinguished or unattended campfire, and heat transfer from heavy machinery. The wildfire season for the year started around early April and has mos...

CALIFORNIA USING VACANT STADIUM AS COVID-19 VACCINATION CENTERS

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• The state of California is using baseball stadiums, fairgrounds along with a parking lot of a Disneyland Resort as vaccination centers

• According to the state's public health officials, nearly 12 percent of people getting infected with the virus nee...

CALIFORNIA: THE FIRST U.S. STATE TO CROSS 2 MN CORONAVIRUS CASES

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• According to the California Department of Public Health, the state on Friday reported 39,070 new cases of COVID-19 and 351 deaths

• Currently the state has 18,875 COVID-19 cases hospitalized, with 3,952 of them in the intensive care units (ICU)

CALIFORNIA LAUNCHES VIRUS CONTACT-TRACING APP, BECOMES BIGGEST U.S. STATE TO DO SO

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• This app named as the CA Notify App has been launched and will become accessible to people from Thursday

• While Android users in California can download it from the Google Play store, iPhone users can activate the exposure notifications tool from the se...

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE: OFFICIALS ORDER MANDATORY EVACUATIONS

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• The officials have ordered mandatory evacuations for residents of Modjeska, Silverado and Williams canyons and for Foothill Ranch along with parts of Portola Hills

• According to a tweet made by the Orange County Fire Authority, over 500 firefighters are...

OVERNIGHT CURFEW IMPOSED IN CALIFORNIA TO CURB CORONAVIRUS

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• Starting from Saturday, everyone except those working on essential jobs will compulsorily have to stay indoors from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

• Gov. Newsom said “The virus is spreading at a pace we haven’t seen since the start of this pandemic, and t...

SUTTER COUNTY JUDGE OVERRULES CALIF. GOV. NEWSOM'S ORDER TO VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS

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• According to the reports, Gov. Newsom had issued over 50 executive orders over the COVID-19 pandemic ever since declaring a state of emergency in mid-March

• A lawsuit was filed by Republican James Gallagher and Kevin Kiley against Democrat Newsom allegi...

MILPITAS RATTLED BY ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 3.3

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• The first earthquake of magnitude 2.7 was recorded at 8:16 a.m., while the most powerful in the series was felt at 9:02 a.m. and the remaining two quakes of magnitude 3.0 and 1.3 were also felt in between those two

• This is not the first time that the r...

OREGON WILDFIRES: STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN MARION COUNTY

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• On Saturday, the state of California saw wildfires that scorched over 7,000 acres of land and was caused by a pyrotechnic device at a gender-reveal party

• The commissioners in Marion County have declared a state of emergency

• All the peo...

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES CAUSED BY A PYROTECHNIC DEVICE AT GENDER-REVEAL PARTY

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• The fire started at the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa, located about 72 miles east of Los Angeles

• According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, the fire started because of smoke generating pyrotechnic device

The El...

JOSH SILVERMAN: AMAZON WANTS TO OUTWEIGH ITS COMPETITORS

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Lawmakers amended a new California consumer protection bill
Amazon voiced support for the bill

Lawmakers amended a new California consumer protection bill on Monday. The bill has garnered opposition from a few industry gro...

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ASKS RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE DUE TO INCREASING WILDFIRE

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California Governor Gavin Newsom asks residents to evacuate due to increasing wildfire.
More than 6 have been killed in the wildfire burning across Central and Northern California.
The wildfire broke out over last week a...

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE KILLED 5, MORE THAN 30 INJURED

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Northern California wildfire killed 5, more than 30 injured.
A pilot on a water-dropping mission died in central California; helicopter crashed.
Gov. Gavin Newsom addressed the wildfires being clear evidence of cli...

CALIFORNIA APPEALS COURT HALTS LOWER COURT ORDER OVER UBER AND LYFT DRIVER-EMPLOYER ISSUE

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California appeals court halts lower court order over Uber and Lyft driver-employer issue.
Drivers wish to continue working as independent contractors.
The initial ruling forced the companies to treat their drivers as em...

COVID RESEARCH: PROGRESSION OF SYMPTOMS & IMMUNITY

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Even as the pandemic enters its 8th month of raging death and infections, researchers in the University of Southern California studied sample data to figure out the most common way that the coronavirus infection progresses.

The sample data was from China that had d...