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Ferguson Fire Doubles in Size, Yet to Reach Yosemite National Park
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Ferguson-Fire-doubles-in-size-yet-to-reach-13078651.php As the Ferguson Fire swelled to 9,266 acres Monday, residents of Mariposa, the biggest town bordering Yosemite National Park, woke up to ash in the sky and fire rigs rumbling down Highway 49. Again. So, they pulled the “Firefighters, Mariposa thanks you!” signs from their storage rooms and garages. Officials propped a plywood board reading “fire information” with a few printed handouts stapled to it in a parking lot. Some shops closed, because tourists don’t like to visit...
County Fire ‘Growing a Lot Faster’ than Past Blazes, Spreads Glow and Ash over Bay Area
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/County-Fire-growing-a-lot-faster-than-past-13043583.php#photo-15809965 GUINDA, YOLO COUNTY — July 2, 2018 The smoke spewing from the peaks and gullies of the hillsides surrounding the tiny town of Guinda hasn’t completely disrupted the lives of the community’s 254 residents, but every so often the chop-chop-chop of an aircraft pierces the bucolic quiet. Residents of the rural enclave are apparently so accustomed to wildfires that state fire officials had to prematurely close the two evacuation centers. Nobody came for the free...
Cheap Cannabis Products Available Before New California Rules Kick in
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Cheap-cannabis-products-available-before-new-13032125.php A bonanza of cheap marijuana is flooding the market this week as growers, manufacturers and retailers unload excess cannabis in preparation for the enforcement of strict testing and packaging regulations that are sure to further shake up California’s budding industry. The regulations took effect Jan. 1, but the state suspended enforcement during the first six months to give the industry time to prepare. The end of the transition period Sunday means all recreational and medi...
Man Who Savagely Kicked SF Homeless Person Arrested, Police Say
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Man-who-savagely-kicked-SF-homeless-person-13004922.php?src=hp_totn SAN FRANCISCO — June 18, 2018 A 58-year-old man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of assault in what appears to be two separate unprovoked attacks in San Francisco when he allegedly kicked a homeless man and broke the nose of another man on Muni, authorities said. Samuel Youmtoub of San Francisco was booked into San Francisco County Jail on two counts of aggravated assault in both cases, according to the San Francisco Police Department. The first incident occurr...
Elon Musk Can Sell Flamethrowers: California Lawmakers Won’t Stand in the Way
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SACRAMENTO, MAY 31, 2018 — California lawmakers added fuel to Elon Musk’s entrepreneurial fire when they cleared the way for sales of the investor’s newest — and probably hottest— product: personal flamethrowers. In the coming weeks, some 20,000 people could be walking around with the devices, which resemble toy guns but are capable of emitting flames at least 2 feet long. In California, there will be little to regulate them because lawmakers quietly quashed a bill to rein in recreational fire spitting. Let’s back up. In December, one of Musk’s companies began selling h...