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Los Angeles leaders, residents push back against Dodgers Stadium gondola project
CBS Los Angeles - California
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Local leaders and community members in Los Angeles gathered Monday to rally against the controversial Dodger Stadium gondola project, this time taking their frustrations out on politicians in Sacramento. Monday's rally at Los Angeles State...
Red Flag Warning issued August 18 at 1:16PM PDT until August 23 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
KEYT - California
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August 18, 2025
…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR AN UNSEASONABLY HOT AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXPLOSIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR FROM VERTICAL PLUME GROWTH…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND LOCALLY BREEZY WINDS FOR PORTIONS...
'A generational trip': Indian woman surprises parents with first ride in San Francisco's driverless taxi
DNA India
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August 18, 2025
It has been viewed over 98,000 times so far. A stunning video of an Indian woman taking her parents for a ride in a driverless car has gone viral on social media. Her parents' reaction to the experience has left netizens amused. The clip was...
California Parents, Guardians, and Teachers: Opt-In for School Pesticide Notifications
The Porterville Recorder - California
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LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 18, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — California Safe Schools, a nonprofit dedicated to children’s environmental health and safety, reminds parents, guardians, teachers and school staff at all California K-12 public schools...
Sustainable Practice: Designing With Terroir in Burgundy’s Wine Country
Architizer
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August 18, 2025
The winners of the 13th Architizer A+Awards have been announced! Looking ahead to next season? Stay up to date by subscribing to our A+Awards Newsletter. In Beaune, the capital of Burgundy wine, the Cité des Climats et Vins de Bourgogne stands...
California says no to Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket-launch proposal
The Times of India
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August 18, 2025
Regulators of California have recently rejected a US military proposal to increase SpaceX rocket launches from a Southern California base. The latest rejection marked the second time the US state has opposed such a plan. The California Coastal...
California Gov. Newsom Signs Teen Sex Solicitation Bill Into Law
The Political Insider
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August 18, 2025
This article was originally published by The Epoch Times: California Gov. Newsom Signs Teen Sex Solicitation Bill Into Law California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to bolster penalties for adults who solicit minors for sex on July 30. The new...
California mom and her 8-month-old daughter who were missing for weeks are found dead in submerged vehicle
The Independent
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August 18, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
San Francisco Library Book Policies Spark Censorship Debate
WebProNews
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August 18, 2025
The Evolving Debate Over Book Access in San Francisco In the heart of San Francisco, where innovation and progressive values often collide with practical governance, the city’s public library system has become a flashpoint for a heated controversy...
Study: DC Fast-Charging Creates Air Pollution
The Truth About Cars
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August 18, 2025
It’s no secret that extracting the raw materials for batteries and manufacturing EVs have a negative environmental impact, but a recent study showed that charging isn’t the cleanest activity, either. Fast-charging stations create air pollution,...
Calif. OKs Unprecedented Plan To Protect Joshua Trees From Climate Change
The Environmental Magazine
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August 18, 2025
"A sweeping conservation plan identifies where Joshua trees may survive in a warmer future and plots out how to best protect that land." "California has approved an unprecedented plan to protect the iconic Joshua tree from climate change and...
Planned restart of California oil production faces legal challenges
The Center Square
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August 18, 2025
(The Center Square) – Oil and gas production resumed on May 15 that had been out of service for 10 years after an oil spill off the California coast, with the restart of the Santa Ynez Unit in the Santa Barbara Channel expected to boost U.S....
Wild pigs are turning neon blue in California
Metro
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August 18, 2025
A local trapper was left scratching his head after cutting the pig open (Picture: GlendilTEK/imgur) Wild pigs in the US are turning a colour only comparable to Cool Blue Gatorade. California is home to some 400,000 feral hogs, but game hunters say...
Speaker Johnson vows to stop California’s redistricting push — but ignores Texas doing the same
The Independent
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August 18, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Groups Demand Climate Action as CA Legislature Returns to Session
Food & Water Watch
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August 18, 2025
Dangerous CO2 pipeline bills also expected to be heard in Appropriations soon As the California Senate and Assembly return to session after the summer recess, climate, environmental justice and public health advocates unfurled a powerful banner in...
Naga voices vital in shaping climate solutions through indigenous wisdom
The Morung Express
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Prof Dolly Kikon, Director, Center for South Asian Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz at Kohima on August 18. Morung Express News Kohima | August 18 Even as unbreathable air, unbearable temperature and unimaginable disparity have been...
Subsidence isn’t just an environmental crisis, and it can be slowed
Los Angeles Times
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August 18, 2025
Aug. 18, 2025 11:07 AM PT To the editor: This article (“Central Valley homeowners are watching property values sink with the land,” Aug. 13) makes clear subsidence is not just an environmental crisis. Decades of unreliable surface water left San...
Boards Can Continue to Lead the Way on Climate Governance
Harvard Business Review - Massachusetts
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August 18, 2025
During the past year, political and investor pushback against corporate climate efforts has intensified. Nearly 320 anti-ESG bills have been introduced across U.S. state legislatures since 2021. States such as Florida and Texas have curbed the use...
Navigating sustainability in business in the era of regulatory fatigue
ESG Dive
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August 18, 2025
Pierre-Francois Thaler is the co-founder and co-CEO of EcoVadis, a sustainability ratings provider that evaluates and scores companies and their supply chains on their ESG performance. Sustainability in business isn’t dying. But the regulations...
Sea lion leptospirosis outbreak spreads up the California coast
KSBW 8 - California
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August 18, 2025
BOTH PEOPLE AND PETS... ACTION NEWS 8 THE 300 MILE STRETCH OF CALIFORNIA COASTLINE FROM SANTA CRUZ TO SONOMA IS SEEING AN OUTBREAK OF A KIDNEY DISEASE IMPACTING SEA LIONS. HAVE BASICALLY A VERY LARGE OUTBREAK WITH RIGHT NOW NO END IN SIGHT,...