Updated 10:02 pm CDT, Thursday, August 9, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Ringo H.W. Chiu, AP Image 1of/5 CaptionClose Image 1 of 5 A sheriff's deputy stands guard at a gate near a hillside as the Holy Fire burns in the Cleveland National Forest at Temescal Valley in Corona, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. A sheriff's deputy stands guard at a gate near a hillside as the Holy Fire burns in the Cleveland National Forest at Temescal Valley in Corona, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. Photo: Ringo H.W. Chiu, AP Image 2 of 5 A firefighter battles the Holy Fire burning in the Cleveland National Forest along a hillside … [Read more...] about Governor declares state of emergency for California wildfire
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California wildfires along with climate change destroying lichen, a critical forest resource
Benjamin Spillman Reno Gazette Journal Published 12:14 p.m. UTC Aug 10, 2018 California’s increasingly severe wildfires could be permanently destroying vast amounts of lichens — fuzzy, leaflike organisms that grow on trees and rocks. It might not sound like much of a problem for people. But it could be bad news for forest ecosystems. Wildlife such as as deer and elk sometimes eat lichen, especially during winter. It’s also a potential problem for the already threatened northern spotted owl, a raptor that dines on flying squirrels that rely on lichen for survival. RELATED: Twitter can be useful? Science says tweets reliably track wildfire air pollution The problem was the subject of a recent study that looked at burn areas in California’s Sierra Nevada and Warner ranges, an area that roughly stretches from Yosemite National Park, north through the Lake Tahoe area and continues to northeast corner of the state. It found that in areas subjected to … [Read more...] about California wildfires along with climate change destroying lichen, a critical forest resource
Police arrest California man accused of hitting cop with hammer
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Sexual misconduct: California court says college was unfair to the accused
A California appeals court has joined the debate over how colleges should handle sexual misconduct cases, saying a school disciplinary board should require an accuser to attend a hearing and answer questions before suspending or expelling an accused student. The ruling Wednesday by the Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles comes while the Trump administration is calling on colleges to set a higher standard of proof in cases of alleged sexual assault or harassment and to strengthen rights of the accused, most of them men. Women’s rights advocates have filed a nationwide suit in San Francisco against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, saying her new guidelines are based on sex discrimination. Also on Wednesday, an appeals court in San Jose upheld the sexual-assault convictions of former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, whose six-month jail sentence led to the voter recall of the sentencing judge, Aaron Persky. Turner’s case was tried in criminal court, unlike the … [Read more...] about Sexual misconduct: California court says college was unfair to the accused
California Police Chief’s Son Arrested In Attack On Elderly Sikh Man
A Northern California police chief said he was "disgusted" to hear his estranged son was arrested in an attack on a 71-year-old Sikh grandfather, BBC News reports. Footage of the attack showed Sahib Singh Natt walking on Monday when he was confronted by two men. One of them began kicking him as he fell down. Union City Police Chief Darryl McAllister later revealed that his 18-year-old son was a suspect. Police say they are investigating it as an attempted robbery, not a hate crime. "Words can barely describe how embarrassed, dejected, and hurt my wife, daughters, and I feel right now," McAllister wrote in a lengthy Facebook post after learning of his son's alleged involvement."Violence and hatred is not what we have taught our children; intolerance for others is not even in our vocabulary, let alone our values." – Darryl McAllister The police chief's son, Tyrone McAllister, was taken into custody on Wednesday and has not yet filed a plea. He faces felony charges for … [Read more...] about California Police Chief’s Son Arrested In Attack On Elderly Sikh Man