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Bargain Hunter: Red O Santa Monica celebrates California wines all September
2015-09-15 09:08:37| Beverages - Topix.net
September is California Wine Month and Red O Restaurant in Santa Monica is celebrating with a nightly “mix and match” sampling of wine. Choose any two 3-ounce pours of MacRostie's chardonnay, Robert Mondavi's Fumé Blanc, Highflyer's pinot noir and others for just $12.
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Woman killed, 400 homes destroyed by California wildfire
2015-09-15 04:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Northern California wildfire ranked as the most destructive to hit the drought-stricken U.S. West this year has killed a woman and burned some 400 homes to the ground, fire officials said on Monday, and they expect the property toll to climb. The so-called Valley Fire erupted on Saturday and spread quickly to a cluster of small communities in the hills and valleys north of Napa County's wine-producing region, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents. An elderly, disabled woman who...
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Climate Change and Killer Bees: Northward Expansion in California
2015-09-15 01:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: The Africanized honey bee is a hybrid of the European and African honey bees. It was introduced to California in 1994, and has been rapidly expanding ever since. This "killer bee"--so-called because they attack intruders in numbers much greater than the European honey bees do--was recently seen as far north as California's Delta Region, according to University of California-San Diego researchers. "Our study shows that the large majority of bees one encounters in San Diego County are Africanized...
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California passes one weakened climate bill, wholly fails to pass second
2015-09-15 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Late Friday night, the California state legislature passed a new climate bill, and while it will lead to some progress, overall its passage should ring as a disappointment to environmentalists. The Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act, or Senate Bill 350 -- an ostensibly landmark piece of legislation -- will beef up the states renewable portfolio standard by requiring utilities to generate 50 percent of their electricity using renewable sources by 2030. Which shouldnt be a problem: The...
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Rough Fire Spreads Near Ancient Sequoia Grove In California
2015-09-14 22:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The Valley fire is just one of more than a dozen currently burning in California. The largest, the Rough Fire, is burning near a grove of ancient Sequoias. It is currently 40 percent contained.
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