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CDC: Outbreak Linked to California Chicken Sickened 430
2014-01-19 01:28:01| Biotech - Topix.net
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a salmonella outbreak traced to three Foster Farms poultry plants in California appears to be over after sickening 430 people.
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Governor declares drought emergency in California
2014-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Its official: California is in a drought emergency. Gov. Jerry Brown made the long-awaited emergency declaration Friday morning in San Francisco, a day after legislators and hundreds of farmers from parched districts in Northern California and the Central Valley rallied on the steps of the Capitol in Sacramento. "We are in an unprecedented, very serious situation," Brown said. The governor asked Californians to reduce their water consumption by 20 percent. "We're heading for a train...
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Will California frack? Not without water
2014-01-18 08:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Drilling for oil in California dates back to the late 19th Century, allowing it to become the countrys top producer by the beginning of the 20th. One hundred years later, California still ranks third, but its aging fields have been in decline for decades. Yet the state is sitting atop the largest tight oil formation in the United States. The Bakken in North Dakota and the Eagle Ford in Texas may be leading the resurgence in U.S. oil production, but the reserves sitting in Californias Monterey...
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Capitol Alert: Candidate for California Senate special election abandons bid
2014-01-18 07:25:11| Real Estate - Topix.net
Complaining that promised Sacramento dollars for her candidacy never showed up, Southern California real-estate agent Lonni Granlund has dropped out of the special-election race to succeed former state Sen. Bill Emmerson .
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Firefighters hold line against southern California wildfire
2014-01-18 05:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Firefighters sought to prevent a wildfire in the foothills near Los Angeles from flaring up on Saturday, as they put out embers from a blaze that has destroyed five homes, officials said. The so-called Colby Fire, which officials said started from a campfire early on Thursday, has blackened nearly 1,900 acres of drought-parched chaparral and is 30 percent contained, said U.S. Forest Service spokesman Robert Brady. That was the same level of containment firefighters reported on Friday, but officials...
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