#Facebook bizarrely claims its misquote is ‘opinion’

#Facebook bizarrely claims its misquote is ‘opinion’

“#Facebook bizarrely claims its misquote is ‘opinion’” Facebook is a private company, so it can censor whomever it wants. But what Facebook is doing lately is just sleazy.  Recently, I sued them because they defamed me. They, along with one of their “fact-checkers,” a group called Science Feedback, lied about me and continue to lie…

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#Fighting fire with fire to protect California sequoia trees

#Fighting fire with fire to protect California sequoia trees

“#Fighting fire with fire to protect California sequoia trees” LOS ANGELES — With flames advancing toward the signature grove of ancient massive trees in Sequoia National Park, firefighters on Thursday fought fire with fire. Using firing operations to burn out flammable vegetation and other matter before the wildfire arrives in the Giant Forest is one…

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#California wildfires force closure of national forests

#California wildfires force closure of national forests

“#California wildfires force closure of national forests” PLACERVILLE, Calif. — Millions of acres of national forest in Northern California are being closed because of dangerous fire conditions that already have sent a score of blazes raging through the area and destroyed hundreds of homes. The U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday that beginning on Aug. 22…

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#California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West

#California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West

“#California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West” QUINCY, Calif. — Thousands of homes in Northern California remain threatened by the nation’s largest wildfire as unstable weather creates a high danger of new blazes erupting across the West. Weekend thunderstorms across the northern Sierra didn’t produce much rain, instead whipping up winds and unleashing…

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#Western US wildfires force ‘critical resource limitations’

#Western US wildfires force ‘critical resource limitations’

“#Western US wildfires force ‘critical resource limitations’” The US Forest Service is reaching its breaking point with historic wildfires ravaging large swaths of northern California and 13 other western states. The agency is suffering “critical resources limitations,” deputy forester Anthony Scardina said Friday, with 21,000 federal firefighters battling the blazes, double the number needed at…

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#Northern California wildfires destroy towns, drain resources in Western states

#Northern California wildfires destroy towns, drain resources in Western states

“#Northern California wildfires destroy towns, drain resources in Western states” WESTWOOD, Calif. — A month-old wildfire burning through forestlands in Northern California lurched toward a small lumber town as blazes across the U.S. Western states strained resources and threatened thousands of homes with destruction. Crews were cutting back brush and using bulldozers to build lines…

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#Arson ‘spree’ near California’s Dixie Fire blamed on former professor

#Arson ‘spree’ near California’s Dixie Fire blamed on former professor

“#Arson ‘spree’ near California’s Dixie Fire blamed on former professor” A former professor specializing in cults has been arrested after he went on an “arson-setting spree” in a forest near California’s record-setting Dixie Fire, authorities said. Gary Stephen Maynard, 47, who previously taught at Santa Clara University and Sonoma State University, was charged with intentionally setting…

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#California wildfire burns town of Greenville to ashes

#California wildfire burns town of Greenville to ashes

“#California wildfire burns town of Greenville to ashes” GREENVILLE, CA — Eva Gorman says the little California mountain town of Greenville was a place of community and strong character, the kind of place where neighbors volunteered to move furniture, colorful baskets of flowers brightened Main Street, and writers, musicians, mechanics and chicken farmers mingled. Now,…

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#California firefighter saves American flag from wildfire

#California firefighter saves American flag from wildfire

“#California firefighter saves American flag from wildfire” Stunning photos show a California firefighter rescuing an American flag despite being surrounded by huge flames from the Dixie wildfire that razed much of a historic Gold Rush town overnight. The unidentified firefighter was snapped carefully loading the Stars and Stripes and a pole it was attached to…

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