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Firefighters race to protect giant sequoias in California fires

Hundreds of firefighters are battling the Windy Fire to protect several groves of giant sequoias in the United States.

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Fire crews struggling to save California giant sequoias

More than 9,000 square kilometres have been scorched by a series of wildfires in recent weeks in California that also destroyed hundreds of homes.

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Smoke and flames surround California highway

Some 14,000 firefighters facing changing weather conditions battled more than a dozen large wildfires across California.

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Aerial images show residences at Creekside Mobile Home Park destroyed after the Cache fire ripped th

Aerial images show residences at Creekside Mobile Home Park destroyed after the Cache fire ripped through the area in Clearlake, California as wildfires continue to burn across the state. The Cache Fire erupted outside California's state capital just a few days ago and covered 54,000 acres by Wednes

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Wildfires are increasing COVID cases and deaths, says new study

"Climate change and the pandemic are a disastrous combination."

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Dozens of California fires threaten thousands of homes and whole towns

Around 21,000 federal firefighters - more than double the number of firefighters sent to contain forest fires at this time a year ago - are at work.

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How technology is preventing and putting out raging US wildfires

From computer modelling to predict fires to artificial intelligence and cameras in remote areas, the fight against wildfires is heating up.

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Wildfires rage in Russia, Spain and the US amid high temperatures

Forest fires have broken out in Russia's Chelyabinsk region near Kazakhstan and in north-eastern Siberia.

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US federal judge overturns California assault weapon ban

A federal judge overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, saying it violated people's right to bear arms.

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Eight people killed in a railyard shooting in San Jose, California

San Jose's mayor has confirmed the alleged shooter in the incident has died.

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Could trading water on Wall Street actually benefit the environment?

It's now possible to buy California's water supply through future trading - but its impact on the planet is somewhat ambiguous.

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Blue dye found in cabbage could put an end to synthetic blues

Researchers have discovered a natural blue dye found in cabbage which can be used instead of synthetic dye.

Ecotech

These 3D printed net-zero buildings could be the ‘future of housing’

These homes in California could be the first community built using the technology.

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California office building shooting kills 4, including child

A shooting at a Southern California office building on Wednesday killed four people, including a child.

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Fifteen dead after SUV carrying 27 people crashes in California

Hospital officials believe there were 27 people in an SUV that struck a tractor-trailer in the agricultural southeastern corner of California.

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This 139-year-old house was wheeled through San Francisco

The Englander House moved six blocks in six hours with thousands watching the extraordinary process.

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Deforestation could be cooling the planet down, say scientists

A new controversial study claims that cutting down trees might have the opposite effect on global warming.

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This Californian desert is covered in unexpected snow

Snowfall has covered Joshua Tree National Park in California, USA.

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California records America's second case of the new COVID-19 variant

The first case was confirmed in a man in his 20s in Colorado. He is not believed to have travelled recently.

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Parents and children call for schools to reopen at California rally

Around 150 parents and students gathered in Berkeley, California to call for the reopening of the schools.