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Month: January 2020

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California’s wildfire risk keeps getting worse. Now a decade of blackouts lie ahead

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The states 2019 fire season was relatively mild, but included nine public safety power shutoffs. Is it making the system safer? In 2019, millions of Californians experienced a wildfire safety blackout, some for nearly a week at a time, as the troubled utility company Pacific Gas & Electric and other investor-owned utilities grappled with replacing one devastating disaster with another, comparatively manageable one. 2019 was not an anomaly, but the beginning of a new way of life for many California residents. While de-energization for fire safety has been state policy…

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California’s wildfire risk keeps getting worse. Now a decade of blackouts lie ahead

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The states 2019 fire season was relatively mild, but included nine public safety power shutoffs. Is it making the system safer? In 2019, millions of Californians experienced a wildfire safety blackout, some for nearly a week at a time, as the troubled utility company Pacific Gas & Electric and other investor-owned utilities grappled with replacing one devastating disaster with another, comparatively manageable one. 2019 was not an anomaly, but the beginning of a new way of life for many California residents. While de-energization for fire safety has been state policy…

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Los Angeles cops arrest man accused of trying to take girl, 6, who was sitting on mother’s lap: report

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Evan McLaurin-Nelson, 31, allegedly approached the family multiple times as they were eating dinner, attempting trying to grab the six-year-old girl who was sitting on her mother’s lap outside the patio of the unnamed pizza restaurant in Venice, Calif.  (Los Angeles Police Department) “They got him down, but the whole time he was just yelling out loud, ‘Save the girl, I need to save her,’” Riley told Los Angeles’s KABC. Riley said it appeared McLaurin-Nelson was on drugs. BALTIMORE SEES 12 SHOT, 5 DEAD IN JUST 1 DAY OF SHOOTINGS…

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Texas Man Strangled Sister Because He Was Embarrassed by Her Pregnancy, Cops Say

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Maybe its the time to murder her. Thats the thought that, according to police, popped into Eduardo Arevalos head on Dec. 16 after an argument with his pregnant sister, Viridiana. An affidavit made public on Monday alleges that Eduardo approached his older sister as she sat on the couch in their home in a Dallas suburb called The Colony, crooked his right arm around her neck, and squeezed the life out of her. Then the 19-year-old tossed her in his car trunk, drove to a field, and dumped her body,…

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10 Family Christmas Movies to Watch Over Christmas Break

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ShareTweetPin One of the hardest parts of the holiday season, especially for those with kids, is the moment when you’re just… out of ideas. You’ve played all the board games, seen all the lights, and now you’re wondering what to do next. Well, we’re here to help! We’ve gathered a list of ten family Christmas movies that will make for great viewing this holiday season. Our choices stretch from the classics to the obscure, from feature-length to short films, and from overtly Christian to completely silly. The one uniting factor:…

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Dear God, Thank You For Making Me Realize That Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining

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Marge Serrano Updated January 11, 2020 Simone Viani Marge Serrano Updated January 11, 2020 Simone Viani If I could sum up the previous year, I would say that it was a year filled with big and bad decisions. Being 25 isn’t that easy. Imagine being close to your 30s, and it’s your last year closer to being 20. The awakening can be life-changing, especially at this age. We start having different priorities and become more accountable for what’s happening in our lives. Thus, we feel a heightened need to be…

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