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		<title>Billionaire Tax Proposal in California on Track to Qualify for Ballot, Say Backers</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/04/30/867743.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A controversial proposal in California to temporarily increase taxes on billionaires has enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot, a labor union backing the measure said. The proposal, backed by the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Workers West, would &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Wants to Fund Green Jet Fuel — By Raiding Your Road Repair Budget</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/04/16/865291.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[California Gov. Gavin Newsom is advancing a plan that could funnel hundreds of millions in road dollars to a struggling oil refinery—pitching it as a cleaner jet fuel initiative. The credit, drawn from funds voters designated for highways and local &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Utility Bills Are 20% Higher Due to Wildfires</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/04/13/865378.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The escalating cost of wildfires now adds $41 to the average monthly power bill for residential customers of California&#8217;s largest utility, according to a government report that calls for a systemic overhaul of how the state responds to conflagrations as &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Toilet Paper Warehouse Fire Investigators Review Viral Video</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/04/10/865222.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kimberly-Clark]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A local prosecutor is investigating a video posted on social media that appears to show a person setting fire to the California warehouse full of Kimberly-Clark Corp. toilet paper that was destroyed earlier this week. &#8220;We are aware of the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Drought, Wildfire Risks Grow as Snow Falls Short</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/04/02/864310.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[California is heading into its dry season with just a fraction of the snow it typically has across its highest peaks at the end of its winter months, raising the prospects of drought across the most populous U.S. state. Statewide, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Seeks Injunction to Stop Amazon&#8217;s Alleged Stifling of Price Competition</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/02/24/859421.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[California Attorney General Rob Bonta]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[California asked a state judge on Tuesday to stop Amazon.com from inflating prices for consumers through an alleged campaign to bully merchants not to sell goods more cheaply elsewhere. The state&#8217;s attorney general, Rob Bonta, sought a preliminary injunction in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Ditches Fight With Feds For High-Speed Rail Funds</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/12/29/852316.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 06:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[California has withdrawn a lawsuit against the Trump administration that sought to recover roughly $4 billion in federal funds pulled from the state&#8217;s long-delayed high-speed rail project, after concluding it can no longer rely on the federal government to help &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Southern California in &#8216;Great Danger&#8217; From Christmas Flooding</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/12/24/852263.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A powerful winter storm is lashing Southern California, prompting California Governor Gavin Newsom to proclaim a state of emergency in Los Angeles and neighboring counties. Coastal communities are bracing for multiple months&#8217; worth of rain in just a few days, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Hit With Powerful Storms Just as Holiday Travel Ramps Up</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/12/23/851999.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 06:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Powerful winter storms are bearing down on Southern California, threatening to disrupt travel with heavy rain, dangerous winds and a high risk of flooding and landslides during the Christmas holiday. As much as six inches (15 centimeters) of rain will &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Waymos Froze, Blocked Traffic During San Francisco Power Outage</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/12/22/851894.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 06:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[auto safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autonomous vehicles]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Waymo&#8217;s driverless ride services were a high-profile victim of a power outage that affected large swaths of San Francisco, with cars freezing mid-ride across the city and disrupting traffic. After traffic lights went dark at major intersections Saturday, social media &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Homeowners Insurance Product in California Launched by bolt</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/11/25/848154.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Insurtech bolt launched a new homeowners insurance offering the firm is calling VTRO. VTRO is a California-based managing general agent created by bolt. VTRO combines comprehensive coverage with bolt&#8217;s smart water sensor technology. The firm said the policies are underwritten &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Business Groups Ask Supreme Court to Pause California Climate Reporting Laws</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/11/19/848149.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ExxonMobil]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked the Supreme Court to pause new California laws expected to require thousands of companies to report emissions and climate-risk information. The laws are the most sweeping of their kind in the nation, and a &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Los Angeles Braces for Drenching Storms, Potential Flooding</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/11/13/847509.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[California is set to be drenched in coming days as heavy rain and snowstorms uncoil off the Pacific Ocean, potentially bringing Los Angeles a month&#8217;s worth of rain and prompting evacuation warnings in areas burned by last January&#8217;s fires. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Next Big Film Studios Could Be in Nevada if Some Unions Get Their Way</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/10/21/844514.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Movies like &#8220;The Hangover&#8221; and &#8220;Ocean&#8217;s Eleven&#8221; piqued interest in the Las Vegas Strip long ago. But now Nevada labor unions hoping to boost jobs and tourism are pushing state officials to offer tax credits aimed at bringing more Hollywood &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Oil Workers Face Uncertain Future in State&#8217;s Energy Transition</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/10/15/843680.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 05:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[California Gov. Gavin Newsom]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Thirty years ago, Willie Cruz was shocked when he learned the Southern California oil refinery where he worked was shutting down. Cruz, now a 61-year-old living in Arizona, had spent five years working in the environmental department when Powerine Oil &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>White Mountains Insurance to Sell Unit to CVC in $1.75 Billion Deal</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/10/03/842524.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bamboo Insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[White Mountains Insurance said on Friday it would sell a controlling interest in insurance distribution platform Bamboo to European private equity firm CVC in a deal that values the company at $1.75 billion. Shares of Hamilton, Bermuda-based White Mountains jumped &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Lawmakers Pass Bill to Boost Oil Production</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/09/16/839186.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 05:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[California lawmakers passed a bill over the weekend that would allow the construction of thousands of new oil wells annually in the Golden State in a bid to make oil supply more affordable for refineries and keep fuel prices in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California, Oregon And Washington Form Health Alliance Amid Federal Vaccine Tensions</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/09/04/837772.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 05:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[U.S. states of California, Oregon and Washington said on Wednesday they have launched a new health alliance to provide unified vaccine recommendations amid growing tensions over federal immunization policies and public health directives. Under the West Coast Health Alliance, the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Most Losses in Destructive Eaton Fire Tied to Conflagration Hazard, Report Shows</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/08/28/837089.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 05:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[When the Eaton Fire burned in Los Angeles County in early January, 75% of the structures in the fire perimeter had a low to moderate wildfire hazard, but they carried a high to very high conflagration hazard. Eighty-four percent of &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump Threatens Trucking Safety Funds for California, New Mexico and Washington</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/08/26/837052.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[California, New Mexico and Washington are at risk of losing a cumulative $46 million a year in federal trucking safety funds after the Trump administration accused the states of flouting English-language rules for commercial drivers. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California&#8217;s Long-Delayed Bullet Train Slated to Run in Central Valley by 2032</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/08/26/836898.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 05:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[California&#8217;s long-delayed high-speed rail project could be operating in the Central Valley by 2032, but it is far short of securing the funding it needs to connect up north toward the San Francisco Bay Area and south toward Los Angeles, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Bill Would Require Restaurants to Disclose Food Allergens on Menus</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/08/25/836856.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Braxton Kimura dreads eating at restaurants. The California teenager is severely allergic to peanuts, shellfish and most tree nuts. Consuming even a tiny amount could send him to the emergency room. &#8220;Eating out is definitely really dangerous. It&#8217;s something that &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Heat Draws Visitors to Death Valley, Where It&#8217;s Tough to Communicate Risk</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/08/25/836169.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 05:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Ray Estrada&#8217;s 11-year-old grandson is used to Las Vegas&#8217; scorching summers, but he&#8217;d always wanted to experience the heat in one of the Earth&#8217;s hottest places. So Estrada recently drove him to Death Valley National Park, with an umbrella, extra &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rural California Wine Country Fire Burning Out of Control</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Firefighters will battle intense heat and dry weather Friday as they work to control a fast-moving blaze in the heart of California&#8217;s wine country. The Pickett Fire exploded in the hills above the tourist town of Calistoga in the Napa &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Green Shield Risk Solutions Launches Guardian Elite Home in California, Colorado</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Green Shield Risk Solutions, a managing general agent, has announced the launch of its flagship homeowners program, Guardian Elite Home. The program was created exclusively for wildfire-prone regions of Colorado and California. Designed for affluent clients, Guardian Elite Home provides &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Southern California Faces Record Heat and Braces for Wildfires</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/08/20/836403.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A days-long heat wave rolling across parts of the US West is expected to ramp up wildfire risk, prompting California to pre-deploy crews as record-dry vegetation potentially acts as kindling for blazes. Temperatures in Southern California are expected to spike &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Crafting New Auto Pollution Rules After Trump Attacks</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/08/20/836320.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 05:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[California&#8217;s clean-air regulator is pressing ahead with work on new rules for auto emissions in the state and possible new tax credits for electric cars to counter the Trump administration&#8217;s effort to corral the state&#8217;s regulatory heft. The California Air &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Stalls on EV Subsidies as Trump Cuts Federal Rebate</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/08/12/835324.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 05:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[With President Donald Trump set to ax a key electric vehicle tax credit next month, California Governor Gavin Newsom has yet to advance his highly touted proposal to restart the state&#8217;s own EV subsidies, according to people familiar with the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fires, Storms and Blazing Heat Forecast for Western US</title>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Fires, storms and the potential for near-record high temperatures across the western US are in the offing for the coming week. The Gifford Fire, about 125 miles (201 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles, had burned 114,621 acres and was 21% &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Wildfire Burns 65,000 Acres in Los Padres Forest, Prompts Evacuations</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A wildfire in California has prompted evacuation orders and threatened hundreds of structures. The wildfire has grown to 65,062 acres, and was only 3% contained. Firefighters have been battling the Gifford fire in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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