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Articles for Siskiyou County

California hails $544 million in illegal weed seizures. But it’s just a drop in the bucket
1 month, 3 weeks ago

California hails $544 million in illegal weed seizures. But it’s just a drop in the bucket

LA Times  

Members of a Siskiyou County marijuana task force dump out hundreds of pounds of processed cannabis flowers into a trench for burial at an illicit cannabis grow in Mount Shasta Vista in 2022. “Don’t get me wrong, I love when those guys show up to help,” he said, “but I would need 50 police officers for 50 days to even …

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Shasta Indian Nation to get homeland back in largest land return in California history
6 months ago

Shasta Indian Nation to get homeland back in largest land return in California history

LA Times  

The Iron Gate Dam in Hornbrook, Calif., is among Klamath River dams being removed. Gavin Newsom has set in motion the largest land return in California history, declaring his support for the return of ancestral lands to the Shasta Indian Nation that were seized a century ago and submerged. Fish and Wildlife, along with the California Natural Resources Agency, will …

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A new threat to cannabis users: Smuggled Chinese pesticides
6 months, 1 week ago

A new threat to cannabis users: Smuggled Chinese pesticides

LA Times  

In coordinated raids in September, multiple California agencies stormed a network of illegal cannabis-growing warehouses across Oakland while state cannabis regulators singled out a salmon-colored warehouse complex surrounded by 7,000-volt security fencing. The warehouse building — home to two licensed cannabis operations — was “highly-likely” the conduit that illegal growers used to ship their product into the legal market, a …

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Newsom signs state of emergency to support California communities recovering from wildfires
2 years, 3 months ago

Newsom signs state of emergency to support California communities recovering from wildfires

LA Times  

Smoke hangs in the air over the Fork fire as seen from a PG&E camera in Meadow Lakes on Sept. 7. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed an emergency proclamation to help communities recover from three destructive wildfires that seared through structures during California’s record-breaking heat wave at the start of September. The 13,440-acre Mountain fire in Siskiyou County began Sept. …

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The reality of legal weed in California: Huge illegal grows, violence, worker exploitation and deaths
2 years, 3 months ago

The reality of legal weed in California: Huge illegal grows, violence, worker exploitation and deaths

LA Times  

At sunset from atop Haystack Butte, the desert floor below shimmers with a thousand lights. The explosive growth has had grave, far-reaching consequences, according to a Times review of state, county and court records as well as interviews with scores of local residents, legal and illegal cannabis growers, laborers, law enforcement, market analysts, community activists and public officials: Law enforcement …

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California fires killing people before they can escape their homes, making seconds count
2 years, 3 months ago

California fires killing people before they can escape their homes, making seconds count

LA Times  

The sound of exploding propane tanks filled Avery Canyon on Monday afternoon as flames from the Fairview fire gnawed at a grassy ridge near Jeremy Fields’ ranch home. “They burn with such increased speed and velocity and intensity that it gives residents very little time sometimes to escape fires, just because the fuels are so receptive and burn so much …

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How McKinney fire became an unstoppable monster: Extreme heat, death, destruction
2 years, 4 months ago

How McKinney fire became an unstoppable monster: Extreme heat, death, destruction

LA Times  

It was the perfect storm of factors for a deadly wildfire, experts say — extreme heat, dense and dry vegetation, and erratic winds and lightning brought on by persistent thunderstorms. As the 55,000-acre McKinney fire continued to burn in steep and difficult terrain in Klamath National Forest on Monday, emergency crews encountered increasingly grim evidence of the wildfire’s extraordinary and …

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Death toll in huge McKinney fire hits 4; storms could bring floods, debris flows, lightning
2 years, 4 months ago

Death toll in huge McKinney fire hits 4; storms could bring floods, debris flows, lightning

LA Times  

A search and rescue worker looks over the ashes of a home that was destroyed as the McKinney fire burned along Highway 96 near Yreka over the weekend. The death toll in California’s largest fire of the year rose to four after authorities found the bodies of two additional people, officials said Tuesday, as incoming thunderstorms raised the threat of …

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Western flames spread, California sees its largest 2022 fire
2 years, 4 months ago

Western flames spread, California sees its largest 2022 fire

Associated Press  

YREKA, Calif. — Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth Sunday as they sought to protect remote communities. The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California’s Klamath National Forest, with expected thunderstorms a big concern Sunday just south …

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Not all the unvaccinated are diehards, but the ‘wait and see’ crowd is shrinking
3 years, 1 month ago

Not all the unvaccinated are diehards, but the ‘wait and see’ crowd is shrinking

LA Times  

When Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong stopped by an Orange County vaccination site in late October, she asked people why they had waited so long to get their COVID-19 shots. Between March and October, the percentage who said they would either “wait and see” about the shots or get vaccinated only if it were required dropped from 24% to 9% of respondents. …

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California builds a ‘Noah’s Ark’ to protect wildlife from extinction by fire and heat
3 years, 4 months ago

California builds a ‘Noah’s Ark’ to protect wildlife from extinction by fire and heat

LA Times  

It was just before sunrise in July when the botanists Naomi Fraga and Maria Jesus threw on backpacks and crunched their way across a brittle alkaline flat in the hottest corner of the Mojave Desert. “But they just won’t open their doors for business in a real dry year like this one.” * * * Biologist Rory Taylor cleans a …

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Salt fire destroys more than two dozen homes; residents are arrested near Lava fire evacuation area
3 years, 5 months ago

Salt fire destroys more than two dozen homes; residents are arrested near Lava fire evacuation area

LA Times  

The Salt fire burned this home in the Gregory Creek area of unincorporated Shasta County, Calif. Three large wildfires were continuing to burn Saturday in Northern California amid hot, dry conditions that have had experts warning for months that this fire season could be severe. “That tells you there’s a lot of fire history in this area,” Burns said. Szendrey, …

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Northern California’s Lava fire keeps growing, forcing thousands to flee their homes
3 years, 5 months ago

Northern California’s Lava fire keeps growing, forcing thousands to flee their homes

LA Times  

The Lava fire in Siskiyou County is the largest of several wildfires burning in California. Fire crews made progress containing the northern and western edges of the fire Tuesday, but it continued to advance on the southeastern edge as winds swept in from the north, according to a Wednesday morning update from Shasta-Trinity National Forest. “It’s not terribly common.” Deputies …

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