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But between logging and fires, 95% of California's redwoods have been destroyed. Over the past decade, the Yurok have been helping restore the land. Another forgotten jewel of the ecosystem is salmon.
Editor's Note: For updates on the Los Angeles wildfires in California, please read USA TODAY'S live updates for Saturday, Jan. 11. A growing number of wildfires spread rapidly across Los Angeles ...
The use of unauthorized drones is hindering the ability of firefighters trying to contain the fires that have burned more than 40,000 acres, destroyed more than 12,000 structures and resulted in ...
The Natural Hazards Disclosure Act, under Sec. 1103 of the California Civil Code, [1] states that real estate seller and brokers are legally required to disclose if the property being sold lies within one or more state or locally mapped hazard areas. The law specifies that the six (6) required hazards be disclosed on a statutory form called the ...
The destruction of government property, or malicious mischief, means when people who aren't authorized to have such property (usually) deliberately damage or destroy the properties in question; normal punishment is a fine, that is up to $250,000 or five years' prison sentence. [6]
Oliver M. Wozencraft (July 26, 1814 – November 22, 1887) was a prominent early American settler in California. He had substantial involvement in negotiating treaties between California Native American Indian tribes and the United States of America. [1] [2] Later, Wozencraft promoted a plan to provide irrigation to the Imperial Valley. [3] [4]
The area under an elevated Los Angeles freeway that burned last weekend, damaging a section of a key thoroughfare in the car-dependent city, was stacked with flammable materials on lots leased by ...
With the Mexican Cession of California to the United States following the Mexican–American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] and the grant was ...