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Coronavirus Outbreak: Disney delays reopening of Southern California parks till it receives state guidelines
Fp Staff •Petitioners are also pressing Disney to delay the 11 July reopening of its Florida-based Walt Disney World, citing recent spikes in coronavirus cases
Coronavirus Outbreak: Disney's California theme parks to reopen from July, barring parades, character meet-and-greets
•Disneyland is the world's second-most visited theme park, drawing tens of thousands of visitors each day, but it closed in mid-March due to coronavirus concerns.
California boat fire: 25 dead, nine missing after blaze on vessel near Santa Cruz island, says Coast Guard
•At least 25 people were confirmed dead and nine others still missing after a tragic boat fire early Monday near an island off the Southern California coast.
Day after 6.4 magnitude 'foreshock', Southern California hit by quake measuring 7.1 on Richter scale; no casualties reported
•The USGS said the previous day's tremor was a "foreshock" to Friday's quake, with CNN reporting that the latest tremor in southern California was 11 times stronger.
Strongest earthquake in 20 years with magnitude of 6.4 hits parts of California, Nevada on Fourth of July holiday; no casualties reported
•The strongest earthquake in 20 years shook a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday, rattling nerves on the July 4th holiday and causing injuries and damage in a town near the epicentre, followed by a swarm of ongoing aftershocks.
F-16 pilot ejects to safety after fighter jet crashes into warehouse at March Air Reserve Base in Southern California; 5 people injured
•An F-16 fighter jet being flown in routine training exercises crashed into a warehouse just outside March Air Reserve Base in Southern California on Thursday, the pilot ejected and five people on the ground were reported injured, military officials said.
California wildfires: Infernos char acres of land, firefighters continue to battle blazes
Fp Staff •The Camp Fire and the Woolsey Fire are the two deadly wildfires burning at opposite ends of California.
Global warming could drastically change US cities' climate by 2080 says new study
•In 2080, North Carolina’s capital, Raleigh, could feel more like Florida’s capital, Tallahassee
California Police shares video of woman escaping wildfire; survivor drives through flames for two minutes
Fp Staff •Two people lost their lives in the Southern California wildfire and at least 48 others in the Camp Fire in Northern California.
'We are not out of the woods yet': Southern California wildfire rises again in Santa Monica Mountains
•A massive plume rose suddenly at midmorning in the Santa Monica Mountains near the community of Lake Sherwood, prompting authorities to send numerous aircraft to drop fire retardant and water on the blaze. Forecasters had warned of ongoing fire danger because of persistent Santa Ana winds, the withering, dry gusts that sweep out of the interior toward the coast, pushing back moist ocean breezes.