News Headlines for Adin, California

California fires threaten Big Sur, Santa Barbara County (CNN.com)
Fast-moving flames early Friday burned the steep mountainsides a mile from homes on the northern edge of Goleta, California, near Santa Barbara.

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Wind keeps California fires raging on 2 fronts (AP via Yahoo! News)
A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California's central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening a total of more than 4,500 homes.

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No let-up as California wildfires rage south (AFP via Yahoo! News)
California's wildfires blazed across the state on Friday, with an army of firefighters desperately trying to staunch the flames as they edged towards populated regions.

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Firefighters hold line on California wildfires (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
California firefighters held the line overnight on two wildfires burning along the California coast that threatened more than 4,000 homes and other structures, fire officials said on Friday morning.

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Is Google Violating a California Privacy Law? (New York Times)
UPDATED 5/30, 8:45 AM After I wrote about Google’s spat with an advertising trade group over the company’s refusal to put a link to its privacy policy on the home page of Google.com, I discovered that there is actually a California law on the subject.

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California fires threaten towns (BBC News)
Firefighters in California continue to battle huge wildfires that now threaten several towns in the US state.

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California `Gap' Fire Forces Homeowners Out Near Santa Barbara (Bloomberg.com)
July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Residents of California's Santa Barbara County were ordered to evacuate their homes as a fast- spreading fire became the state's top priority today.

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California neglected to save for a fiery day (San Francisco Chronicle)
California spent a record $392 million fighting fires across the state in the fiscal year that ended Monday, burning another hole in the state's already strained finances and forcing officials to dip into shrinking cash reserves to pay firefighting bills....

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Helicopter Crash Near California Freeway Kills 2 (Fox News)
Authorities say two men are dead after a helicopter crashed near a Northern California freeway, knocking power lines into traffic lanes and starting a grass fire near the road.

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Blazes in California Take a Toll on Fireworks (New York Times)
Wildfires have prompted some California towns and cities to impose a temporary ban on the use of fireworks.

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