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#CALIFORNIA is a blue state, but it still has competitive legislative districts.
Boosting legislative turnout also helps turnout for CA's half-dozen flippable GOP-held Congressional seats, so consider donating today. #Blue24
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/cablue24?refcode=gabamasto
Overflow waiting room for when the jail is full in Coloma, California (James Marshall State Park).
#Jail #Crime #History #California #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Darktable
Emerald Bay and Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe, California.
#BalckAndWhite #Lake #Trees #LakeTahoe #California #Darktable
Today, the Klamath River is flowing freely for the first time in more than 100 years.
The dams have been removed. The ecosystems are being nurtured. And sovereignty has been restored to the Shasta Indian Nation over another 2800 acres. Good things are happening. Great things are possible. https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/aug/28/today-klamath-river-flowing-free-first-time-more-c/
#SolarPunk #LandBack #Klamath #Environment #California
As of Today, the Klamath River is Flowing Free for the First Time in More Than a Century
A banner day. More than 20 years after the Klamath Fish KillĀ -- or the most well known of the Klamath fish kills -- and after seemingly endless rounds of negotiations and politicking and lawsuits, the Klamath River today flows free.LoCO Staff (Lost Coast Outpost)
Safeway has lost its damned mind. For reference, Target down the street has the same block of cheese for $4.49.
Woke up near Mt Shasta.
I fell asleep in the dining car / observation lounge of the Coast Starlight. It was vastly superior to trying to lie flat across three seats on a plane in economy class, in the rare chance there were three seats open that you could move to.
As someone from a tiny country: weāre still in California?!
Earthquake scientists are learning warning signs of the "big one.' When should they tell the public?
From NBC News: "For U.S. seismologists, Japanās 'megaquake' warning last week renewed discussion about when and how to warn people on the West Coast if they find elevated risk of a major earthquake."
#Earthquake #Seismology #Science #California #WestCoast
Earthquake scientists are learning warning signs of the 'big one.' When should they tell the public?
For U.S. earthquake scientists, Japan's 'megaquake' warning renewed worries about when and how to warn the public if they find clues that the 'big one' might be coming for the West COast.Evan Bush (NBC News)
"After personally participating in the forced displacement of homeless people in a Los Angeles encampment, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday threatened to withhold funding from counties that donāt sufficiently crack down on the unhoused.
"After taking part in a Thursday sweep of an encampment in Mission Hills in L.A.ās San Fernando Valley, Newsom declared: 'I want to see resultsā¦ If we donāt see demonstrable results, Iāll start to redirect money.'"
Newsom Threatens to Defund CA Counties That Donāt Clear Homeless Encampments
The move follows the governorās executive order last month directing officials to clear homeless encampments.Brett Wilkins (Truthout)
Newsom Threatens to Defund California Counties That Don't Clear Homeless Encampments
"Gavin Newsom using a Republican Supreme Court's cruel decision in order to pivot to anti-homeless demagogue is shameful and sleazy," said one critic.brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
Help spread the word that the Call for Speakers is open for Tech Intersections, an #Oakland #California conference for people who are underrepresented in tech due to both #gender (#women #nonbinary, #genderqueer) and race/ethnicity (#Black, #Latina, #Indigenous, #Filipina, #Vietnamese, etc.)
https://techintersections.org/call-for-speakers/
#BlackMastodon #woc #stem #WomenSTEM #bipoc
Mill Creek, #US
A firefighter uses a drip torch to burn vegetation in an attempt to stop the Park Fire, in #California, from spreading
Photograph: Noah Berger/AP
"The much-anticipated decision creates a ticket with two candidates from strikingly different backgrounds: #Harris, 59, is #Black & #Indian American & spent much of her career as an attorney & prosecutor in deep-blue #California.
Meanwhile, #Walz, 60, is a #veteran & hunter who has spent most of his life in rural #Nebraska & #Minnesota ā and is the first #Democratic vice-presidential pick since 1964 who did not go to #law school."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/06/who-is-tim-walz/
#KamalaHarris #VP #TimWalz #News #USA
Creatures around Monterey: seal, sea otter (having a snack), hiding crab, sea anemone in a tide pool