New Fire Retardant Applied Before Fires Happen
It's a new fire retardant that can be dropped months before a fire sparks. Leslie Brinkley explains how it works.
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Tacoma News Tribune‘Rare’ ranch on 40,000 acres of wilderness hits Oregon market. See the $65M retreat
“Properties of this size don’t come up here this often,” the listing agent told Mansion Global.
- Tacoma News Tribune
You don’t want to see this critter on our beaches. Here’s what to do if you find one
Traps are currently being deployed in areas of infestation, marked by a bright orange buoy.
- LA Times
Wildfire destroys four structures, threatens 500 more in rural Northern California
The Rices fire, which broke out Tuesday in Nevada County, has burned 769 acres, growing by almost 200 acres overnight, and is still 0% contained.
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The tallest mass timber building in the world is opening in downtown Milwaukee. It's healthier for the planet. And you.
Mass timber buildings actively remove carbon from the atmosphere, locking it inside the structure for as long as the building stands.
- WJAX
Tropical downpours to continue ahead of Independence Day weekend
The sea breeze will push over the coast & I-95 midday today, bringing a few storms. Heavy storms will get going this afternoon & evening well inland.
- WFTV
Tropical storm could form in the next few days, meteorologists monitor 2 other disturbances
Meteorologists are still watching three disturbances in the Atlantic basin.
- The Weather Network
Two of California's largest earthquakes hit the same morning
On this day in weather history, California was hit by two massive earthquakes.
- USA TODAY
California firefighters use 4,500 gallons of water to extinguish Tesla fire that kept reigniting
Sacramento firefighters had to create a water pit to extinguish a Tesla that kept reigniting in a wrecking yard.
- Idaho Statesman
Grizzly mauls hiker during ‘surprise encounter’ in Wyoming mountains, officials say
“The encounter happened too suddenly for him to deploy the bear spray he was carrying,” officials said.
- The Desert Sun
Sharing Mississippi water with California would help feed America
Desert Sun readers continue to sound off about water
- San Luis Obispo Tribune
Update: Camino Fire 25% contained, acreage unchanged
The fire threatened 50 structures, according to Cal Fire.
- MarketWatch
Italy’s worst drought in 70 years turning famed Arborio rice fields into sandy beaches
Heat waves, like those repeatedly hitting Italy with peaks of 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), can significantly reduce the yield of surviving rice.
- BBC
Japan swelters in its worst heatwave ever recorded
Unrelenting temperatures break records for June as officials warn of a looming power shortage.
- CBS News
109 live animals found in women's luggage at airport in Thailand
The women, who were traveling to Chennai airport in India, were arrested after suspicious objects were seen on the airport's x-ray machine.
- LA Times
California company to shut off public access to forestland due to wildfire concerns
Sierra Pacific Industries says concerns over drought and wildfire risk are prompting closure of its forests to public access starting July 1.
- Associated Press
'Silicon Heartland' boon for Ohio, but families mourn homes
When President Joe Biden applauded a decision by Intel Corp. to build a $20 billion semiconductor operation on “1,000 empty acres of land” in Ohio, it didn't sit well with Tressie Corsi. “You can see it’s not vacant land,” Corsi said on a recent warm summer day as she sat on her porch. Corsi and more than 50 other homeowners on the Intel site aren't being forcibly removed.
- Biloxi Sun Herald
Man kept two venomous copperhead snakes in bins in his home, Louisiana officials say
He could face fines of $250-$500 and up to 90 days in jail, officials said.
- Associated Press
Trooper crawls into drainage pipe to rescue missing dog
A missing golden retriever named Lilah, discovered deep inside a culvert pipe in upstate New York, could not be lured out by her owner with peanut butter dog treats or cheese. In the end, State Trooper Jimmy Rasaphone decided to crawl about 15 feet (5 meters) into the pipe under a rural road to rescue Lilah, despite the extremely tight fit. “He crouched down and literally disappeared into the hole with a lead that had a choker on it," said Lilah's owner, Rudy Fuehrer, who called 911 for help on Sunday morning.
- Idaho Statesman
Man vanishes when current drags him away from another swimmer in Washington river
“Plunging into cold water of any temperature becomes dangerous if you aren’t prepared,” the National Weather Service said.
- American City Business Journals
Tesla plans super-sized project in small Oregon town
Tesla is planning to build a massive Supercharger station in Oregon, an outpost apparently rivaled in scale only by one operating station in California and another under construction in the Golden State. The Oregon site is right off Interstate 5 in the Douglas County town of Sutherlin, 165 miles south of Portland and home to 8,563 people. Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) has about two dozen Supercharger stations in Oregon.