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The wildfires burning in and around Los Angeles have destroyed vast swathes of land and impacted countless lives. As of Thursday morning, at least five people are dead, tens of thousands of acres including thousands of homes have been razed, and Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Joe Biden have declared, respectively, a state of emergency and major disaster. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Read More: How to Help Victims of the Los Angeles Wildfires The first and largest of multiple fires raging in the region is the Palisades fire, which broke out Tuesday due to a confluence of factors including strong winds and has devastated the celebrity-filled community of Pacific Palisades.

Whenever westerns surge in popularity, as they have on TV since Yellowstone became a surprise megahit in 2018, you can be certain our collective understanding of American identity is in flux. After decades of morally simplistic cowboys-and-Indians movies that reinforced the intrepid self-image of a rising world power, revisionist westerns proliferated during the Vietnam War, critiquing the violence of white imperialism.

Hailaierke emerged from his corner in a southpaw pose, before abruptly switching to an orthodox stance inside the octagonal ring in the central Chinese city of Lüliang. Whether that sudden shift befuddled his opponent is unclear, but just 40 seconds later Shang Zhifa was sprawled on the canvas, felled by a vicious right hand. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] It was a first-round knockout that won Hailaierke the 1 million rmb ($135,000) top prize at the Dec.

The water system used to fight the Palisades fire in Los Angeles buckled under the demands of what turned out to be the most destructive fire in city history, with some hydrants running dry as they were overstressed without assistance from firefighting aircraft for hours early Wednesday. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was pumping from aqueducts and groundwater into the system, but demand was so high that it wasn’t enough to refill three 1-million gallon tanks in hilly Pacific Palisades that help pressurize hydrants for the neighborhood.

ORLANDO — In terms of rebounding from a listless performance, the Colorado men’s basketball team did exactly what it wanted to do in many aspects in an unfamiliar arena. The Buffaloes posted one of their top shooting percentages of the season, posting by far their best mark in Big 12 Conference play.

Devastating firestorms that burned across Southern California on Wednesday, destroying more than 1,000 homes, killing at least five people, and causing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, are the result of a deadly combination of weather events that came together at the wrong time for the Los Angeles area. Northern California has seen a relatively normal rainy season this winter, while Southern California has remained record dry, experts noted Wednesday.