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abc7news.comProgress made on Calif. wildfire threatening townCBS NewsCLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. — Crews made progress overnight against a Northern California wildfire that has grown to more than 4 1/2 square miles and forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes. The Wye Fire east of the community of Clearlake Oaks in Lake ...2 Lake County fires threaten 500 homesSan Francisco Chronicleall 179 news articles »

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Nevada's solution to Mental Health Issues - Put them on a bus to California with instructions to call 911 when they get there.
By the time his Greyhound bus hissed to a stop on Richards Boulevard in Sacramento on the morning of Feb. 12, James Flavy Coy Brown was in a mild panic. It was 6:30 a.m., 15 hours and 11 stops after a taxi had scooped him up in front of Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas, where he had spent the previous 72 hours, and deposited him at a bus station. More

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