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Fires burning in the Mt. Wilson area northeast of Los Angeles create a rising plume of smoke, capped by a water vapor cloud generated by uplift from the intense heat. The MTA building is in the foreground. DANIEL RESCH/senior hydrographer, LADWP Water Operations Division  
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Feeding the fire

Drought — not 'old chaparral' — aiding wildfires

The communities of scrub and shrub known as chaparral have been the scenes of the biggest — and most expensive to fight — wildfires in California, many of which have occurred during the last five years. Decades of "fuel management" have been ineffective in preventing wildfires, scientists say, and in all likelihood make the blazes more likely and more devastating. (Miller-McCune)

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Two swans survey the waters of Atascadero Lake, where an algae bloom threatens fish. JOE JOHNSTON/San Luis Obispo Tribune  
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Holding their breath

Atascadero Lake: Algae bloom worries officials

Officials continue to monitor the water quality at Atascadero Lake because of an algae bloom that is lowering oxygen levels and threatening the fish population. Equipment to help pump added air into the water was brought to the lakeside as an added precaution. (San Luis Obispo Tribune)

Randy Davis, right, and his son Ray Davis take the motor off their dredge boat to do some repairs Wednesday on the Trinity River near Junction City. GREG BARNETTE/Redding Record-Searchlight  
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Gold crush

New state law leaves suction dredgers high and dry

The $20,000 worth of suction dredging equipment that Randy Davis accumulated in 25 years of going for gold is now just decorating his back yard because of a state ban on the practice. (Redding Record-Searchlight)

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Inside the UV reactor at the O.C. Groundwater Replenishment System
GINA DePINTO
Orange County Water District

Replenishing the UV lamps
Joe Flint, a maintenance technician at the Orange County Water District, installs new ultraviolet lamps (Trojan UV) at Orange County’s Groundwater Replenishment System. The UV system holds nine trains of reactors with a total of 4,000 high-intensity 250 watt UV lamps. The system uses microfiltration, reverse osmosis and UV with hydrogen peroxide to purify highly treated wastewater. The water is injected into a seawater barrier and piped to spreading basins to replenish the groundwater basin that serves more than 2.3 million people.
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A federal judge in Sacramento upheld the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans as well as Japanese nationals.

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