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PG&E Power Company May Have Caused Butte Fire

On Wednesday, an executive with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) acknowledged that the Butte Fire, which has ravaged almost 72,000 acres in Amador and Calaveras Counties, may have been triggered by one of the company’s power lines sparking a tree into flames.

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Vanity Fair: Run, Jerry Brown, Run!

Michael Kinsley, writing for Vanity Fair, urges the Democratic party to consider running Governor Jerry Brown as a potential replacement for Hillary Clinton if Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid continues to plummet.

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Spin Room: Bobby Jindal Talks U.S.-India Ties

SIMI VALLEY, California — Republican presidential contender Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana told Breitbart News on Wednesday evening in the spin room of the GOP Debate that he sees the importance of fostering a stronger relationship between the United States and India, particularly as China’s influence grows in the region.

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Hacking: Internet Lines Cut in California

You might call it old-school hacking—the kind of hacking you do with an axe. California police are dealing with a rash of attacks on Internet fiber optic cables. An incident Monday night brought the total number of attacks to 15 since last summer.

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Jerry Brown Hints at 2016 Run

With the phrase, “I’ll jump in at the appropriate time,” California Gov. Jerry Brown dropped a hint Wednesday that he might, after all, enter the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 2016.

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GOP Debate: Graham, Pataki, Santorum Would Attack Iran

In the second-tier GOP debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Wednesday evening, moderator Jake Tapper asked Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) whether he would authorize a military strike against Iran (he initially said “nuclear strike,” then caught himself).

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Jerry Brown to GOP Debate: Welcome, ‘Merchants of Destruction’

California Gov. Jerry Brown has a greeting for the GOP Debate on Wednesday: Welcome, “Merchants of Destruction.” Brown deployed his characteristically acid rhetoric in an interview with Bloomberg, in which he flogged his climate change hobbyhorse and attacked the Republican field for neglecting, or denying the issue.