August 23, 2026

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California woman donates $1 million to 100 teachers, with each receiving a surprise $9,161 check after learning they were underpaid in one of America’s wealthiest counties

California woman donates $1 million to 100 teachers, with each receiving a surprise $9,161 check after learning they were underpaid in one of America’s wealthiest counties | World News

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Image: KRON 4/ Youtube ​ A California woman has donated $1 million to 100 public school teachers after learning about low teacher pay and funding challenges in their district, giving each educator a surprise check worth $9,161.70. Marin County resident Maja Kristin made the donation to teachers in the Ross Valley School District, where educators…

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California woman refused to sell her home despite repeated lucrative offers; developers eventually built a 246-unit apartment complex around her house covering five acres

California woman refused to sell her home despite repeated lucrative offers; developers eventually built a 246-unit apartment complex around her house covering five acres | World News

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Carolyn Carter had spent 50 years living in her modest home in Burbank, California, when a major residential development began transforming the neighbourhood around her. Properties along Hollywood Way were being acquired by the Chandler Group, and more than two dozen of Carter’s neighbours agreed to sell their homes. Carter, however, refused several lucrative offers…

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Meet the General Grant Tree: The world's second-largest tree that became America's only living National Shrine

Meet the General Grant Tree: The world’s second-largest tree that became America’s only living National Shrine | World News

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Most people who have heard of giant sequoias can usually name one tree: the General Sherman Tree. Far fewer realise that another extraordinary giant stands only a short distance away in California’s Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The General Grant Tree does not hold the title of the world’s largest tree, yet its dimensions…

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California deploys 400 goats and sheep as 'firefighters' to eat an invasive weed fuelling wildfires and threatening native ecosystems

California deploys 400 goats and sheep as ‘firefighters’ to eat an invasive weed fuelling wildfires and threatening native ecosystems | World News

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As California prepares for another intense wildfire season, an unlikely team of firefighters has taken to the fields of northeast Fresno. Around 400 goats and sheep have been deployed to graze across 180 acres of land overrun by yellow star-thistle, an invasive plant that not only crowds out native vegetation but also creates dry fuel…

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Indian truck driver Jashanpreet Singh jailed for nearly 5 years for deadly California crash

Indian truck driver Jashanpreet Singh jailed for nearly 5 years for deadly California crash

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Indian truck driver Jashanpreet Singh A 21-year-old Indian national who was living in the United States illegally has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for a devastating truck crash in Southern California that killed three people and injured several others.Jashanpreet Singh, who entered the United States illegally under the Biden administration,…

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Why California just returned 136 acres of protected coastline to Indigenous tribes, know what this historic decision means

Why California just returned 136 acres of protected coastline to Indigenous tribes, know what this historic decision means

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Every piece of land has a history that predates modern civilisation. While some was forest, another was inhabited by generations of tribes who had created their entire life around it. However, the forces of colonisation and development forced upon them the rules that never applied to them in the first place, like giving up their…

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