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The counties of San Bernardino and San Diego tried to fight Prop 215, but were denied an appeal hearing yesterday by the US Supreme Court. They tried to challenge state law, specifically ID cards to protect users from police, saying federal law prohibits use of marijuana. That didn't fly, especially in light of the Obama administration's new stance on state rights in regards to medical marijuana, and the appeal went on deaf ears. "No longer will local officials be able to hide behind federal law and resist upholding California's medical marijuana law," said Joe Elford, lawyer for Americans for Safe Access, to the San Francisco Chronicle.

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As of 2:15 p.m., LA County Fire told LAist over the phone that little has updated in the last few hours regarding the two fires in the San Fernando Valley. The Sesnon Fire in the Northwest Valley still has no containment and the counted amount of acres stand at 9,872. However, they've added the Tapo Canyon neighborhood to the mandatory evacuation list. "We did it out precaution but there's no immediate threat," explained an official. "It's hard to predict winds." KCAL9's helicopter shows some flare up in the area. Flames threatening homes and causing mandatory evacuations in Granada Hills have been knocked down and residents are being let back into their neighborhoods.