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Looking back at CA's largest wildfire, why you should still be conserving water, the new head of DCFS
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Jan 4, 2018
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Looking back at CA's largest wildfire, why you should still be conserving water, the new head of DCFS

Looking back on the Thomas Fire a month after it broke out, keeping up water-saving habits, the new head of LA's Dept. of Children and Family Services.

A firefighter works to extinguish the Thomas Fire as it burns past the 101 Highway towards the Pacific Coast Highway in Ventura, California, Dec. 7, 2017.
A firefighter works to extinguish the Thomas Fire as it burns past the 101 Highway towards the Pacific Coast Highway in Ventura, California, Dec. 7, 2017.
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Looking back on the Thomas Fire a month after it broke out, keeping up water-saving habits, the new head of LA's Dept. of Children and Family Services.

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Exactly one month ago, the devastating Thomas Fire ripped through Ventura and Santa Barbara counties ... torching more than 280-thousand acres and destroying more than a thousand structures.
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Buyers and small shops are more likely to escape the fed's view. But larger operations might draw the attention of prosecutors.
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The drought has been officially over for 8 months, but it seems like 2018 might be a dry one. Here's why you should always be conserving water.
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Bobby Cagle, the new head of DCFS, is responsible for the wellbeing of more than 30,000 children — and for repairing the agency's tarnished image.
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But California probably won't get the federal support it needs to overhaul its healthcare system.
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In 2017, the Academy drastically altered the nominating process for animated features.
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"One in seven cars sold right now is a truck, that's 14 percent of the market right now."