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3Jul

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Dangerously high heat builds in California and the south-central United States – Times of India

SACRAMENTO: Swaths of California sweltered Tuesday and things were only expected to get worse during the Fourth of July holiday week for parts of the United States with nearly 90 million people under heat alerts. The torrid conditions were being caused by a ridge of high pressure just off the West Coast and a separate ridge that spawned heat warnings and advisories from Kansas and Missouri to the Gulf Coast states, according to the National Weather Service. California's capital, Sacramento, was under an excessive heat warning expected to last until Sunday night, with temperatures forecasted to reach between 105 degrees and 115 degrees (40.5-46 Celsius). John Mendoza, 35, called it a "firehose of heat" as he walked around the Capitol on Tuesday morning with an iced coffee in his hand. B...

27Jun

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No Jail For Indian-Origin Doctor Who Drove Wife And Kids Off California Cliff

An Indian-origin doctor who drove a car off a cliff with his wife and two children inside, in an alleged murder-suicide attempt, last year, will not be given jail time for now and will receive mental health treatment instead. According to NBC News, Dharmesh A Patel, a radiologist from California, pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder after the car he was driving plunged off a 250 ft cliff along the Pacific Coast Highway in San Mateo County. Miraculously, all four survived and were rescued from a mangled Tesla from Devil’s Slide. Patel’s defence attorney Joshua Bentley argued in May that Patel did not pose a danger to the community as he will be under an intensive psychiatric treatment programme. “It’s important to understand why we are h...

26Jun

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Indian-origin doctor who drove Tesla off cliff won’t face trial – Times of India

Dharmesh Patel, the Indian-origin doctor, who was accused of intentionally driving his car off a 330-ft cliff, will not face trial as he was granted a mental health diversion after evidence of major depressive disorder was established. Patel pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder after he drove the car off a cliff at Devil's side in San Mateo county last year.Inside the car were his wife and two children, aged 4 and 7 at that time. All four of them survived. His wife previously argued for his release and said that she and their children need him in their lives. Earlier it was reported that Dharmesh drove off the cliff because he thought his kids would be sex-trafficked. Patel felt like the world was caving in because of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the fentanyl crisis, child...

17Jun

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California firefighters gain ground against big wildfires after hot, windy weekend – Times of India

NEW DELHI: On Monday, firefighters made progress in containing a significant wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles after a weekend of rapid, wind-driven expansion along Interstate 5, news agency AP reported. The Post Fire, which had consumed nearly 23 square miles (60 square kilometers) and prompted the evacuation of at least 1,200 people from the Hungry Valley recreation area on Saturday, was 8 per cent contained."That 8 per cent is good because it means we are increasing and bolstering our containment lines," said Kenichi Haskett, a Los Angeles County Fire Department section chief. Although firefighters aimed to keep the fire at its current size, Haskett noted that further growth was still possible. The fire started as weather conditions turned hot and windy in an area where ...