Even before the 2025 Southern California fires erupted, the Camp Fire and other major wildfires had generated a circular political debate over how billions of dollars in damages should be apportioned.
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Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
6 Aug. 2026
So LeBron’s salary would realistically be apportioned to other states.
The value of free spay and neuter vouchers for pets increased last year from $70 to $120 for cats but the budget allocated for them did not, so fewer vouchers were issued overall.
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Hailey Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Aug. 2026
In addition, Mexico has allocated over $120 million to help treat raw sewage.
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Mark Sanchez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Aug. 2026
Rising adoption of rooftop and distributed solar systems in South Africa is reducing national grid demand, squeezing utilities’ revenues and prompting interest in diversification.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Aug. 2026
Produced by Roth’s independent label The Horror Section, Ice Cream Man is being distributed by Iconic Releasing and playing at 1,700 domestic locations.
The clarifying agent can be dispensed into the water via the app while the robot is making its rounds, and it is designed to help keep your pool water sparkling.
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John R. Delaney,
PC Magazine,
5 Aug. 2026
The touch panel registers the number of sushi plates dispensed into the plate disposal slot.
Trump calls for supplanting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine by individual vaccines for each disease, administered at separate physician visits.
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Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Aug. 2026
The vaccine has been administered in a single dose for more than 40 years and has been rigorously studied.
For a long time, the prime real estate for podcast discovery was Apple’s iTunes, where new podcasts were allotted their own row for a week.
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Frank Racioppi,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2026
Experts say the vast majority of nonprofits cap the amount of vacation time an employee can accrue, most often to one-and-a-half times the vacation hours allotted to them for a single year.
—
Audrey McGlinchy,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Aug. 2026
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