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Rumored to be a candidate at Missouri, South Carolina and Virginia before those schools hired new coaches, Dykes agreed to a four-year, $11.3 million contact extension that California announced Thursday. MORE: Meet the new FBS coaches | Record number of coaches fired and resigned “I am excited about leading the Cal football program going forward,” Dykes said in a school release. “The terms of this extension demonstrate clearly the commitment from everyone involved to build a championship program and keep us moving in the right direction....

THEIL: Why is a mathematician interested in terrorism? WOO: Mathematics provides a whole new set of tools in the war on terror. There’s a mathematical model for conflict called game theory, which is actually an excellent way to simulate how terrorists select targets. We can use mathematical models of network geometry to see what the chances are of disrupting a terrorist network. Say you arrest four people, and you want to know what the chances are that you’ve disrupted a network or the plan for an attack....

In the El Dorado National Forest, the Caldor Fire has scorched more than 166 square miles of Sierra slopes southwest of Lake Tahoe. It currently threatens over 17,000 structures. Meanwhile, the massive Dixie Fire’s containment rose to 40 percent as the blaze has burned over 1,130 square miles of land in the northern Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades region. The buildings the Dixie Fire has destroyed include 678 single-family homes, according to Cal Fire....

The tremor—which followed a smaller quake on Thursday—was reported from Sacramento all the way down the west coast to Mexico. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, magnitude estimates ranged between 6.9 and 7.1, making Friday night’s event the most powerful earthquake in California for two decades. The tremor hit at around 8:20 p.m. local time. The epicenter was close to the town of Ridgecrest in the Mojave desert, roughly 125 miles north of Los Angeles....

The state reported 11,694 new confirmed cases on Wednesday, significantly more than the previous record of 9,480 on June 29. “This number should draw some attention,” California Governor Gavin Newsom said during a news briefing. “Though I want to caution you… the number includes a backlog of reported numbers that we’re still working through with LA county.” Although it is unclear how many of the new cases were part of the backlog, Newsom said that Wednesday’s total would be “below 10,000” if the backlogged cases were not included....

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) revealed that the small earthquake hit around two-and-a-half miles east of Anaheim, Orange County, at around 5:07 p.m. on Thursday, with a depth of 3.3 miles reported. The earthquake’s intensity was rated as level four, which meant there was light shaking in the affected areas, but no damage to property or belongings. The USGS revealed that multiple residents in Orange County and Newport Beach felt the shaking, while one resident each in Santa Monica and Rancho Palos Verdes also said they felt the tremor....

Author Caroline Titus tweeted a video depicting how the quake toppled furniture in her home in the city of Ferndale in Humboldt County, smashing dishes and glasses. “That was a big one,” she wrote about the earthquake. “Power is now out in #ferndaleca. House is a mess.” A second video shared by Titus shows a kitchen shelf that had crashed to the floor during the earthquake. “Our home is a 140-year-old Victorian....

The August Complex Fire is the first California wildfire to reach a million acres, becoming the state’s first recorded “gigafire,” a term used by academics to describe the growing presence of major wildfires in the western region of the U.S., Reuters reported. More than 8,300 wildfires have burned over four million acres in California to date, with 31 deaths reported and over 8,687 structures destroyed, according to Cal Fire....

Over 19,000 firefighters are currently battling 27 major fires in California, according to Cal Fire’s report Monday, including the Bobcat Fire in Los Angeles County, which has burned over 100,000 acres. The Bobcat blaze “continues to advance depending on fuels, topography and diurnal winds. Active backing, flanking, torching and spotting continues to be observed,” according to the latest report from the Incident Information System of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)....

“Keeping your hands clean will help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Seriously, @amazon? These prices are absurd,” Newsom tweeted. A check of the website on Tuesday evening revealed several listings averaging around $40 for an eight-ounce bottle of Purell, over ten times the typical price. One listing offered a case of 12 one-ounce bottles for $3,892.84, which equals just over $324 per ounce. Hand sanitizers may be an effective way to guard against some viruses when soap and water are not available....

But the delay has nothing to do with the state’s health care systems, hospital officials told Newsweek. The issue stems from a lack of transparency from the federal government. “There has been no transparency from the national level,” Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, an infectious disease specialist at Stanford Medicine, said. “We don’t know how many vaccines are out there. We know how many have supposedly been shipped out, but we need to know how many there are, where they are, when they will be shipped out, how that will be decided....

This comes after two women in the state’s Kings County used drugs like methamphetamine during pregnancy and were charged with “fetal murder” after having stillbirths. Bonta said prosecuting women in these situations could have unwanted consequences, such as women suffering with addiction not seeking help when they get pregnant for fear of legal repercussions. He also worried it could encourage investigating stillbirths and miscarriages, a traumatic event for many, when it is not warranted....

Joe Melgoza, 30, died in the early hours of Sunday after suffering blunt force trauma to his head, the City of Chino Police Department said. The victim was attending a backyard wedding reception at his sister’s home on Saturday night and died protecting guests, NBC4 reported. Police confirmed officers responded to the 13300 block of Oaks Avenue early on Sunday morning and met a “large crowd from a nearby wedding party....

According to the Madera Police Department in Madera, California, the incident occurred on Wednesday when officers received reports of theft in the area of Tozer St. and Ave. 14. The man was identified by the Madera Police Department as Hugo Barrera. Barrera, police said, stole the excavator from a construction job site and he was seen driving the construction vehicle westbound on Ave. 14 when officers arrived. Madera Police Sergeant Nick Webster told Newsweek that the construction job site is located near Tozer St....

Foppoli’s announcement came six weeks after a report by the San Francisco Chronicle first detailed sexual assault allegations by several women in April. The alleged incidents took place in California from 2002 to 2019 and include claims of forced oral sex and rape. For weeks, Foppoli maintained innocence and refused to resign from his post. However, the Windsor mayor said Friday that he would immediately leave office following the news that a ninth woman—Farrah Abraham—had accused him of sexual assault in Palm Beach, Florida....

Updates on the preliminary “unofficial election results” will be posted on the website of the California Secretary of State (SOS), who is responsible for overseeing recalls of state officers, including the governor. The results will be unofficial as they need to be certified by the SOS. Preliminary Recall Election Results Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. local time on Tuesday. Voters can see the live preliminary results for their county at the SOS website starting from 8 p....

Newsom announced that an “emergency brake” was being pulled on the state’s “Blueprint for a Safer Economy” guidelines, in response to a COVID-19 surge that has seen daily cases double over the past week. More than 94 percent of the state’s population live in counties that meet the “purple” risk level, the tier with the most restrictive public health measures. “We are sounding the alarm,” Newsom said in a statement obtained by Newsweek....

“Just like you need to give students textbooks and a computer, there are certain things you need to do. And this is one of them,” Tony Wold, an associated superintendent of the West Contra Costa Unified School, said. The undertaking was made possible by an unexpected budget surplus and will be the largest free student lunch program in the country. Many like school officials, lawmakers and anti-hunger organizations applauded it as a pioneering way to prevent the stigma of accepting free lunches and feed more hungry children....

The incident occurred in the San Diego suburb of Coronado late Thursday night. In a statement on Instagram, the Coronado Police Department (CPD) said that they received a 911 from an out-of-town woman claiming to be the real homeowner. The caller said that a nearby relative had reportedly seen “suspicious activity” at the house, including lights inside being switched on and off. When officers responded to the home, CPD said that they found the lock on the front door damaged, along with “metal shavings on the ground and pieces of old lock”....

The Sacramento County Department of Health Services said the woman is currently in hospital after she used a Pond’s-labeled skin cream tainted with methylmercury. The woman is believed to have purchased the cream from an informal network that imports products across the border. Officials said the methylmercury was added by a third party after purchase and not by the Pond’s manufacturer. “Sacramento County Public Health urges the community to immediately stop using similar skin creams imported from Mexico due to the risk of contamination with methylmercury,” Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr....