CNN says California firefighters are battling the Alisal Fire, which has already shut down a section of the iconic Highway 101 and Amtrak lines in Santa Barbara County.
The Guardian says surfers at a beach in Sonoma county, California used a surfboard strap as a tourniquet to save a man whose right leg was bitten by a great white shark.
TRT World says a California verdict ordering Tesla to pay a Black former employee $137 million in damages for turning a blind eye to racism the man encountered.
The Metro says about 126,000 gallons of oil leaked have from an underwater pipeline off the coast of Southern California in what is one of the largest spills in recent state history.
VOA says officials investigating one of California’s biggest oil spills were trying to determine how 572,807 literes of heavy crude spilled into the Pacific Ocean.
The Guardian says Harvey Weinstein has been handed over for extradition from New York to Los Angeles to face more sexual assault charges, New York authorities said on Tuesday.