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10 Facts About Bodie Ghost Town.

1. Bodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States, About 75 miles (122km) southeast of Lake Tahoe.

2. Bodie is now an authentic wild west ghost town. The town was disignated a National Historic Landmark in 1961, and in 1962 it became a Bodie State Historic Park. A total of 170 buildings remain. Bodie has been named California's official Gold Rush Ghost Town

3. In 1879, Bodie had a population of approximately 5000 - 7000 people and around 2.000 buildings. One idea maintains that in 1880, Bodie was California's second or third largest city.

4. The ghost town officially became Bodie State Historic Park in 1962, and receives about 200.000 visitors yearly.

5. Bodie also had a cemetery on the outskirts of town and a nearby mortuary, which is the only building in the town built of red brick three courses thick, most likely for insulation to keep the air temperature steady during the cold winters and hot summers. The cemetery includes a Miners Union Section.

6. On Main Street stands the Miners Union Hall, which was the meeting place for labor unions and an entertainment center that hosted dances, concerts, plays, and school recitals. It now serves as a museum.

7. The first mention of Bodie as a ghost town was in 1915, in a time when auto travel was on the rise.

8. Bodie is preserved in a state of arrested decay. Only a small part of the town survived, with about 110 structures still standing, including one of many once operational gold mills. Visitors can walk the deserted streets of a town that once was a bustling area of activity. Interiors remain as they were left and stocked with goods.

9. The California State Park's ranger station is located in one of the original homes on Green Street.

10. In 2009 and again in 2010, Bodie was Scheduled to be closed, but the California state legislature was able to work out a budget compromose that enabled the state's Parks Closure Commission to allow it to remain open. As of 2014, the park is still operating, now administered by the Bodie Foundation.

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Scientists Find Traces of Radioactive Particles in California Wines - Duration: 1:02.

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Northern California Wildfire Exploded Overnight - Duration: 1:37.

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California Wildfire Continues to Spread, Bulldozer Operator Killed - Duration: 0:58.

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Two People Killed In Massive Northern California Wildfire - Duration: 0:43.

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Ola de calor e incendios azotan California | Noticiero | Telemundo - Duration: 1:49.

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Tina Turner Spreads Oldest Son's Ashes from Boat in California: 'My Saddest Moment as a Mother' - Ne - Duration: 3:34.

 Tina Turner has said her final goodbyes to her oldest son, Craig Turner, after his death by suicide earlier this month

 On Friday, the 78-year-old music icon shared a photo taken after she spread Craig's ashes from a boat in the ocean

 "My saddest moment as a mother," wrote the singer, who held a rose in her hand as the photo was taken

 "On Thursday, July 19 2018, I said my final goodbye to my son, Craig Raymond Turner, when I gathered with family and friends to scatter his ashes off the coast of California," Tina continued

"He was 59 when he died so tragically, but he will always be my baby."  Craig is the son of Tina — who was just 18 when she gave birth to him —  and saxophonist Raymond Hill, who performed with Ike Turner's band Kings of Rhythm

Craig was adopted by Ike after he and Tina married in 1962.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, he worked as a real estate agent in California

 A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner told PEOPLE Craig was pronounced dead at 12:38 p

m. after being found dead in his Studio City, California, home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on July 3

 Just hours before her son's death, Tina attended Giorgio Armani Privé Haute Couture fashion show in Paris as part of the Haute Couture Paris Fashion Week

 The "Proud Mary" singer has lived in Europe since 1995 with her German record-executive husband Erwin Bach

In 2013, she relinquished her American citizenship.  Tina has been open about the abuse she suffered at the hands of Craig's adoptive father, Ike, who died in 2007

 In May 2005, Tina revealed to Oprah Winfrey that it particularly took a toll on Craig, who "was a very emotional kid

"  "He'd always look down in sadness," she said of her son's response to her abuse

"One day when Ike was fighting me, Craig knocked on the door and said, 'Mother, are you all right?' I thought, 'Oh, please, don't beat me at home

' I didn't want my children to hear."  The singer recently launched a musical based on her life, Tina, in London — which details every turbulent moment of her 50-year singing career

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Out-Of-Control Wildfire In Northern California Is 'Taking Everything Down In Its Path' - Duration: 10:29.

 REDDING, Calif. (AP) — An explosive wildfire tore through two small Northern California communities Thursday before reaching the city of Redding, killing a bulldozer operator on the fire lines, burning three firefighters, destroying dozens of homes and forcing thousands to flee

 Scott McLean, a CalFire spokesman for the crews battling the blaze, said flames swept through the communities of Shasta and Keswick before jumping the Sacramento River and reaching Redding, a city of about 92,000 people — the largest in the region

 The Carr Fire is "taking down everything in its path," he said. "It's just a wall of flames

It's nonstop." Hung T Vu The remains of a home burned by a wildfire in Whiskeytown, Calif

 Late Thursday, crews found the body of a bulldozer operator who was hired privately to clear vegetation in the blaze's path, McLean said

 The fire burned over the operator and his equipment, making the man the second bulldozer operator killed in a California blaze in less than two weeks

 Three firefighters and an unknown number of civilians had burns, but the extent of their injuries wasn't immediately known, McLean said

 "It's just chaotic. It's wild," he said. "There's a lot of fire, a lot of structures burning

"  He said many people in Redding didn't seem prepared for the blaze to reach their city

 "When it hit, people were really scrambling," he said. "There was not much of a warning

"  Traffic out of the city was backed up, with drives that normally take 20 minutes reaching two and a half hours long as residents fled to safety, he said

 Firefighters tried in vain to build containment around the blaze Thursday but flames kept jumping their lines, he said

 "It's just a heck of a fight," he said. "They're doing what they can do and they get pushed out in a lot of cases

We're fighting the fight right now."  The 45-square-mile (115-square-kilometer) fire that began Monday tripled in size overnight Thursday amid scorching temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions

 Earlier in the day with flames exploding around Whiskeytown Lake, an effort to save boats at a marina by untying them from moorings and pushing them to safety, wasn't swift enough to spare them all

 Dozens of charred, twisted and melted boats were among the losses at Oak Bottom Marina

 "The boat docks down there — all the way out in the water — 30 to 40 boats caught fire when the fire laid down on top of them last night and burned those up," said fire Chief Mike Hebrard of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Marcio Jose Sanchez California sweltered under a heat wave as firefighters battled ferocious fires at both ends of the state

 In the historic Gold Rush-era town of Shasta, state parks employees worked through the early morning to rescue artifacts from a museum as the blaze advanced

 Wildfires throughout the state have burned through tinder-dry brush and forest, forced thousands to evacuate homes and forced campers to pack up their tents at the height of summer

Gov. Jerry Brown declared states of emergency for the three largest fires, which will authorize the state to rally resources to local governments

 The wildfires have dispatched firefighters to all corners of the state amid an oppressive heat wave

 A huge forest fire continued to grow outside Yosemite National Park. That blaze killed 36-year-old Braden Varney, a heavy equipment operator for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection whose bulldozer rolled over into a ravine July 14

 About 100 homes were still under threat in the San Francisco Bay community of Clayton, although firefighters had stopped the progress of a small fire there after one house burned

ABC 10 The Cranston Fire was believed to have been started by arson.  Hundreds of miles to the south, winds picked up and sent flames rushing downhill on the flanks of Southern California's Mount San Jacinto

 Helicopters making water drops and air tankers pouring red flame retardant circled overhead as flames burned both sides of the main road leading to the scenic town of Idyllwild

 The blaze erupted Wednesday and quickly turned into a wall of flame that torched timber and dry brush

In a matter of hours, the so-called Cranston Fire grew to 7.5 square miles (19 square kilometers)

 About 3,000 residents were under evacuation orders Thursday in Idyllwild and several neighboring communities

 The Cranston Fire was the largest of at least five police believe were purposely set by a man whose car was spotted at the starting point of the blaze in Riverside County, officials said

 Brandon McGlover, 32, of Temecula was booked on suspicion of five counts of arson, state fire officials said

 The heart of Yosemite National Park remained empty the day after campers and hotel guests were evicted so firefighters could try to keep the state's largest fire from entering the park nearly two weeks after it was sparked

 The closure was heartbreaking for travelers who mapped out trips months in advance to hike and climb amid the spectacular views of cascading waterfalls and sheer rock faces

 Daina Miller of Tucson, Arizona, had wanted to visit Yosemite for years, but instead her family spent a few hours breathing foul-smelling smoke Tuesday before retreating to their RV for the night

The next morning, they left for Los Angeles.  "You go there and expect the fresh air and it was the total opposite of that," she said Thursday

 The closure through at least Sunday led to at least 1,000 campground and hotel bookings being canceled, park spokesman Scott Gediman said

 Officials emphasized Yosemite wasn't in imminent danger from the Ferguson Fire, which grew to more than 67 square miles (173 square kilometers) in steep timber in the adjacent Sierra National Forest

The fire was just 25 percent contained. Here's a video. pic.twitter.com/cfNgXWTj0S— Jim Schultz (@JimSchultz_RS) July 27, 2018 RELATED

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California Wildfire Kills 1, Burns Firefighters - Duration: 1:44.

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Deadly California Carr Fire spreading quickly - Duration: 0:49.

More than 1,700 firefighters are battling a massive wildfire in

Northern California. The so-called Carr Fire exploded

overnight, with officials reporting early Friday that the

blaze had now burned more than 44,000 acres. As of that point,

firefighters only had the fire 3 percent contained. A Cal Fire

spokesman told reporters that the fire is "nonstop" and that

it's "taking down everything in its path." The fast-moving pace

of the blaze is forcing some residents to flee their homes on

short notice. A fire official said crews in Redding were

concentrating their efforts on evacuating residents rather than

fighting the fire. As of Friday morning, the fire had killed at

least two people and destroyed more than 60 buildings. Cal Fire

has blamed the mechanical failure of a vehicle for

starting the blaze.

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Wildfires Burn Out Of Control In Northern California - Duration: 1:18.

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Maine firefighers get wildfire training from California firefighters - Duration: 0:58.

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California Bans Plastic Straws?! - Duration: 6:27.

Breakin' the law, breakin' the law!

Breakin' the law, breakin' the law!

Hi, welcome to America Uncovered.

I'm your most dangerous criminal, Chris Chappell.

At least I would be if I still lived in California.

Because drinking your favorite beverage through a plastic straw

is now illegal in a bunch of cities across the Golden State.

Well, to be more accurate, a lot of individual cities in California

have put laws in place that ban restaurants, bars, cafes, and so on

from giving out plastic drinking straws to customers.

So really, I wouldn't get in trouble, the restaurant would.

Take that, small business owners!

Now the city of Santa Barbara, which has probably the harshest law,

punishes violators for each individual straw they give out.

First violation gets a warning, second violation gets a fine of up to $1,000,

and for serious repeat offenders, six months in jail.

Unlike, for example, selling weed— which is now legal in California.

A lot of other cities have their own version of the plastic straw ban.

From Los Angeles—

which allows people to put plastic in their faces, but not their sodas—

to San Francisco, which starting next year, will fine small business owners for giving

out plastic straws, toothpicks, or even those

cute little plastic cocktail umbrellas.

What is the world coming to!?

How can we enjoy our piña coladas now?!

And look, if politicians want to make us sip our fancy cocktails

directly from the glass like a bunch of animals, that's one thing.

But what about people who need plastic straws for medical reasons,

like the Shutterstock version of my grandpa?

Or grandma?

Or...

ok, I'm not sure this counts as a medical need.

But anyway, even if these laws have exceptions for medical reasons,

these bans are going to make it hard to even find plastic straws at most restaurants.

I guess we'll have to seek out alternatives, like old-fashioned

wood-and-paper cocktail umbrellas,

or straws made from paper,

or bendable steel, or glass, or...

actual straw?

That's ridiculous!

A straw made from straw?

Where'd they get that idea from?

But anyway, there are still plenty of straw alternatives.

Yes, they're more expensive.

But at least steel and glass can be reused.

And even when you throw them away in frustration, they won't float around in our oceans for

a thousand years.

So how did this recent fad of eliminating plastic straws come about?

Because of this dumb thing called YouTube.

In 2015, a marine biologist filmed this video of a plastic straw being removed from the

nostril of a sea turtle.

And it got 30 million views on YouTube.

Look, I'm not saying I'm jealous, but c'mon, people!

There are better things to watch on YouTube.

And now plastic straws have become a major environmental issue,

spurring campaigns like: Don't suck: Refuse the straw

Haha, get it?

Because if you use a straw, you're a terrible person.

But jokes aside, the world does have serious environmental problems.

Like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating vortex of trash—mostly plastic—

floating around in the Pacific Ocean.

And its surface area is twice the size of Texas.

So banning plastic straws will go a long way towards solving this problem, right?

Well, the media often cite the statistic that Americans use

500 million plastic straws a day.

That's a lot!

That's way more straws each day than there are actual Americans.

Some of you need to cut down on your Frappuccinos.

Or 500 million straws would be a lot, if that number weren't based entirely on

a single phone survey conducted by a nine-year-old.

A study by two Australian scientists suggests that there are up to 8.3 billion plastic straws

scattered on coastlines around the world.

But if that's true, and "even if all those straws were suddenly

washed into the sea, they'd account for about zero-point-zero-three

percent of the 8 million metric tons of plastics estimated

to enter the oceans" each year.

So, if this piece of paper represents all the plastic in the oceans,

eliminating all plastic straws on the ENTIRE PLANET—not just California—

would only eliminate this much of it.

So if it's not straws, then surely most of the garbage in the ocean

is one the other things California has banned: plastic grocery bags.

Nope!

It turns out that at least 46 percent of the plastic in the

Great Pacific Garbage Patch comes from a single product: fishing nets.

And other fishing gear makes up a good chunk of the rest.

So you might argue that such an enormous emphasis on plastic straws

takes resources away from solving much bigger threats to the environment.

Like getting commercial fishing companies to stop leaving their nets in the ocean.

But there is one meaningful thing that the plastic straw ban might accomplish:

Reducing litter.

California's ban on single-use plastic bags two years ago

has substantially reduced that specific type of litter.

Data from the annual Coastal Clean-up Day

shows that plastic bag litter on the coast has dropped by 72 percent since the ban.

So while the plastic straw bans across California may hurt fans of Capri Sun—

actually, no, it's doing them a favor.

But anyway, according to my nine-year-old nephew,

with this new straw ban, we could see a 72% reduction

in turtles getting plastic straws stuck up their noses.

Wait, what's that Shelley?

That sea turtle was found in Costa Rica?!

Well that sounds like someone else's problem.

This show isn't Costa Rica Uncovered.

So what do you think about California's ban on plastic straws?

Leave your comments below.

Once again, I'm Chris Chappell.

See you next time.

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State Emergency Declared For Northern California Wildfire - Duration: 1:28.

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Yosemite Evacuated As Heat Fuels Dangerous California Wildfires | NBC Nightly News - Duration: 2:07.

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A look at the destruction caused by the Carr Fire - Duration: 3:58.

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Fuego voraz consumió miles de hectáreas en California | Al Rojo Vivo | Telemundo - Duration: 0:46.

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Carr Fire Kills Bulldozer Operator In Northern California - Duration: 1:33.

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Massive California fire jumps over river and roars into city of 95,000 people - Duration: 3:29.

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Democrat Civil War Erupts In California—New Vote Will End Them Forever - Duration: 11:59.

Democrat Civil War Erupts In California—New Vote Will End Them Forever

California continues to make headlines.

For good reason.

Its toxic, liberal government just keeps baffling us.

As real Americans struggle to survive, California Democrats waste billions on worthless programs.

The sanctuary state puts illegals and dangerous criminals ahead of citizens.

Their leaders' shocking lack of insight leads to yearly droughts, mudslides, and wildfires.

Because of epic failures, the state now claims 25% of the nation's homeless.

And it just keeps getting worse.

But things might change big time.

A proposal to alter the state, once and for all, has made it through another hurdle.

It's in the people's hands now.

From The LA Times:

California's 168-year run as a single entity, hugging the continent's edge for hundreds

of miles and sprawling east across mountains and desert, could come to an end next year

— as a controversial plan to split the Golden State into three new jurisdictions qualified

Tuesday for the Nov. 6 ballot.

"Three states will get us better infrastructure, better education and lower taxes," Tim Draper,

the Silicon Valley venture capitalist who sponsored the ballot measure, said in an email

to The Times last summer when he formally submitted the proposal.

"States will be more accountable to us and can cooperate and compete for citizens."

The proposal aims to invoke Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, the provision

guiding how an existing state can be divided into new states.

Draper's plan calls for three new entities — Northern California, California and Southern

California — which would roughly divide the population of the existing state into

thirds.

If voters agree to split up the state, a long process would begin.

It could culminate in the Golden State being chopped up into three major regions.

This isn't unprecedented.

West Virginia broke free from Virginia in 1863, on the eve of the Civil War.

It's clear the values and traditions of Northern California are very different from

those in the South and Bay Area.

Breaking up the state could give freedom back to many, who right now feel ignored and abused.

What could the fallout be—nationwide?

The dynamic of our federal government would change in many ways.

California would lose considerable impact in Congress.

But more senators would be added.

There's also the Electoral College to think about.

Right now, California carries tremendous weight during presidential elections, thanks to its

large population.

If broken up, all that goes away.

Splitting California into three states could strike a blow into the Democrats' plans

for decades to come.

But can it happen?

Polling suggests that most Californians aren't interested in breaking up the state.

But we know how flawed polling can be.

If Draper can mount a successful campaign, perhaps he can win over enough residents.

If so, the West Coast will soon look

a lot different.