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The Golden State on Fire
California is burning, and as Gov. Jerry Brown put it, "there is more to come." The number of fires in the state this year tops 6,000 -- up 1,500 from last year, officials say. "We are really in a battle with Mother Nature and nature is more powerful than we are," the governor said. Here's our live blog on the fires.