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LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is not burning. At least not as much as it has in recent years.Acreage burned through Sunday is down 90% compared to the average over the past five years and down 95% from last year, according to statistics from the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.The stats are good news for a state that has seen terrifyingly destructive and deadly blazes the past two years, but the worst of those fires occurred in the fall.The precipitous drop could be due to the amount of precipitation the state received during a winter of near-record snowfall and cooler-than-average temperatures — so far.Scott McLean, a spokesman for CalFire, said the state hasn't dried out as quickly this year and the temperatures haven't been as consistently hot. Hot spells have been followed by cooler weather and winds haven't been strong."It's a roller coaster with temperatures this year," McLean said. "There have been very little winds so far. We're crossing all fingers and appendages."The most current U.S. Drought Monitor map released last week shows only a tiny portion of California listed as abnormally dry. A year ago, almost the entire state was listed in a range from abnormally dry to extreme drought.Even after another very wet year in 2017 when Gov. Jerry Brown declared the end to a years-long drought, hot weather quickly sapped vegetation of moisture and nearly 4,000 fires had already burned more than 350 square miles (906 square kilometers) at this time of year. In October 2017, fast-moving, wind-driven blazes in Northern California killed 44 people and destroyed thousands of homes.Last year began with less rainfall and a smaller snowpack and the state dried out even faster with more dire the consequences. It was the worst fire year in state history in both acreage and deaths with the Camp Fire in November wiping out the town of Paradise, destroying nearly 15,000 homes and killing 86 people. At the same time, a Southern California wildfire burned across the Santa Monica Mountains and destroyed more than 1,500 structures.CalFire has fought fires on 38 square miles (98 square kilometers) this year, down from an average of 416 square miles (1,077 square kilometers) from 2014-18.Through the same date last year, a total of nearly 4,000 fires had burned more than 970 square miles (2,512 square kilometers). The number of fires this year, about 3,400, is only down about 15% from last year, meaning the fires are much smaller.Typically, 95% of the fires CalFire fights are smaller than 10 acres and "boy are we living up to that," McLean said.The state's figures don't compare data on fires on all federal lands, which account for about 45 percent of the state's acreage.Fires on U.S. Forest Service land this year, however, have also declined. To date, only 41 square miles have burned in national forests, compared to 350 square miles at this time last year, according to fire officials 2936

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A parolee was charged Monday with murdering a 35-year-old research scientist, who was shot while sleeping in a tent during a camping trip in Malibu Creek State Park with his two young children last June, and trying to kill another eight people in the area over a period of two years.Anthony Rauda, 42, is facing one count of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder and five counts of second-degree burglary. He was scheduled to be arraigned Monday at the Van Nuys courthouse, but the hearing was postponed to Jan. 22. If convicted as charged, the transient faces a maximum sentence oflife in prison.Rauda is accused of shooting Irvine resident Tristan Thomas Beaudette while the Allergan scientist was in a tent with his daughters about 4:45 a.m. last June 22. The girls, then 2 and 4 years old, were uninjured and are among the attempted murder victims in the complaint.The defendant was arrested Oct. 10 after a series of large-scale manhunts in the area for a rifle-toting culprit suspected in multiple food heists in the Calabasas area. Deputies thought the burglaries might be linked to Beaudette's killing and Rauda was held without bail on suspicion of violating his parole.Prosecutors allege the defendant's attacks date back to at least November 2016, when he's accused of wounding a man sleeping in a hammock in the area of the state park. Less than a week later, Rauda allegedly fired into the sleeping area of a parked vehicle.Four days before Beaudette was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head, authorities allege Rauda shot at a Tesla on La Virgenes Road. He was carrying a rifle when he was arrested in a ravine about a mile-and-a-half north of Mulholland Highway west of Las Virgenes Road in the MalibuCanyon area, after deputies combing the area spotted fresh bootprints and tracked him down, according to the sheriff's department. The arrest came amid a renewed search effort after an early morning burglary at the Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, where someone smashed a vending machine and stole food. Investigators quickly linked the break-in to eight other burglaries over the past two years.Authorities alleged Rauda was captured on surveillance video in one of those crimes carrying a rifle and wearing what deputies called ``tactical gear.''The suspect in all of the heists stole food, deputies said, suggesting the man was living off the grid in the wilderness, carrying out the burglaries when he needed sustenance.On Oct. 2, sheriff's officials conducted a large-scale manhunt in the area, but failed to turn up a suspect. Some residents reported hearing gunfire that night.Four days later, a maintenance worker in the Tapia Park area about a mile south of the Malibu Creek State Park campground ``encountered a person who matched the description of the armed commercial burglar,'' Sgt. Matthew Dunn of the Malibu/Lost Hills sheriff's station said then. Dunn said the man asked the park worker for a ride out of the canyon ``because he said there were so many police in the area.''Rauda was sentenced Dec. 13 to six months in jail for gun and ammunition violations, a sentence set to run consecutively with an earlier 160- day sentence for violating parole or violation, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.Rauda has seven prior convictions for weapons violations dating back to 2006, according to the criminal complaint. Then-Sheriff Jim McDonnell said at the time of Rauda's arrest that he also had a history of committing burglaries.Investigators limited information on Beaudette's death, saying it could taint the investigation. The lack of answers to their questions led to confusion and rumors among locals, especially in Monte Nido, a neighborhood just southeast of the entrance of Malibu Creek State Park where some residents said they feared using the park's hiking trails.The Sheriff's Department issued a statement Monday morning saying that investigators believe Rauda acted alone. ``No similar crimes have been reported in the area since (his arrest),'' according to the department. At a July news conference announcing ,000 in reward money provided by Beaudette's employer and others for tips about his death, his widow described her husband as a ``devoted husband and father whose life revolved around'' his family.``We met when we were teenagers, grew up together, married, and had two amazing and beautiful daughters,'' Erica Wu said. ``In everything that hedid, Tristan was kind, selfless, and giving, and had a natural ability to connect with just about anyone. We supported each other as we pursued our careers while balancing what truly mattered most -- spending time with our girls and living life to the fullest. I may never understand why our time together was cut short, but we had an incredible journey and I am so grateful for every day I had with him.''Wu, who was studying for an exam and didn't make the camping trip, said Beaudette ``rejoiced in sharing his love for the outdoors with the girls and believed that campgrounds were the definition of a sanctuary where people could feel safe and secure.'' 5133

LONDON (AP) — Archaeologists said Monday that they have discovered a major prehistoric monument under the earth near Stonehenge that could shed new light on the origins of the mystical stone circle in southwestern England.Experts from a group of British universities say the site consists of at least 20 huge shafts, more than 10 meters, or 32 feet, in diameter and 5 meters deep, forming a circle more than 2 kilometers— over a mile — in diameter.Researchers say the shafts appear to have been dug around 4,500 years ago.Scientists believe the shafts could mark the boundary of a sacred area or precinct around a circular monument known as the Durrington Walls henge, about 3 kilometers, or 2 miles, from Stonehenge.The Guardian obtained a photo of the new discovery. 776

LONG ISLAND — Mini horses visited health care workers at Katz Women’s Hospital on Long Island as an expression of gratitude toward the overtaxed medical staff.HorseAbility, a Long Island organization, brought the horses to the hospital for the visit on world gratitude day.Normally, the horses work with people with special needs, but the team at HorseAbility felt health care workers battling COVID-19 could use some time with the horses.“They say there are so many benefits in pet therapy, it doesn’t matter what the animal is the result is the same, it’s a reduction in stress,” said Michael Goldberg, Executive Director at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.Employees became emotional, sharing how the calmness of the horses was reminding them to remain calm.This story originally reported by Keith Lopez on PIX11.com. 830

LONDON (AP) — Anti-racism protesters in southwestern England have pulled down the statue of a slave trader and then dumped it into a harbor. The toppling of Edward Colston's statue was greeted with joyous scenes Sunday. Demonstrators attached ropes to the statue before pulling it down. Footage of the moments after the statue crashed to the ground saw hundreds, if not thousands, of local residents in ecstasy. The statue was then rolled into the nearby Bristol Harbor. Police said officers have launched an investigation and are looking for those who “committed an act of criminal damage.” 600