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![A heat advisory took effect through Wednesday in the Houston area and beyond, with temperatures expected to soar into the 90s (above 32.2 Celsius) and humidity that could make it feel as hot as 105 degrees (40.5 Celsius). The National Weather Service described the conditions as potentially dangerous given the lack of power and air conditioning. A heat advisory took effect through Wednesday in the Houston area and beyond, with temperatures expected to soar into the 90s (above 32.2 Celsius) and humidity that could make it feel as hot as 105 degrees (40.5 Celsius). The National Weather Service described the conditions as potentially dangerous given the lack of power and air conditioning.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sjm-ropical-Weather_199901616-1.jpg?w=132)
Millions without power in Houston after Beryl batters Texas
A heat advisory took effect through Wednesday in the Houston area and beyond, with temperatures...
![Police in the Ancash region told The Associated Press they found the body of William Stampfl on Friday near a camp 5,200 meters (17,060 feet) above sea level. The 58-year-old Stampfl had been trying to climb the 6,768-meter Mount Huascaran. Police in the Ancash region told The Associated Press they found the body of William Stampfl on Friday near a camp 5,200 meters (17,060 feet) above sea level. The 58-year-old Stampfl had been trying to climb the 6,768-meter Mount Huascaran.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sjm-limber_199904576-1.jpg?w=117)
Body of American recovered 22 years after avalanche in Peru
Police in the Ancash region told The Associated Press they found the body of William...
![Leilani, a Goldendoodle, ran when fireworks went off. Leilani, a Goldendoodle, ran when fireworks went off.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-RWCDOG-0709-1-1.jpg?w=135)
Dog missing two days is rescued by canoer at Redwood City mudflats
Leilani, a Goldendoodle, ran when fireworks went off.
![Trump's campaign has sought to reshape the Republican National Committee into a campaign vessel. It signaled in a memo last month from senior campaign advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles that "textbook-long platforms ... are scrutinized and intentionally misrepresented by our political opponents." Trump's campaign has sought to reshape the Republican National Committee into a campaign vessel. It signaled in a memo last month from senior campaign advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles that "textbook-long platforms ... are scrutinized and intentionally misrepresented by our political opponents."](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sjm-CAMPAIGN-TRUMP-VIDEO-GET_199746436-1.jpg?w=132)
Trump remakes the RNC platform position on abortion
Trump's campaign has sought to reshape the Republican National Committee into a campaign vessel. It...
![Shipped as spores, the fungus could grow into houses, garages, sheds and furniture. Shipped as spores, the fungus could grow into houses, garages, sheds and furniture.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/marsfungus-listing.png?w=140)
NASA's fungus could build future homes in space
Shipped as spores, the fungus could grow into houses, garages, sheds and furniture.
![Oxygen levels in the lake are less than one-fifth the standard target level, according to the city. Oxygen levels in the lake are less than one-fifth the standard target level, according to the city.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/EBT-L-FISHDIE-0706-1-1.jpg?w=124)
Fremont blames heat for massive Lake Elizabeth fish die-off
Oxygen levels in the lake are less than one-fifth the standard target level, according to...
![Statewide, COVID test positivity rates are rising quickly. Statewide, COVID test positivity rates are rising quickly.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-COVIDUP-0706-90.jpg?w=122)
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Summer COVID surge in Bay Area, California
Statewide, COVID test positivity rates are rising quickly.
![The pair of 5-1 decisions suggests that other restrictions — even ones decades on the books — might not withstand legal challenges. The pair of 5-1 decisions suggests that other restrictions — even ones decades on the books — might not withstand legal challenges.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sjm-sas_199771258-1.jpg?w=132)
Kansas high court reaffirms right to abortion in the state
The pair of 5-1 decisions suggests that other restrictions — even ones decades on the...
![By Michael Phillis and John Hanna | Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Early last week, floodwater in rural Minnesota pushed debris against a more than century-old dam and then carved a path around it, eroding so much of the riverbank that most of a house fell into the river. Several days later, intense rain damaged a dam that holds drinking water for Houston, forcing officials to issue a potential failure warning. “Something like this could happen, and it has happened, all over the country,” said Del Shannon, former president of the U.S. Society on Dams. There are roughly 90,000 significant […] By Michael Phillis and John Hanna | Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Early last week, floodwater in rural Minnesota pushed debris against a more than century-old dam and then carved a path around it, eroding so much of the riverbank that most of a house fell into the river. Several days later, intense rain damaged a dam that holds drinking water for Houston, forcing officials to issue a potential failure warning. “Something like this could happen, and it has happened, all over the country,” said Del Shannon, former president of the U.S. Society on Dams. There are roughly 90,000 significant […]](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sjm-her-Minnesota_199414584-1.jpg?w=132)
Worsening floods, deterioration pose threats to US dam safety
By Michael Phillis and John Hanna | Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Early last week,...
![By Anita Snow | Associated Press PHOENIX — Ron Falk lost his right leg, had extensive skin grafting on the left one and is still recovering a year after collapsing on the searing asphalt outside a Phoenix convenience store where he stopped for a cold soda during a heat wave. Now using a wheelchair, the 62-year-old lost his job and his home. He’s recovering at a medical respite center for patients with no other place to go; there he gets physical therapy and treatment for a bacterial infection in what remains of his right leg, too swollen to use the […] By Anita Snow | Associated Press PHOENIX — Ron Falk lost his right leg, had extensive skin grafting on the left one and is still recovering a year after collapsing on the searing asphalt outside a Phoenix convenience store where he stopped for a cold soda during a heat wave. Now using a wheelchair, the 62-year-old lost his job and his home. He’s recovering at a medical respite center for patients with no other place to go; there he gets physical therapy and treatment for a bacterial infection in what remains of his right leg, too swollen to use the […]](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sjm-eat-Surface-Burns_199696864-1.jpg?w=132)
Blazing hot surfaces can pose deadly danger in Southwest
By Anita Snow | Associated Press PHOENIX — Ron Falk lost his right leg, had...