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>https://patabook.com/news/2022/05/14/over-30-california-fires-set-amid-peak-wildfire-conditions/
>https://patabook.com/news/2022/05/14/over-30-california-fires-set-amid-peak-wildfire-conditions/
Over 30 California Fires Set Amid Peak Wildfire Conditions
>May 14, 2022
Four individuals have been arrested on suspicion of setting dozens of fires in Northern California amid dangerous conditions for the spread of wildfires.
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District reported Monday that, between May 6 and May 8, it responded to over 30 small fires in the region, the Los Angeles Times reported, located to the east of San Francisco. The fires were located across four distinct clusters within one 15-mile area.
Officials currently believe that all of the fires were set intentionally, though it did not appear that any of the four suspects were connected to each other. Victor Esquivias-Jaime, 45, was arrested on May 7 and charged with eight counts of arson to forest land; the same day, Davin Wilson, 42, was arrested on suspicion of six counts of arson; Michael Darder, 36, was also arrested later in the day on suspicion of arson and resisting arrest. On May 8, a fourth suspect was arrested in connection with suspected arson, but pending an ongoing investigation, police have not disclosed their identity.
California’s weather conditions are currently ideal for the start and growth of wildfires, making these intentional fires in the northern end of the state even more dangerous. In Southern California, multiple brush fires were active as of Thursday.
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Four individuals have been arrested on suspicion of setting dozens of fires in Northern California amid dangerous conditions for the spread of wildfires.
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District reported Monday that, between May 6 and May 8, it responded to over 30 small fires in the region, the Los Angeles Times reported, located to the east of San Francisco. The fires were located across four distinct clusters within one 15-mile area.
Officials currently believe that all of the fires were set intentionally, though it did not appear that any of the four suspects were connected to each other. Victor Esquivias-Jaime, 45, was arrested on May 7 and charged with eight counts of arson to forest land; the same day, Davin Wilson, 42, was arrested on suspicion of six counts of arson; Michael Darder, 36, was also arrested later in the day on suspicion of arson and resisting arrest. On May 8, a fourth suspect was arrested in connection with suspected arson, but pending an ongoing investigation, police have not disclosed their identity.
California’s weather conditions are currently ideal for the start and growth of wildfires, making these intentional fires in the northern end of the state even more dangerous. In Southern California, multiple brush fires were active as of Thursday.
Four suspects have been arrested on suspicion of setting over 30 small fires in Northern California, amid peak conditions for the spread of wildfires. Above, a wildfire burns in California.
David McNew/Getty Images
Luckily, all of the fires over the previous weekend were extinguished quickly and did not result in larger burns, which was partly credited to early reporting by local residents.
Speaking with the Times, fire district spokesman Steve Hill said that the multiple aspects of the situation are “unusual.”
“It’s pretty unusual to have so many intentionally set fires in a relatively short period of time,” he said. “It’s probably even more unusual to have four suspected arsonists arrested as a result.”
Hill also credited the swift handling of the fires to the strong response by local agencies, which were prepared ahead of time.
“We had just started beginning last Friday with wildfire responses, meaning that we judged the danger to be so great that we were going to begin dispatching five engines to every exterior vegetation fire,” he explained. “It was good timing.”
At least one of the suspects was arrested at their home, while two others were found near the scenes of the suspected crimes. Details on how the fourth suspect was detained have not been disclosed.
Newsweek reached out to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District for comment.
In Southern California earlier this week, a brush fire, stoked by high winds, spread throughout a wealthy residential area along the coast in Orange County. The blaze was believed to have started at a water treatment facility.
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>Elon Musk
>@elonmusk
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>2:54 PM · May 14, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
>https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1525550091586506752
>Don’t you own a major newspaper?
>What if…and hear me out…the Washington Post started to hold this White House accountable?
>https://twitter.com/mikehahn_/status/1525446545365147655~~?fbclid=IwAR1hJnOK5aHWLTuKZmvl6pIWj2r6CbZPJ68TBHtZu-7muqFugUc6n0gja0A~~
Don’t you own a major newspaper?
What if…and hear me out…the Washington Post started to hold this White House accountable?
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>A clip from the live stream on Twitch that is claiming to have been a live stream video of the mass shooting at the Tops Market in #Buffalo, #NewYork. The video is NOT graphic, it shows the moments before the shooting begins.
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>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Fried
Daniel Fried(born 1952) is an American diplomat, who served as assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs from 2005 to 2009 and United States ambassador to Poland from 1997 to 2000.[1][2] He also served as special envoy for Guantanamo closure and co-ordinator for United States embargoes.[3][4] Fried retired from the State Department in February 2017 after forty years of service.[5]
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>https://time.com/4682994/diplomat-daniel-fried-retirement-speech/
U.S. Diplomat Daniel Fried's Retirement Speech Warning Against Isolationism
>BY DANIEL FRIED FEBRUARY 25, 2017 5:16 PM EST
Amb. Daniel Fried is a retiring senior diplomat, former Assistant Secretary for Europe, Special Assistant to Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, and Ambassador to Poland
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My 40 years in the Foreign Service – and the careers of many of my friends – became associated with the fall of the Soviet Empire and the putting in order of what came after: the building of a Europe whole, free and at peace. It is hard to recall today how improbable victory in the Cold War appeared. For two generations, up through the mid-1980s, many thought we were losing the Cold War. Even in early 1989, few believed that Poland’s Solidarity movement could win, that the Iron Curtain would come down, that the Baltic states could be free, that the second of the 20th Century’s great evils – Communism – could be vanquished without war. But it happened, and the West’s great institutions – NATO and the EU – grew to embrace 100 million liberated Europeans. It was my honor to have done what I could to help. I learned never to underestimate the possibility of change, that values have power, and that time and patience can pay off, especially if you’re serious about your objectives. Nothing can be taken for granted, and this great achievement is now under assault by Russia, but what we did in my time is no less honorable. It is for the present generation to defend and, when the time comes again, extend freedom in Europe.
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>https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/daniel-fried/
Daniel Fried
In the course of his forty-year Foreign Service career, Ambassador Fried played a key role in designing and implementing American policy in Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. As Special Assistant and NSC Senior Director for Presidents Clinton and Bush, Ambassador to Poland, and Assistant Secretary of State for Europe (2005-09), Ambassador Fried helped craft the policy of NATO enlargement to Central European nations and, in parallel, NATO-Russia relations, thus advancing the goal of Europe whole, free, and at peace. During those years, the West’s community of democracy and security grew in Europe. Ambassador Fried helped lead the West’s response to Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine starting in 2014: as State Department Coordinator for Sanctions Policy, he crafted U.S. sanctions against Russia, the largest U.S. sanctions program to date, and negotiated the imposition of similar sanctions by Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia.
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>https://www.ned.org/experts/ambassador-daniel-fried/
DANIEL FRIED | NED
In the course of his forty-year Foreign Service career, Ambassador Fried played a key role in designing and implementing American policy in Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. As special assistant and NSC senior director for Presidents Clinton and Bush, ambassador to Poland, and assistant secretary of state for Europe (2005-09), Ambassador Fried crafted the policy of NATO enlargement to Central European nations and, in parallel, NATO-Russia relations, thus advancing the goal of Europe whole, free, and at peace. During those years, the West’s community of democracy and security grew in Europe. Ambassador Fried helped lead the West’s response to Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine starting in 2014: as State Department coordinator for sanctions policy, he crafted US sanctions against Russia, the largest US sanctions program to date, and negotiated the imposition of similar sanctions by Europe, Canada, Japan, and Australia.
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