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(1 of ) A firefighter sprays water as flames from a wildfire consume a residence near Oroville, Calif., on Sunday, July 9, 2017. Evening winds drove the fire through several neighborhoods leveling homes in its path. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (2 of ) Flames from a wildfire consume a shed near Oroville, Calif., on Sunday, July 9, 2017. Evening winds drove the fire through several neighborhoods leveling homes in its path. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (3 of ) Firefighters battle a wildfire as it threatens to jump a street near Oroville, Calif., on Saturday, July 8, 2017. Evening winds drove the fire through several neighborhoods leveling homes in its path. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (4 of ) A firefighter battles a wildfire as it threatens to jump a street near Oroville, Calif., on Saturday, July 8, 2017. Evening winds drove the fire through several neighborhoods leveling homes in its path. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (5 of ) Flames from a wildfire consume a care near Oroville, Calif., on Saturday, June 8, 2017. Evening winds drove the fire through several neighborhoods leveling homes in its path. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (6 of ) This photo provided by KEYT-TV shows smoke looming above Broadcast Peak behind a fire break along a ridge line east of Cachuma Lake in the Whittier Fire in Santa Barbara County, Calif., Sunday, July 9, 2017. Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying a smattering of homes, forcing thousands to flee and temporarily trapping children and counselors at a California campground. Southern California crews hope slightly cooler temperatures and diminishing winds will help in the battle Sunday. (John Palminteri/KEYT-TV via AP) (7 of ) CalFire firefighter Jake Hainey, left, and engineer Anna Mathiasen watch as a wildfire burns near Oroville, Calif., on Saturday, July 8, 2017. The fast-moving wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills destroyed structures, including homes, and led to several minor injuries, fire officials said Saturday as blazes threatened homes around California during a heat wave. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (8 of ) Flames from a wildfire engulf trees near Oroville, Calif., on Saturday, July 8, 2017. The fire south of Oroville was one of more than a dozen burning in the state as firefighters worked in scorching temperatures to control unruly flames. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (9 of ) A plane drops retardant while battling a wildfire near Oroville, Calif., on Saturday, July 8, 2017. The fire south of Oroville was one of more than a dozen burning in the state as firefighters worked in scorching temperatures to control unruly flames. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (10 of ) Jim Berglund sprays water while defending his home as a wildfire approaches on Saturday, July 8, 2017, near Oroville, Calif. Although flames leveled Berglund's barn, his home remained unscathed as the main fire head passed. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (11 of ) Jim Berglund sprays water while defending his home as a wildfire approaches on Saturday, July 8, 2017, near Oroville, Calif. Although flames leveled Berglund's barn, his home remained unscathed as the main fire head passed. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (12 of ) The remains of a recreational vehicle rest in a clearing after a wildfire burned through the property on Saturday, July 8, 2017, near Oroville, Calif. The fire south of Oroville was one of more than a dozen burning in the state as firefighters worked in scorching temperatures to control unruly flames. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (13 of ) A charred desk rests outside a residence after a wildfire burned through the property on Saturday, July 8, 2017, near Oroville, Calif. The fast-moving wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills destroyed structures, including homes, and led to several minor injuries, fire officials said Saturday as blazes threatened homes around California during a heat wave. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (14 of ) Trucks burned by a wildfire rest in a grove near Oroville, Calif., on Saturday, July 8, 2017. The fast-moving wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills destroyed structures, including homes, and led to several minor injuries, fire officials said Saturday as blazes threatened homes around California during a heat wave. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (15 of ) This Saturday, July 8, 2017, photo released by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department shows a DC-10 making a fire retardant drop on a ridge line along the eastern flank of the Alamo Fire in Santa Barbara County, Calif. Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying a smattering of homes, forcing thousands to flee and temporarily trapping children and counselors at a California campground. Southern California crews hope slightly cooler temperatures and diminishing winds will help in the battle Sunday. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP) (16 of ) This Saturday, July 8, 2017, photo released by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department shows the moon rising over flames on a hilltop near Highway 166 east of Santa Maria, Calif., in what is known as the Alamo Fire in Santa Barbara County, Calif. Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying a smattering of homes, forcing thousands to flee and temporarily trapping children and counselors at a California campground. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP) (17 of ) This Saturday, July 8, 2017, photo released by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department shows abandoned campsites at Cachuma Lake where visitors were forced to flee advancing flames of the Whittier fire east of Cachuma Lake in Santa Barbara County, Calif. Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying a smattering of homes, forcing thousands to flee and temporarily trapping children and counselors at a California campground. Southern California crews hope slightly cooler temperatures and diminishing winds will help in the battle Sunday. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP) (18 of ) This Saturday, July 8, 2017, photo released by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department shows Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Vehicle burning on Highway 154 east of Cachuma Lake in the Whittier fire east of Cachuma Lake in Santa Barbara County, Calif. Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying a smattering of homes, forcing thousands to flee and temporarily trapping children and counselors at a California campground. Southern California crews hope slightly cooler temperatures and diminishing winds will help in the battle Sunday. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP) (19 of ) This photo provided by KEYT-TV shows a warped satellite dish in the ruins of a structure at Camp Whittier east of Cachuma Lake in the Whittier fire in Santa Barbara County, Calif., Sunday, July 9, 2017. Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying a smattering of homes, forcing thousands to flee and temporarily trapping children and counselors at a California campground. Southern California crews hope slightly cooler temperatures and diminishing winds will help in the battle Sunday. (John Palminteri/KEYT-TV via AP) (20 of ) Inmate firefighters battle a wildfire near Oroville, Calif., on Saturday, July 8, 2017. The fast-moving wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills destroyed structures, including homes, and led to several minor injuries, fire officials said Saturday as blazes threatened homes around California during a heat wave. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (21 of ) Carole Grassie, recovering from recent knee surgery, rests outside an shelter for wildfire evacuees on Sunday, July 9, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Authorities issued a mandatory evacuation notice for Grassie's neighborhood Saturday evening as strong winds drove the fire through several communities leveling homes in its path. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (22 of ) This photo provided by KEYT-TV shows the smoldering entrance to a campground at Cachuma Lake after a wildfire swept through in Santa Barbara County, Calif., Sunday, July 9, 2017. Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying a smattering of homes and forcing thousands to flee. Southern California crews hope slightly cooler temperatures and diminishing winds will help in the battle Sunday. (John Palminteri/KEYT-TV via AP) (23 of ) Josh Cornelison kisses girlfriend Sharon Reitan as she shows evacuation shelter volunteers video of their burned home on Sunday, July 9, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. A wildfire leveled their home, as well as several neighbor's residences, as it burned though a mountain community Friday. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS | July 9, 2017, 9:05PM

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OROVILLE Two major wildfires in California have sent nearly 8,000 people fleeing to safety.

About 4,000 people evacuated and another 7,400 were told to prepare to leave their homes as fire swept through grassy foothills in the Sierra Nevada, about 60 miles north of Sacramento, Cal Fire said Sunday.

The fire burned nearly 8 square miles, destroyed at least 10 structures and damaged critical infrastructure, leading Governor Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency to provide assistance to local authorities.

Fire spokeswoman Mary Ann Aldrich said additional homes were destroyed overnight. An inspection team is trying to determine the extent of the damage.

The area burning was about 10 miles south of Oroville, where spillways in the nations tallest dam began crumbling from heavy rains this winter and led to temporary evacuation orders for 200,000 residents downstream.

In Southern California, at least 3,500 people evacuated as two fires exploded in size at separate ends of Santa Barbara County and a third one threatened homes near a town in San Luis Obispo County.

One of the fires grew to 12 square miles, traversing a mountain range and heading south toward coastal Goleta.

There was minimal containment and flames shut down Highway 154, which is expected to remain closed for days. At least 20 structures burned, but officials didnt say if they were homes.

Sarah Gustafson, who moved from Washington to California seven months ago, was out running errands when she saw the pillar of smoke rising near her home. She rushed to retrieve her six cats and then spent the night at a Red Cross shelter.

It was terrifying, she told the Los Angeles Times. The sky was orange and black, you could see flames up on the ridge.

About 90 children and 50 counselors were stuck Saturday at the Circle V Ranch and had to take shelter until they could be safely evacuated. Buildings have burned but officials werent yet sure if they were homes.

Crews were also using an air attack against another blaze about 50 miles north that exploded in size to 37.5 square miles. About 200 rural homes east of Santa Maria were evacuated after the fire broke out Saturday and was fed by dry gusts.

Some of the firefighters working to contain that blaze were sent to nearby San Luis Obispo county when a fire broke out Sunday and threatened numerous structures near the town of Santa Margarita. Officials said the fire burned at least 200 acres.

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(1 of ) Members of TenTen Taiko perform a Shinto ritual dance called kagura Sunday at the Enmanji Buddhist Temple's 63rd annual Teriyaki Chicken Barbecue Bazaar. (Photo by Robert Digitale/The Press Democrat) (2 of ) Some of the crowd Sunday at the Enmanji Buddhist Temple's 63rd annual Teriyaki Chicken Barbecue Bazaar. (Photo by Robert Digitale/The Press Democrat) (3 of ) The Enmanji Buddhist Temple was originally part of the Japan pavilion at the Chicago Century of Progress in 1933. Its components were later brought to Sebastopol and dedicated in 1934. Sunday was its 63rd Teriyaki Chicken Barbecue and Bazaar. (Photo by Robert Digitale/The Press Democrat) (4 of ) Volunteers cook the Japanese dessert imagawayaki Sunday at Enmanji Buddhist Temples 63rd Teriyaki Chicken Barbecue and Bazaar. (Photo by Robert Digitale/The Press Democrat)

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THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | July 9, 2017, 7:59PM

| Updated 3 hours ago.

Steven Saito took a bite of the traditional Japanese dessert imagawayaki and judged it worth the wait Sunday at Enmanji Buddhist Temples 63rd Teriyaki Chicken Barbecue and Bazaar.

To make the popular treat, volunteers poured batter into special cupped pans and at the proper time sandwiched sweet bean paste between two golden, biscuit-sized cakes. Saito, a San Mateo resident, said the cakes had a savory combination of warm, crispy edges and fluffy insides, while the red bean filling had just the right amount of sweetness for an adult palate.

The barbecue Sunday at the temple off Gravenstein Highway South in Sebastopol offered its own combination of culture, history and community. All day long volunteers served up big helpings of teriyaki chicken, rice and potato salad as part of the temples primary annual fundraiser.

The food is the main event, said Cara Kallen, whose husband Elliot had performed on stage as part of a local taiko group.

The events leaders Sunday planned to serve about 3,400 chickens, including about 1,200 sold in box lunches.

Were famous for the chicken, said Mike Uyeda, chairman of the event. The temple even opened a drive-thru at 8 a.m. for motorists to easily pick up the box lunches.

Don Edgar, a member of the Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees, was among the crowd Sunday.

Edgar, whose mother was Japanese, said the barbecue matters to him because of its recognition of Japanese culture and the temples connection to the community.

Its a great event, he said. Its nice to see some of the older people.

The days entertainment included TenTen Taiko, a Petaluma group that combined taiko drums and the Shinto ritual dance kagura. One dance included two characters portraying Shinto deities dressed in kimonos, robes and wooden face masks.

A history exhibit Sunday included a replica camp barrack of the type used to house interned Japanese residents of the western U.S. during World War II. The sparse barrack included stories of some of the local Sonoma County families who were forced to spend the war in internment camps far from home.

One of the barracks docents Sunday was Gary Sugiyama, 68, of Santa Rosa, whose parents and older siblings had been sent to a camp in Colorado. When the war ended, the family stayed in Colorado long enough to earn travel money home and then returned to Santa Rosa.

Sugiyamas wife, Becky, said the barrack serves as a reminder that we should never let this happen again.

In retirement, Sugiyama returned to Sonoma County after spending much of his professional life in San Francisco. When he left the county, he said, he had family ties with about half the temples members, but while away seemingly all those relatives married into the remaining families.

Suddenly, he said, I was related to everybody.

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Nicole Cooke has been named the editor of the Sedalia Democrat.

Cooke has been with the Democrat since July 2013, starting as the education reporter. She moved to the city beat in May 2014 and has served as the papers news editor for the last two years.

Im looking forward to this new opportunity, Cooke said. While theres still more for me to learn about the Democrat and Sedalia in this new position, I will be able to utilize the knowledge and relationships Ive formed as a reporter in West Central Missouri to help lead the Democrat in the coming years.

She will replace outgoing Editor Tim Epperson, who is leaving Sedalia to become the executive editor of three newspapers for Lee Enterprises, including The World, in Coos Bay, Oregon.

Sedalia and Pettis County have been very good to me, Epperson said. Ive made many friends the past two years who I will deeply miss. It was a bittersweet decision to make this move because I have such an amazing news team at the Democrat. Im proud of their accomplishments and what they have brought to this community through their writing. Thank you Nicole, Hope, Faith and Alex for your dedication and hard work. I am confident Nicole will continue to make the Democrat a successful publication.

Cooke, originally of Lees Summit, graduated in 2013 with a bachelors in public relations and a minor in journalism from the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. She worked as a reporter for the Muleskinner, UCMs student-run newspaper, for three years and as a copy editor.

She has become an award-winning journalist during her time at the Democrat, receiving numerous first place awards from Missouri news organizations for her coverage of breaking news, education and photojournalism both individually and as part of the newsroom staff.

Cooke will be responsible for leading the Democrat newsroom through the transition into its new ownership with Phillips Media Group along with Publisher Will Weibert and other department managers.

We are fortunate to have such a talented and well-decorated journalist such as Nicole Cooke to take over the helm of the editorial team, Weibert added. Tim Epperson has done a upstanding job as the Democrats editor, and my goal is to make the Democrat an even stronger paper both in print and online.

She has made Sedalia her home over the last four years, becoming involved in various community organizations. She serves as the public relations chair for Sedalia Young Professionals and helps the Sedalia Area Chamber of Commerce with its social media. Cooke also volunteers with the Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri.

Local news sources are so important to a community, Cooke said. I hope to build on the Democrats success from the editors before me and grow our digital and print coverage of our community.

Cooke can be reached at 660-530-0138 or ncooke@sedaliademocrat.com.

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LONDON Britain's scheduled exit from the European Union may never happen because its main political parties are too divided on the issue, said Vince Cable, a veteran lawmaker bidding to lead the fourth largest political party, the Liberal Democrats.

Prime Minister Theresa May's failure to win an outright majority in a snap national election last month has cast doubt on her capacity to lead Britain out of the EU, sharpening a debate on what sort of exit deal the government should seek. "I'm beginning to think that Brexit may never happen," Cable told the BBC on Sunday. "The problems are so enormous, the divisions within the two major parties are so enormous I can see a scenario in which this doesn't happen."

Cable served as business minister between 2010 and 2015 when the pro-European Liberal Democrats were the junior partners in a coalition government led by May's Conservative Party.

He is currently the only candidate in a contest for leadership of his party.

The Liberal Democrats' influence has waned since 2015, and they hold just 12 out of 650 seats in parliament.

They campaigned in the 2017 election to give Britons a second referendum on leaving the EU once a final deal had been agreed - something Cable described as a possible way out of Brexit.

The Conservatives are historically divided between a deeply eurosceptic faction and more pro-European members. That is expected to make life difficult for May when she puts Brexit legislation through parliament because she will need to unite the party to win key votes.

The second-largest party, Labour, is also riven by disagreement on what kind of deal would work best for Britain's economy.

Last month Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn sacked three members of his policy team after they defied his wishes by coming down in favor of Britain staying in the single European market in a parliamentary vote.

(Reporting by William James; editing by John Stonestreet)

Private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC said on Sunday it had agreed to acquire ClubCorp Holdings Inc , one of the largest owners and operators of private golf and country clubs in the United States, for $1.1 billion.

BERLIN German exports rose more strongly than expected in May, outpacing a solid increase in imports and widening the trade surplus of Europe's biggest economy, data showed on Monday.

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ROBERT DIGITALE

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | July 9, 2017, 8:11PM

| Updated 3 hours ago.

A 19-year-old Oakland man drowned Sunday afternoon in the Russian River near Forestville.

The drowning occurred about 300 yards upstream from the main section of Steelhead Beach, according to a Sonoma Countys Sheriffs Office press release. A spokeswoman said officials were withholding the mans name until they notify his family.

Emergency dispatchers received the first call for help about 4:30 p.m. Sheriffs deputies, CHP officers, Forestville firefighters and state parks staff members joined in the search for the man, as did the Sheriffs Office Henry-1 helicopter.

Shortly after 5 p.m., one of the mans friends located the body about 5 yards from where the man had been last seen, said Eric Gromala, an engineer with the Forestville Fire Department. Friends said the man previously had been hanging onto a branch near the shore opposite Steelhead Beach and may have been trying to get out of the water.

There wasnt a strong current where the drowning took place, Gromala said.

It remained unclear Sunday evening whether the victim knew how to swim.

You can reach Staff Writer Robert Digitale at 707-521-5285 or robert.digitale@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @rdigit.

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