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  2. Google Search - Wikipedia

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    Google Search uses algorithms to analyze and rank websites based on their relevance to the search query. It is the most popular search engine worldwide. As of 2020, Google Search has a 92% share of the global search engine market. By 2012, it handled more than 3.5 billion searches per day. Google Search is the most-visited website in the world.

  3. Slater and Devil fires - Wikipedia

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    The Slater and Devil fires were two fires that burned in Northern California and Southern Oregon during the 2020 California wildfire season. The fires burned 166,127 acres (67,229 ha), claimed two lives, injured 12 people, and were 100% contained on November 16. [1] [2] The fires caused some highway reconstructions and forest closures.

  4. Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    LAMP platform [2] OCLC number. 52075003. Wikipedia [note 3] is a free content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the use of the wiki -based editing system MediaWiki.

  5. Google - Wikipedia

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    Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California. Together, they own about 14% of its publicly listed shares and control 56% of its stockholder voting power through super-voting stock.

  6. 2020 California Proposition 15 - Wikipedia

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    California Proposition 15 was a failed citizen-initiated proposition on the November 3, 2020, ballot. It would have provided $6.5 billion to $11.5 billion in new funding for public schools, community colleges, and local government services by creating a "split roll" system that increased taxes on large commercial properties by assessing them at ...

  7. 2020 Lassen County wildfires - Wikipedia

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    The 2020 Lassen County wildfire season included seven large wildfires that burned entirely or in part in Lassen County. A total of 203,296 acres (82,271 ha) (or 203,296 acres (318 sq mi)) of land was burned in Lassen County, making it one of the larger clusters of fires in the 2020 California wildfire season .

  8. Vital record - Wikipedia

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    Vital records are records of life events kept under governmental authority, including birth certificates, marriage licenses (or marriage certificates ), separation agreements, divorce certificates or divorce party and death certificates. In some jurisdictions, vital records may also include records of civil unions or domestic partnerships .

  9. 2019–20 North American winter - Wikipedia

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    Mid-January storm complex. In mid-January 2020, a complex system of winter storms that crossed North America, bringing heavy snowfall and high winds to Atlantic Canada and the northern United States between 15 and 18 January. At least one person was killed, in California, while at least one went missing, in Newfoundland.