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Ventura County wildfire is 56% contained
Thanks to improved weather conditions, the 28,000-acre wildfire in Ventura County is 56% contained and all mandatory evacuations have been lifted, officials said. Some municipal fire engines are also being released, officials said. More than 1,800...Tags: Wildfires, Guiberson Fire (2009), Fires
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Boeing demonstrator breaks hypersonic flight record
ReutersBy Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - Boeing Co's X-51A Waverider made history this week when it achieved the longest hypersonic flight by a jet-fuel powered aircraft, flying for 3-1/2 minutes at five times the speed of sound, the U.S. Air...Tags: United Technologies Corporation, Oceans, NASA, Rocketry, Science and Technology
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The year 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record
The United Nation’s weather agency has confirmed that 2012 was the ninth warmest year since record keeping began in 1850, and the 27th consecutive year that global land and ocean temperatures were above average. Last year exceeded the global...Tags: Typhoon Bopha (2012), Weather, Natural Disasters, Oceans, Pakistan
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Southern California fire season off to a sinister start
The Southern California wildfire season got off to an ominous start Thursday with a massive brush fire in Ventura County that officials fear is just a preview of dangerous months ahead. The fire showed in dramatic fashion how the region's record dry...
Tags: Wildfires, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Fires, Guiberson Fire (2009)
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Springs fire scorches Southern California
FrameworkWith light rain falling Sunday, hand crews in Ventura County continued to work on establishing a more than mile-long fire break in the Hidden Valley area to complete containment of the 28,000-acre Springs fire. The fire, which erupted near Thousand Oaks... -
Friday's TV Highlights: 'Great Performances' on PBS
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 28 - May 4, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Fashion Star In this new episode...
Tags: Jessica Simpson, Jason Aldean, NBC (tv network), Allergies, Mark Wahlberg
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Tracking the long-distance travels of dust
Spring stirs pollen, and also dust — high-flying dust that's blown thousands of miles to reach North America in greater amounts than scientists have known before, with potential impact on the climate and air quality. Mineral dust rises from dry...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Kennedy Space Center, Catonsville, University of Washington, Education
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California wildfires: Record dry conditions bring dangers
The Southern California wildfire season got off to a foreboding start Thursday with a massive brush fire in Ventura County that officials fear is just a preview of dangerous months ahead. The fire showed in dramatic fashion how the region’s record...
Tags: Wildfires, Guiberson Fire (2009), Fires
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Developing the deep
A young humpback whale swam less than six feet away from Bryant Austin while he was snorkeling off the Kingdom of Tonga in 2004. Lowering his camera, afraid it would get struck out of his hand, Austin was mesmerized by the marine mammal's subtly hued...
Tags: Oceans, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Atlantic Ocean, Bodies of Water, Tonga
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California wildfires: Ventura County evacuation orders lifted
Mandatory evacuation orders were lifted Thursday evening for some areas where hundreds of people had fled from a massive wildfire in Ventura County that continues to rage out of control. People were being allowed back to Cal State Channel Islands, the...Tags: Wildfires, National Weather Service, Guiberson Fire (2009), Fires, Methamphetamine (drug)
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New evacuations in Springs fire as blaze grows to 8,000 acres
New evacuation orders were issued Thursday night for residents in canyon areas as a brush fire raging out of control in Ventura County grew to 8,000 acres and was about a mile from the Pacific Ocean, officials said. The Springs fire forced...Tags: National Weather Service, Guiberson Fire (2009), Fires, Methamphetamine (drug)
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No sign of El Nino, La Nina forecast for longest stretch since 2004
It has been a year since the climate pattern known as La Nina ended, the longest period of so-called "neutral" conditions since 2004. And there is no sign of the phenomenon, or its counterpart El Nino, through summer, climate forecasters say. La Nina,...
Tags: Weather, Weather Reports, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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