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California wildfires fanned by unusually harsh conditions
Winds that weather experts said normally arrive in force in the late fall fueled flames in the Springs fire that quickly chewed through 6,500 of acres of dry brush. William Patzert, a climatologist for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada, said...
Tags: Guiberson Fire (2009), Weather Reports, Weather
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Tech parents guide the next generation of space engineers
Palm Crest Elementary School sits four miles away from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where a team built and developed the Mars rover Curiosity, the largest machine sent to another planet. But engineers at the La Cañada Flintridge lab may have...Tags: NASA, Elementary Schools, Schools, Education, NASA Mars Exploration Program
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Merit badges? He's got 'em all
Last week, Harold Kast earned a Boy Scout merit badge in game design. To achieve this, the 17-year-old junior assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 509 played and studied games and designed his own math-based card game. In doing so, the La Cañada High School...
Tags: NASA, Social Organizations, Boy Scouts of America, Youth Organizations
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NASA gets view of Saturn's extreme "hurricane"
PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole. In high-resolution pictures and video, scientists see the hurricane's eye is...
Tags: NASA, Space Programs, Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Hampton University
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Alan Wood dies at 90; provided Iwo Jima flag in World War II
Alan Wood never claimed to be a hero, but he did play a supporting role in one of World War II's most stirring moments. It was at Iwo Jima on Feb. 23, 1945. Straining into the wind, five Marines and a Navy corpsman planted the Stars and Stripes on the...
Tags: Christianity, Anglicanism, Entertainment Events, Religion and Belief, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Obituary: Alan Wood, 90, former JPL official
Alan Wood, a former official at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, died at his Sierra Madre home on April 18. He was 90. A Navy lieutenant during World War II, Wood played a role in the 1945 battle for Iwo Jima. While his LST was beached under Japan's Mount...
Tags: Christianity, Anglicanism, Religion and Belief, Japan, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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No E-ticket for JPL
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's annual open house allows space geeks and budding young scientists a rare peek inside the missions behind the La Cañada Flintridge facility. But the popular event, scheduled for June 8 and 9, has been canceled because of...
Tags: NASA, Space Programs, Budgets and Budgeting, NASA Mars Exploration Program, Disneyland Park
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Flintridge Proper: A restaurant for La Cañada
On a recent Saturday night at Flintridge Proper, well-dressed couples and multi-generational families occasionally left their tables or bar stools to talk to people they knew across the room. The 3,000-square-foot La Cañada Flintridge bar and restaurant...
Tags: McDonald's, Bars and Clubs, Lifestyle and Leisure, Starbucks Corp., Restaurants
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JPL open house, felled by sequestration, costs about $400,000
Bracing for “significant impacts” to funding for public outreach programs next year, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory decided to cancel its hugely popular open house in June. The cost savings? Roughly $400,000 for the two-day event. The...
Tags: NASA, Space Programs, Money and Monetary Policy, Google+, NASA Mars Exploration Program
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Chief warns of bad fire season after Monrovia brush fire
As firefighters worked to contain a blaze that charred more than 100 acres in Monrovia, the city's fire chief, Chris Donovan, reminded residents that experts are predicting a “very dry -- and very bad” fire season. In a prepared statement...
Tags: Fires, Los Angeles International Airport, Air Transportation Delays
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JPL cancels open house because of federal budget cuts
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has canceled its popular annual open house at its La Cañada Flintridge facility because of federal spending cuts. The event, scheduled for June 8-9, typically attracts crowds of more than 15,000 each day. "Everyone here...
Tags: NASA, Layoffs and Downsizing, Space Programs, Money and Monetary Policy, Travel
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory inventory check shows stolen NASA laptop
A laptop belonging to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge was allegedly stolen from a contract employee last summer, but the agency didn't realize it was missing until an inventory was conducted in January, officials said. JPL hired...Tags: NASA, Inventories, Theft
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