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Local firefighter returns from Japan
Los Angeles County Firefighter Specialist Anthony Ramirez — better known by his middle name, Pete — returned to work Saturday at Fire Station 82 in La Caņada Flintridge after taking part last week in search-and-rescue missions along the...Tags: Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Human Interest, Photography Supplies and Services, Fires
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Sport Chalet and Soles4Souls pair up
Sport Chalet is teaming up with Soles4Souls for the second time in two years to provide shoes to the victims of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami.
The pair first partnered up in January 2010 to collect shoes for the victims of the Haiti earthquake....Tags: Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Social Issues, Human Interest, Haiti Earthquake (2010)
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Guest Column: Take time now to prepare for disaster
Last week’s earthquake in Japan is yet another wakeup call for the Southland. As you read this column think about our situation if the California’s “big one” hit right now. Are you ready? One of the lessons from the earthquake...Tags: Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Industrial Accidents
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Piece of Mind: La Caņada rallies behind Japan
La Caņadans this week joined people across the world watching the news out of Japan, where Friday’s 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami set the country up for a possible nuclear meltdown of disastrous proportions. No sooner had word of the massive...Tags: Japan, Disasters and Accidents, Social Issues, Human Interest, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011)
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Former La Caņadans spared brunt of quake
The devastation caused Friday by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan should serve as a warning for Foothills residents to take the threat of such disasters more seriously, says a former La Caņada Flintridge resident now living...Tags: Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Telecommunication Service, Human Interest, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011)
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New festival blossoms at Descanso
As Japan struggles to rebuild itself in the wake of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and the devastating tsunami that followed, La Caņada residents will have a unique opportunity this weekend to connect with and reflect upon the nation’s rich cultural...Tags: Japan, Travel, Human Interest, Washington, DC, Festive Events
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Piece of Mind: Worrying about the Big One
The images alone are enough to scare anyone living in earthquake-prone countries, but it was a particular photo caption on the front page of the Wednesday L.A. Times that sent shivers down my spine: “Women hug in front of a ruined building in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Defense, Disasters and Accidents, Armed Forces, Crimes
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Global Voices: Fukushima made ex-premier a 'no nukes' crusader
After the cascade of disasters that befell Japan 27 months ago, then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan took the brunt of withering criticism for shoddy nuclear safety standards at the crippled Fukushima reactor complex and the government’s chaotic...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Politics, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Nuclear Power
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Former opponent takes another look at nukes in 'Pandora's Promise' ★★ 1/2
Not quite an H-bomb dropped on the environmentalist zeitgeist, "Pandora's Promise" does provoke those who have long opposed nuclear power to at least reconsider it, presenting its arguments in a green light and asking the question: Can one be committed to...
Tags: Japan, Entertainment, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Alternative Energy, Nuclear Power
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Israel ranks low in international giving
JERUSALEM — Israeli doctors were among the first to set up emergency hospitals in Haiti after its devastating 2010 earthquake. Israel also swiftly dispatched water-purification experts to Japan following the 2011 tsunami and trauma experts to Boston...
Tags: Pakistan, National Government, Africa, Bill Gates, Politics
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Interview: Eating champ Joey Chestnut feasts eyes on Ribfest
The end is near for the world's No. 1-ranked competitive eater, Joey Chestnut. Nicknamed "Jaws" — because, like boxers and Mexican soccer players, every competitive eater has to have a nickname — Chestnut is prepared to walk away from all...
Tags: Japan, Nathan's Famous, Irving Park, North Center, ESPN (tv network)
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Scientists to eaters: Don't freak out over Fukushima fish
A team of scientists who have been tracking radiation in bluefin tuna since the 2011 tsunami that crippled the Fukushima Daichi power plant have a message for fearful American eaters: Stop worrying about the health effects of eating fish that carried...Tags: Fishing, Japan, Lifestyle and Leisure, Science, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan)
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