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Light rainfall prevented another disaster
Having dodged a bullet when this week’s rainfall was not as heavy as anticipated, officials continue to call on La Caņada Flintridge residents to clear away yard waste and debris generated by the recent windstorm before more rain arrives. The city...Tags: Forests, Environmental Issues, Ocean View, Natural Resources, Forestry and Timber
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Valley Sun wins statewide journalism honors
The La Caņada Valley Sun will be honored in April by the California Newspaper Publishers Association (CNPA) for spot-on coverage of the February 2010 mudslides that damaged hillside homes in the wake of the 2009 Station fire. Not only is the Valley Sun...Tags: Human Interest, Disasters, Avalanches and Landslides, Disasters and Accidents
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Mudslide victims learn about tax relief
At a December dinner party, resident Pat Anderson — whose house was destroyed by mudslides last February — asked La Caņada Flintridge Councilwoman Laura Olhasso if she knew how she could seek property tax relief.
Legislation sponsored by...Tags: Ocean View, Politics, Disasters, Avalanches and Landslides, Disasters and Accidents
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FactFinder 12: EAS message interrupts weather coverage
Factfinder 12 InvestigatorKWCH-TV viewers across Kansas were glued to Storm Team 12 coverage of the severe weather that brought tornadoes to the Great Plains Sunday. - Click here for Storm Shots But just as the storms were bearing down on Wichita, some digital cable viewers...Tags: Media Industry, Television Industry, Satellite and Cable Service
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Disasters, heat caused $48M in damage, 5 deaths in Md. in 2012
Weather disasters including tornadoes, the derecho storm and Hurricane Sandy caused at least $48 million in property and crop damages in Maryland last year, the costliest since 2003, according to data released Thursday. Five people also died from...
Tags: National Weather Service, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Sandy (2012), U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Huppke: With Earth Day interest cooling, perhaps climate isn't far behind
Great news, everyone. This may be the last year you spend the day after Earth Day sleeping off a gluten-free smoothie hangover or washing the compost off your all-hemp gardening trousers. In fact, this may be the last year we even need an Earth Day. A...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Black History, Whole Foods Market, Earth Day, African-American History Month
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Environment Virginia speaks out against global warming
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistThere's no better time to talk global warming than now as we head into the spring season. Environment Virginia showed up in downtown Roanoke to talk about how weather has and will continue to impact locals. We've seen our fair share of storms rip...Tags: Global Change, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Weather
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Tornado watch issued for all of South Florida
Sun SentinelA tornado watch has been issued for all of South Florida through 8 p.m. The severe thunderstorm warning for central Broward County has been canceled. Friday also could see nasty weather, courtesy of an approaching cold front. Storms could produce...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Fort Lauderdale, Weather Radar
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Review: 'Storm Kings' by Lee Sandlin
Walking the dog last week I saw a buzzard eating a possum. And, just as when I'd previously seen dramatic rainbows, dazzling lightning storms, or a distant funnel cloud, I processed it through my media experiences. This looks just like it does in a movie!...
Tags: Man vs. Wild (tv program), Chicago Tribune, University of Chicago, L. Frank Baum, Newspaper and Magazine
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COLUMN: Hurry up and weight
There is a 2-1/2-pound dumbbell in my glove compartment — and, yes, it's there for a reason. Last Saturday evening, I was supposed to travel down to Watertown to pick up my son, Michael, at the airport. My wife, a faithful follower of every...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Watertown, Travel
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Crop Insurance: March 15 closing deadline
OVERLAND PARK, KAN - While 2012 crop insurance indemnity payments have hit a new record high, the taxpayer-funded portion of those losses will be much lower than crop insurance critics warned last summer. That is good news for the future of the...Tags: Science and Technology, Insurance, Congressional Budget Office
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Elizabeth Paul: Don't sell Obama short on what he has accomplished
I was troubled by misinformation in Art Callaham’s column (Feb. 17) promoting the blogs of Rabbi Pruzansky. It is simply untrue to state that President Obama didn’t defend his first-term record or put forward a second-term agenda. He...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Health Care Reform (2009), Barack Obama, Elections
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