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Airborne laboratory being used to measure California's snowpack
Teams will fan out across the Sierra Nevada on Thursday to perform their final snow survey of the season, a closely watched rite of spring that helps determine how much water will flow to farms and cities in coming months. But 18,000 feet above the...
Tags: Cross Country Skiing, NASA, Science and Technology
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'May miracle' rain gives Southern California some relief
A “May miracle” of almost perfectly timed, above average rainfall helped firefighters battling the large Springs fire in Ventura County, and guaranteed that Los Angeles would not break a dubious record. The city was on track to having its...Tags: National Weather Service, Fires, Guiberson Fire (2009)
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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: Fires, Guiberson Fire (2009), Pacific Ocean, Wildfires
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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: Weather Reports, Guiberson Fire (2009), 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 Caņada Flintridge lab may have...Tags: NASA Mars Exploration Program, Teaching and Learning, Science, NASA, Elementary Schools
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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 Caņada High School...
Tags: Boy Scouts of America, NASA, Youth Organizations, Social 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: Hampton University, Natural Disasters, Science, Space Programs, NASA
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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, Entertainment Events, Religion and Belief, Anglicanism, 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, Religion and Belief, Anglicanism, 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 Caņada Flintridge facility. But the popular event, scheduled for June 8 and 9, has been canceled because of...
Tags: NASA Mars Exploration Program, Science, NASA, Space Programs, Science and Technology
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Flintridge Proper: A restaurant for La Caņada
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 Caņada Flintridge bar and restaurant...
Tags: McDonald's, Lifestyle and Leisure, Starbucks Corp., Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs
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