Posts Tagged ‘ California ’

Mexico — Twenty-nine children were killed and more than 100 others were injured Friday when their day care center caught fire in the northwestern state of Sonora, a spokesman for the state’s governor said. The victims were from 1 to 5 years old, said Jose Larrinaga, the spokesman.
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Fog and light winds were helping contain a wildfire that had ravaged parts of Southern California and scorched nearly 9,000 acres, authorities said late Saturday. Mandatory evacuation orders had been downgraded to warnings in some areas in Santa Barbara County and the blaze was 40 percent contained, officials said in a news release.
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This video is a series of shots of the Jesucita Fire in Santa Barbara, California on May 6, 2009. All of this footage was shot from downtown Santa Barbara only a few blocks from State Street and within walking distance to the ocean.- Scubaman5000
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Recorded on May 7, 2009 using a Flip Video camcorder.  – by SheFanVideos
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Firefighters wary of unpredictable “sundowner” winds fought on Thursday to keep a wildfire that destroyed dozens of multimillion-dollar homes from burning through the city of Santa Barbara. Although there were no further reports on Thursday of houses lost in the foothills above Santa Barbara, crews were on alert because the hot, dry winds notoriously...
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The death toll from the Abruzzo earthquake reached 228 last night as a series of strong aftershocks continued to rattle through the region. A tremor of 5.6 magnitude spread more panic yesterday evening in L’Aquila, a city once home to about 70,000 people, where the impact was felt the strongest. At least one person...
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A U.S. Air Force F-22 fighter, designed to be the world’s top air-superiority aircraft, crashed Wednesday near Edwards Air Force Base, California, while on a test mission, an Air Force official said. The Lockheed Martin Corp -built F-22 went down about 10 a.m. Central Time about 35 miles northeast of Edwards, where it had...
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BUTTE, Mont. — A small plane — possibly carrying children on a ski trip — crashed Sunday as it approached the Butte airport, killing 14 to 17 people aboard, a federal official said. The single engine turboprop nose-dived into a cemetery 500 feet from its destination. The aircraft crashed and burned while attempting to...
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A U.S. Border Patrol helicopter went down Thursday night near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, the FAA said. The McDonnell Douglas 600N, with three people on board, made a forced landing because of engine trouble. The three people were able to exit the helicopter on their own and were taken to a hospital...
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WASHINGTON – A minor earthquake shook the California coast when it erupted out to sea early Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The 5.8 magnitude quake, hit at 5:42 am (1342 GMT) some 221 kilometers (138 miles) west of Petrolia, California and 481 kilometers (299 miles) northwest of San Francisco. Initially the center had...
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