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Hikers and amateur rock hounds enjoyed a geology walk through Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary and up the Harding Truck Trail on Aug. 4. Bud Benneman, geology instructor at Golden West College, discussed the formation of the Santa Ana Mountains. He told the group about local landforms, erosional patterns on the landscape and current faults. The program included…
Inflation in Los Angeles and Orange counties was rising at a 3.9 percent annual rate in July with gasoline prices up 25 percent in a year, according to a regional Consumer Price Index. The change in the two-county region’s CPI costs and compares with 4 percent a month earlier and 2.5 percent a year earlier. Inflation…
At its next regular meeting, the Los Angeles Board of Education will consider holding an election in March to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Ref Rodriguez. Rodriguez, 47, who represented the school system’s District 5, stepped down July 23 after pleading guilty to one felony and three…
The Mendocino Complex fire became the largest fire in California history. It is one of nine active fires of more than 100,000 acres this summer, including the Holy fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres in Riverside and Orange counties. More than 100 large fires are burning in the West. This map from the National…
Carr fire path of destruction
