All posts tagged "California"

  • A massive fire engulfed an apartment building construction site near downtown Los Angeles on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. Crews battled two large fires in Los Angeles early Monday, including a massive one downtown that closed portions of two major freeways and blanketed the area in ash and heavy smoke. (AP Photo/Nancy Yuille)
    2 large fires break out in LA

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two raging fires in Los Angeles destroyed a massive residential complex under construction, heavily damaged a building undergoing renovations, and snarled rush hour traffic while raining ash over a large area early Monday....

    • Posted December 8, 2014
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  • A warning buoy sits on the dry, cracked bed of Lake Mendocino near Ukiah, Calif. (AP / Rich Pedroncelli)
    [WaPo] Study: California drought is the most severe in at least 1,200 years

      The current drought in California is the worst the state has seen in at least 1,200 years, according to a recent study published by the American Geophysical Union. Scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic...

    • Posted December 7, 2014
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  • Gabriel and Elizabeth Cho of San Dimas answered a call to fill a shortage of Korean foster parents (Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times)
    [LA Times] Retirement brightens as Korean couple take in foster children

      One night in mid-September, Gabriel and Elizabeth Cho couldn’t sleep. The retired San Dimas couple were too excited about what the next day would bring. Mrs. Cho prayed, and she thought about preparing...

    • Posted December 4, 2014
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  • A car sits partially submerged in flood waters on Hemet Street in Hemet, Calif., Thursday morning, Dec. 4, 2014, after overnight rains doused the area. A second day of much-needed rain is falling across drought-stricken California. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Craig Shultz )
    40 people rescued from flash flood in California

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities now say about 40 people were rescued from vehicles trapped by flash floods in a Southern California community at the tail end of a three-day storm. Riverside County Fire Department officials say...

    • Posted December 4, 2014
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  • Northbound traffic travels on Interstate 15 near the top of the Cajon Pass near Oak Hills, Calif. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Rain saturated the pass and the High Desert but did not cause flooding damage. (AP Photo/Daily Press, James Quigg)
    Much-needed California rain brings problems

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A second day of much-needed rain fell across drought-stricken California on Tuesday, but the Pacific storm also brought fresh concerns about possible flooding and mudslides in sodden foothill communities scarred by wildfires. Forecasters...

    • Posted December 3, 2014
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  • Recycling Feature Photo
    US and S. Korea to hold joint recycling technology conference

    By Brian Han The Research & Development Center for Valuable Recycling (RDC) and their North American partner, Inkor Technologies (based in Santa Monica, CA) will be co-hosting a one day joint symposium on Recycling Technology, December 2nd,...

    • Posted December 1, 2014
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  • From left to right: Committee members Kim Soon-ran, Lee Jong-hyuk, Jin Duck & Kyung Sik Kim Foundation President Kim Han-il at the 2014 Thanksgiving event.
    ‘Oakland’s 23rd annual Thanksgiving dinner event was started by Korean Americans’

    By Shin Young-joo OAKLAND, Calif. — With Thanksgiving just around the corner, one Oakland committee dedicated to organizing an annual free meal for the needy was busy Tuesday as it served 2,000 people inside the Marriott City...

    • Posted November 26, 2014
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