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Coastal California flooded over break

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  Shortly after students headed home for winter break Southern California was drenched by record rainfall. In one week of December the region received more rainfall than in the prior 11 months combined. A section of the Pacific Coast Highway north of Yerba Buena Road was closed Dec. 18 due to mud and rockslides and remained closed until early this month while workers … [Read more...] about Coastal California flooded over break

Haiti: Revisiting the crisis one year later

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  Jan. 122011 marked the one-year anniversary of the magnitude-7.0 earthquake that devastated Haiti claiming more than 250000 lives toppling countless residences and commercial structures and leaving an estimated 1.5 million Haitians homeless. In less than 40 seconds much of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince was destroyed. Now more than 365 days later the damage is still … [Read more...] about Haiti: Revisiting the crisis one year later

Diver's body washes ashore at Corral Beach

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Saturday afternoon at Corral Beach was abruptly interrupted after a scuba diver's body washed ashore around noon on Jan. 15. A Los Angeles County fire squad responded immediately pronouncing the man dead at 12:39 p.m. Identified as 58-year-old Thomas Swanson of Simi Valley the body shows no signs of trauma according to Lt. Fred Corral of the LA County Coroner's Office. He said … [Read more...] about Diver's body washes ashore at Corral Beach

Women's basketball falls to Gonzaga

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The Pepperdine women's basketball team fell to 1-2 in conference play tonight after an 80-61 loss to Gonzaga at home. After a league win against San Diego and a close loss on the road to Saint Mary's over winter break the Waves were looking to get back to a winning record in the conference in tonight's game against the visiting WCC Champion Gonzaga Bulldogs. Although the Waves … [Read more...] about Women's basketball falls to Gonzaga