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![5.6 Earthquake Strikes Northern California [Updated]](http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/assets_c/2012/02/earthquake-norhern-california-thumb-100x100-23691.jpg)
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It struck at 1:07 p.m. near the community of Weitchpec in Humboldt County. The epicenter was 31 miles northeast of Eureka.
Transportation:
The vehicle is superior to previous models - using a careful mixture of compressed air, foam solution and water to generate a firefighting agent that uses less water.
![4.3 Earthquake Strikes Los Angeles Area [Updated]](http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/assets_c/2011/09/earthquake-sgm-thumb-100x100-17227.jpg)
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A 4.2 earthquake struck north of Los Angeles Thursday afternoon. It had a magnitude of 4.2 and was located in the San Gabriel Mountains, according to the USGS.
Emergency:
As the go-to expert on natural hazards, Lucy Jones is often the first face and voice explaining what happened on TV and the radio in the moments, hours and days following earthquakes locally and around the globe.
LA Vitamin Report:
The end of the world might be this weekend. Are you as prepared as the CDC?
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Governor Jerry Brown last week proclaimed a local emergency for the city of Morro Bay, one of California's coastal cities that experienced a series of "extreme tidal surges" on Friday, March 11 after a large earthquake in Japan....
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"How many of you know what's going on in Japan?" Pau Gasol, forward for the Los Angeles Lakers and two-time World Champion asked an assembly of eager kids at Broadway Elementary School in Venice. The crowd said "awww" in...
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Following the winter storms between mid December and early January, President Barack Obama today declared that a major disaster exists in some areas of California.
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