Tag Archives: California

Chaos Theory and Tsunami Reach California

Has a tsunami ever affected the United States? Yes… just last week. Chaos Theory Manmade and natural events can change important characteristics of U.S. waterways, ports, and harbors, and investigating those changes are an important responsibility for NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey. Following last week’s tsunami, Coast Survey’s staff and equipment on the West Coast [...]
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Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley During the Boom and Bust

by Robert Fairlie, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of tight labor markets on the high-techindustry and its effect on entrepreneurship inSilicon Valley during the boom and bust. This report uses a new measure of entrepreneurial activity to study entrepreneurship from 1996 to 2005 [...]
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Real Estate Hardest-Hit Fund

WASHINGTON, DC — The Obama Administration released the next steps in the recently announced Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the Hardest Hit Housing Markets (“HFA Hardest-Hit Fund”). On February 19, 2010, President Obama announced additional funding for innovative measures to help families in the states that have been hit the hardest by the aftermath [...]
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The Inhuman Condition

Calling 911 will cost you money in this town. “they will be charged $300 if they make a call for help. ” How many people will not call 911 now ? Let’s say you were going down the road and see a wreck. Or a burglary ? Or an assault ? Will you pay to [...]
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Visualizing Climate Change Risk

The state of California has teamed up with Google.com to create a Google Earth picture website that will synthesize existing California climate change scenarios and climate impact research and… encourage its use in a way that is beneficial for local decision-makers. The Climate Change Risk and Adaptation Options in the CalAdapt Prototype Project allow you [...]
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California Wild Fires

by InciWeb The Sheep Fire started near Sheep Canyon Road near Lytle Creek at about 2:11 pm on Saturday October 3, 2009. It burned northeast to Swarthout Canyon Road, then northwest up Lone Pine Canyon. It is currently burning near the top of Lone Pine Canyon near Wrightwood, CA. It has not crossed Hwy 138 [...]
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The Cities On Flame

California has at least five major forest fires that are not under control. The largest is The Station Fire: Name: Station Fire County: Los Angeles County Location: Hwy 2, 1.5 miles north of USFS Angeles Crest Station Administrative Unit: Angeles National Forest Status/Notes: 144,743 acres – 38% contained Date Started: August 26, 2009 3:30 pm [...]
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