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U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 9:29am neoform

FOX News -- A wildfire that authorities say was ignited by two teenagers tore through the brush-covered hills surrounding the famous Hollywood sign Friday, putting a scare into the city but doing little damage other than coating the area in a thick blanket of smoke... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 29, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

SF Gate -- A minor earthquake shook the Hayward fault in the Berkeley hills at 4:05 p.m. today, and although it registered a magnitude of only 3 the temblor was widely felt as a brief heaving event throughout the East Bay and as far west as San Francisco's ocean bea.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 25, 2007 @ 10:05am neoform

USA Today -- With dozens of homes and cabins already destroyed by wildfire, crews worked Sunday to protect hundreds of others tucked in the hills of the scenic Kenai Peninsula. The fire has burgeoned to 81 square miles since Tuesday, consuming 35 far-flung cabins i.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue May 22, 2007 @ 11:33am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- The house has the look of an abandoned military outpost after an artillery bombardment. It stands in the San Jacinto Mountains south of Banning on a thumb-like knoll overlooking dun-colored hills marked by blackened skeletons of chaparral and manzanita... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun May 20, 2007 @ 1:40am neoform

FOX News -- A 17-year-old Beverly Hills boy accused of beating a prep school classmate with a claw hammer as they sat in his Jaguar must remain in a psychiatric hospital, a judge ruled. A juvenile court judge on Friday refused to order the teenager removed from th.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 12, 2007 @ 11:53pm neoform

FOX News -- Fires erupted in the hills above Los Angeles, igniting roof fires, and in high desert brush Thursday as dangerous north winds swept dry Southern California, knocking out power to thousands. A hundred firefighters and water-dropping helicopters battled.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 12, 2007 @ 11:44pm neoform

SF Gate -- Fires erupted in the hills above Los Angeles Thursday, damaging or destroying several homes as dangerous north winds swept dry southern California. Farther inland, a blinding sandstorm triggered a deadly highway pileup. Wind speeds of more than 50 mph.. Read More