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    May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Southern California fire season off to a sinister start

    The Southern California wildfire season got off to an ominous start Thursday with a massive brush fire in Ventura County that officials fear is just a preview of dangerous months ahead.
    The Southern California wildfire season got off to an ominous start Thursday with a massive brush fire in Ventura County that officials fear is just a preview of dangerous months ahead. The fire showed in dramatic fashion how the region's record dry...

    Tags: Fires, Wildfires

    2. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. California wildfires fanned by unusually harsh conditions

    Winds that weather experts said normally arrive in force in the late fall fueled flames in the Springs fire that quickly chewed through 6,500 of acres of dry brush.
    Winds that weather experts said normally arrive in force in the late fall fueled flames in the Springs fire that quickly chewed through 6,500 of acres of dry brush. William Patzert, a climatologist for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada, said...

    Tags: Weather Reports, Weather

    3. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. JPL: NASA Curiosity rover back to work after Martian spring break

    NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has emerged from its "spring break" and is back to work, officials at Jet Propulsion Laboratory said this week. Up next on the agenda: Drilling the second target at Yellowknife Bay.
    NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has emerged from its "spring break" and is back to work, officials at Jet Propulsion Laboratory said this week. Up next on the agenda: Drilling the second target at Yellowknife Bay. The Mars Science Laboratory mission made...

    Tags: Science and Technology, NASA Mars Exploration Program, NASA

    4. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Airborne laboratory being used to measure California's snowpack

    Teams will fan out across the Sierra Nevada on Thursday to perform their final snow survey of the season, a closely watched rite of spring that helps determine how much water will flow to farms and cities in coming months.
    Teams will fan out across the Sierra Nevada on Thursday to perform their final snow survey of the season, a closely watched rite of spring that helps determine how much water will flow to farms and cities in coming months. But 18,000 feet above the...

    Tags: Water Supply, Science and Technology, Cross Country Skiing, University of Utah, NASA

    5. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Congress members urge NASA to spare planetary science funding

    Don't cut planetary science funding, members of Congress urged NASA on Friday.
    This post has been updated. See below for details.
    Don't cut planetary science funding, members of Congress urged NASA on Friday. In a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), urged the space agency to maintain funding levels for...

    Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Science and Technology, Barbara Boxer, NASA, Budget Control Act of 2011

    6. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Dry weather has firefighters ready for battle

    Southern California is marching toward its fourth-driest year since 1877, and that has firefighters increasingly girded for battle.
    Southern California is marching toward its fourth-driest year since 1877, and that has firefighters increasingly girded for battle. In the hills of Los Angeles County, tests show the brush is drying out at a significantly quicker rate this year...

    Tags: Los Angeles Fire Department, Water Supply, Natural Resource Industry, Droughts, National Weather Service

    7. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Alan Wood dies at 90; provided Iwo Jima flag in World War II

    Alan Wood never claimed to be a hero, but he did play a supporting role in one of World War II's most stirring moments.
    Alan Wood never claimed to be a hero, but he did play a supporting role in one of World War II's most stirring moments. It was at Iwo Jima on Feb. 23, 1945. Straining into the wind, five Marines and a Navy corpsman planted the Stars and Stripes on the...

    Tags: Anglicanism, Entertainment Events, Religion and Belief, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Christianity

    8. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. JPL suspends June open house, cites U.S. budget woes

    NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is suspending the open house that had been scheduled for June 8 and 9, making the popular yearly gathering the latest casualty of the automatic federal budget cuts known as sequestration.
    NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is suspending the open house that had been scheduled for June 8 and 9, making the popular yearly gathering the latest casualty of the automatic federal budget cuts known as sequestration. The “difficult decision&...

    Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, NASA, Budget Control Act of 2011, Satellite Technology

    9. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Curiosity rover sees signs of vanishing Martian atmosphere

    Before going incommunicado behind the Sun for a month, NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover sent Earth evidence that the Red Planet has lost much of its original atmosphere.
    Before going incommunicado behind the Sun for a month, NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover sent Earth evidence that the Red Planet has lost much of its original atmosphere. The findings, announced by Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists at the European...

    Tags: Science, Science and Technology, NASA Mars Exploration Program, NASA

    10. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Danger, Will Robinson: Asteroids headed to Earth?

    WASHINGTON – As if you don’t have enough to worry about, consider the subject of a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday: asteroids that may be headed toward Earth.
    WASHINGTON – As if you don’t have enough to worry about, consider the subject of a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday: asteroids that may be headed toward Earth. The good news: NASA is tracking most of the largest asteroids – the kind that...

    Tags: Science and Technology, U.S. Congress, Explosions, NASA, Barack Obama

    11. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. It's raining on Saturn, and the rings are responsible

    Saturn's rings are not just beautiful to look at; it turns out they are also responsible for rain falling on the planet. 
    Saturn's rings are not just beautiful to look at; it turns out they are also responsible for rain falling on the planet.  Using data collected from the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, scientists found that the amount of "ring rain"--when water particles...

    Tags: Science, Science and Technology

    12. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. JPL to save $400,000 by canceling this year's open house

    Bracing for &ldquo;significant impacts&rdquo; to funding for public outreach programs next year, the <span class="taxInlineTagLink">Jet Propulsion Laboratory</span> <a href="http://www.pasadenasun.com/news/jpl/tn-pas-0418-jpl-open-house-canceled,0,3865795.story" target="_blank">decided to cancel its hugely popular open house</a> in June. The cost savings? Roughly $400,000 for the two-day event.
    Bracing for “significant impacts” to funding for public outreach programs next year, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory decided to cancel its hugely popular open house in June. The cost savings? Roughly $400,000 for the two-day event. The...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Budgets and Budgeting, NASA

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