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The powerful Mojave Desert earthquakes that rocked California ended a years-long lull in major seismic activity and raised new interest in an early warning system being developed for the West Coast. -
California senators approved a proposal Monday aimed at stabilizing the state's electric utilities and putting a renewed focus on safety in the face of devastating wildfires caused by utility equipment, with supporters calling it a plan that holds utilities accountable and protects ratepayers. -
KPBS Midday EditionResidents were out trying to cleanup from the two major earthquakes and prepare for potential future quakes.
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Shaken residents are cleaning up from two of the biggest earthquakes to rattle California in decades as scientists warn that both should serve as a wake-up call to be ready when the long-dreaded "Big One" strikes. -
KPBS Midday EditionLast week's back-to-back quakes are not likely to trigger the "Big One" in Southern California, according to University of California San Diego scientists. -
For the past six years, people have gathered at the intersection of Euclid and Imperial avenues in Lincoln Park to celebrate the reclaiming of the place — instead of "four corners of death," the community now calls it "four corners of life." -
KPBS Midday EditionSaturday will be one year since the West Fire in Alpine destroyed 39 homes. -
Two more children are sick from probable Shiga toxin-producing E. coli possibly linked to the San Diego County Fair, county health officials announced Friday. -
Two pedestrians were killed Thursday, and a third was hospitalized in critical condition, when a 22-year-old man lost control of his Hyundai SUV and struck a bus bench with three people sitting behind it before crashing into a tree, police said. -
A magnitude 5.4 aftershock to the Ridgecrest Earthquake struck in the same area Friday morning.
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