Big Bear Lake, CA, June 28, 2012, 8:35am - At 04:57 in the morning 20 years ago today on June 28, 1992, a large quake awoke much of Southern California. It was the Landers Earthquake. During the 7.3 quake the ground shook for two to three minutes in what was described as a right-lateral strike-slip event. By the time it was over the rupture of 5 different faults of a length … [Read more...] about Landers Earthquake 20 Years Ago
Graduation Rates For California Students Climb
Sacramento, CA, June 28, 2012, 8:00am - Graduation rates among California’s public school students are climbing and dropout rates are falling, with the big gains being made among the state’s largest minority groups. More than three quarters, or 76.3% of students who started high school in 2007 graduated with their class in 2011. That is up 1.5 percentage points from the 2010 … [Read more...] about Graduation Rates For California Students Climb
Cal Fire To Place Engines On Mountain Top
San Bernardino, CA June 27, 2012, 3:00pm - The CAL FIRE San Bernardino Unit is putting fire engines and personnel in the San Bernardino Mountains with a target date of July 2, 2012. The last time CAL FIRE resources were stationed in the San Bernardino Mountains was a decade ago when CAL FIRE joined with the U.S. Forest Service/San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino … [Read more...] about Cal Fire To Place Engines On Mountain Top
Lakewood Woman Killed In Collision On Highway 330
San Bernardino, CA, June 27, 2012, 8:00am - A car crash on State Route 330 took the life of an 18-year-old Lakewood woman on Friday morning, June 22, 2012. The impact caused the vehicle to overturn and eject Rebecca Green, who was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. She was a passenger in a Ford Focus driven by 24-year-old Kenneth Blow, Jr., also of Lakewood. It is … [Read more...] about Lakewood Woman Killed In Collision On Highway 330
Fire Burns 12 Acres In Lytle Creek Canyon
Lytle Creek, CA, June 26, 2012, 8:00am - The Lytle Fire is now 100% contained. The fire was reported at 4:56 pm Sunday near Sheep Canyon Road, north of the community of Lytle Creek. Two hundred firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service, San Bernardino County Fire Department, CalFire and the Bureau of Land Management responded, taking immediate, aggressive and decisive actions … [Read more...] about Fire Burns 12 Acres In Lytle Creek Canyon