Imperial Valley News Center
Scientists Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights
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- Written by Kim McDonald
San Diego, California - Migratory birds often use warm, rising atmospheric currents to gain height with little energy expenditure when flying over long distances.
Assemblyman Garcia’s Local Bills Head to Senate Floor
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Sacramento, California - Six bills authored by Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D- Coachella) passed the Senate Appropriation Committee Suspense File. The bills now head to the Senate Floor for approval. Topping his bill list are three local measures:
Norteño Street Gang Members Arrested in Contra Costa County
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Contra Costa County, California - The FBI Safe Streets Task Force, a task force made up of multiple law enforcement agencies, arrested several alleged members of the Norteño street gang in Contra Costa County on August 3.
PG&E Found Guilty Of Obstruction Of An Agency Proceeding And Multiple Violations Of The Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act
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San Francisco, California - A federal jury found Pacific Gas and Electric Company (“PG&E”) guilty Tuesday of multiple willful violations of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (“PSA”) and obstructing an agency proceeding, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen M. Wagstaffe, U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General Special Agent in Charge William Swallow, FBI Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, and San Bruno Police Chief Ed Barberini.
Scientists Deploy Seismographs in Napa Valley
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Napa, California - As the second anniversary of the August 24, 2014 South Napa earthquake approaches, U.S. Geological Survey scientists and volunteers, along with faculty and students from California State University, East Bay are planning an experiment to visualize the subsurface in and around the City of Napa and measure how the ground responds to earthquake shaking in different neighborhoods.
Collateral Damage - Four year old girl shot while traveling to United States
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Hidalgo, Texas - Border Patrol agents assigned to the Weslaco Station rescued a woman and her four-year-old daughter Tuesday morning during the midnight hour. The woman told Border Patrol agents her daughter had been shot days earlier in Mexico by smugglers during a robbery.
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