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‘Fly here often’ Virgin breaks the ice
Fans of Virgin America have said they feel like they are stepping into a nightclub when they enter the plane's cabin. Mood lighting and ambient music greet passengers as they take their seats. Now the Burlingame-based airline has taken the club feeling a bit further by helping passengers work on their pickup lines. OK, that's not how they are pitching it. But much as at a club, where ...
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A dozen aftershocks felt following Northern California earthquake
More than a dozen aftershocks were felt after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook a remotely populated area in the Sierras in Northern California, officials said. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake was strong enough to be felt across a wide area and to do considerable damage to poorly designed buildings. But no significant damage had been reported. The quake at 8:47 p.m. Thursday was ...
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5.7-magnitude quake widely felt across Northern California
GREENVILLE, Calif. -- An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious ...
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Northern California Earthquake 5.7-Magnitude Temblor Causes Minimal Damage
GREENVILLE, Calif. - An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage. The magnitude-5.7 quake broke dishes and shook mirrors when it struck at 8:47 p.m. Thursday, officials said. It was centered near Greenville, about 25 miles southwest of Susanville in ...
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5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Northern California- Powerful earthquake rocks Russias Far East
GREENVILLE, Calif. – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit Northern California Thursday night that was widely felt across the region, but there were no reports of serious damage. The temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centered near Greenville, about 25 miles southwest of Susanville in far northeastern California, said Rafael Abreu, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National ...
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Movie Review
Virus
"Virus," directed by FX guru John Bruno, is another in a long line of recent graphic-novels-turned-movies. This one is, however, perpetually ugly--violent in a grisly kind of way and utterly dark. Not dark as in dark-natured or dark-humored (although it is those things as well), but more along the lines of darkly lit. The action sequences in "Virus" are bathed in an incessant gloom that makes it l ... ...
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M5.7 quake hits Northern California
The quake was occurred at around 8:47 p.m. local time (0347 GMT Friday). The epicenter was 11 km northwest of Greenville, some 240 km northeast of California's capital city Sacramento. People in Sacramento Twitted that they felt the ...
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UPDATE 2-Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Northern California
Fri May 24, 2013 2:45am EDT (Adds comments from local resident) May 23 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Northern California on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was 6 miles (11 km) northwest of the town of Greenville, and near the smaller community of Canyondam, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Allen Shephard, a ...
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Museum of Californias natural science wing reopens
The yellow-bellied marmot is poised in its diorama, backed by sweeping vistas of the high Sierra. Rustic twig chairs sit on the porch of a mock Curry Village cabin, ready for real-life rocking. A brand-new ancient redwood grove stretches to the ceiling just steps from a sea lion in full roar on a sandy shore, not far from replica Lake Merritt light poles, artfully dribbled with an epoxy-clay ...
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Chez Panisse to reopen with $2500-per-person dinner
BERKELEY -- One of the Bay Area's most famous restaurants is set to reopen June 21, nearly four months after a fire destroyed parts of the building.Chez Panisse, the renowned eatery founded by Alice Waters, an icon of the California cuisine movement, will open its kitchen once again with a celebration on the day of Summer Solstice. The event will double as a fundraiser for new education ...
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Jury finds slain wife did not commit suicide was murdered by husband
A Woodside man was found guilty of murdering his wife and covering it up as a suicide to collect insurance money this afternoon in San Mateo County Superior Court, prosecutors said. After four days of deliberation, the jury returned with a guilty verdict of first-degree murder for Pooroushash "Peter" Parineh, 67, in the shooting death of his wife Parima Parineh on April 13, 2010. ...