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Riverside Offers Condolences To Sister City Of Sendai
RIVERSIDE (CBS) — Condolences from the city of Riverside were offered to the people of Japan, especially its Sister City, Sendai, which was hard hit by a magnitude-8.9 earthquake centered on the island...
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Send Donations To Victims Of Japan’s Devastating Earthquake
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Several organizations are mobilizing to help connect donations to aid Japan after the country’s largest earthquake on record caused a catastrophic tsunami. The magnitude-8.9 quake...
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Local Japanese-Americans Seek News Of Quake Back Home
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nancy Niijima switched on the TV in her room at the Keiro retirement home to see images from her native country of submerged neighborhoods, cars being carried in giant ocean tides,...
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Coastal Residents Assess Damage After Friday’s Tsunami
CRESCENT CITY, Calif. (AP) — Coastal residents forced to evacuate to higher ground were able to spend Friday night in their own homes, while work crews were assessing damage along the California Coast...
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Most Flights Between Japan, LAX To Resume
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Most flights between Japan and Los Angeles International Airport are expected to resume Saturday. Here’s a rundown: ARRIVALS – Korean 001 from Narita ETA 0745 hours – Delta 284 from...
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Tsunami Advisory Lifted For LA County
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A tsunami advisory for Los Angeles County beaches and harbors has been lifted. The National Weather Service says the advisory was dropped at 8:10 a.m. Saturday after it was...
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LA County Fire Sends Elite Rescue Team To Japan
PACOIMA (CBS/AP) — An elite Los Angeles County Fire Department Urban Search and Rescue team is en route to Japan to assist with search and recovery efforts. The California Task Force 2, which recently...
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Calif., Ore. Sustained Most US Damage From Tsunami
CRESCENT CITY, Calif. (AP) — Fishermen who had escaped to sea before the tsunami hit this struggling coastal town landed small loads of crab on Saturday, while crews surveyed damage and a family combed...
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Japan’s Great Quake Helps Scientists Plan For Future
PASADENA (CBS) — Friday’s magnitude-8.9 earthquake in Japan was so powerful it shifted the Earth on its axis and slightly shortened the length of a day. The information gathered from this great quake...
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How To Help Quake-Ravaged Japan
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. government and other nations were sending personnel to assist Japan in its response to the earthquakes and tsunami that have devastated the country. U.S. aid groups were...
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No Harmful Levels Of Radioactivity Expected In US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says harmful levels of radioactivity are not expected in the United States due to damaged nuclear reactors in Japan. Earthquakes and a tsunami have...
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Disney Temporarily Closes 2 Amusement Parks In Tokyo
BURBANK (CBS) — Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. announced its plans to keep two amusement parks in Japan closed for about 10 days as word came that the parks had become a tent city for guests stranded by...
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Families Of Japanese Students At UC Riverside Confirmed Alive
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Japanese nationals attending UC Riverside have confirmed their immediate families survived the catastrophic earthquake that struck off Japan’s northeast coast. According to campus...
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Are Nuclear Reactors In Southern California Safe?
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant sits on the edge of the Pacific in the heart of earthquake country. With nuclear reactors in Japan melting down, following last week’s...
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Are You Ready For A Disaster In Southern California?
CBS LOS ANGELES — Reporter Greg Mills visited a surplus store in Pomona to find out if people were getting ready for an emergency. “I saw and they confirmed that they’ve had a never-endeding stream of...
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What Is The Radiation Threat In Japan?
LA County’s Urban Search and Rescue team has been fielding calls all night from concerned Los Angeles residents with family in Japan. Melissa McCarty investigates the scope of the potential radiation...
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Disney To Give $2.5M For Earthquake Relief In Japan
BURBANK (CBS) — The Walt Disney Co. says they will give $2.5 million to the American Red Cross to support earthquake relief efforts in Japan. “Our hearts go out to the people of Japan,” Disney...
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Civilians Pack LAX-To-Japan Flights For Reunions, Relief Efforts
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — An earthquake-ravaged and potentially radioactive Japan has yet to deter passengers from filling up most of the flights leaving LAX for Tokyo. KNX 1070′s Pete Demetriou reports the...
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Officials: Threat Of Radiation From Japan To California Low
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The growing nuclear crisis in Japan has some Californians scrambling for potassium iodide tablets and personal radiation detectors, but officials say such a precaution is not...
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Japanese Student Studying At UCR Finds Family On YouTube
RIVERSIDE (CBS) — For students like Akiko Kosaka, watching the footage of the devastation in Japan has been excruciatingly painful. Kosaka, who hails from a fishing village in Japan where more than...
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