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Only one of the 10 iconic Caltrans caution signs emblazoned with the image of an immigrant father, mother and daughter running for their lives remains. They once dotted Interstate 5. 
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Today's History Lesson Via Sharla Shults
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"How did Southern Californians come to treat their highway route numbers as if they were proper names?"
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California has enough water—that's not the problem, says Terry Tamminen. So here's how you solve the drought crisis.
Eden Eaves's curator insight,
May 24, 2015 5:50 PM
The sunny state of California does in fact get enough rain fall each year but because storm sewers were built after continuous flooding, all of this rainfall is pushed into the Pacific Ocean rather than where it it needed now. A solution to the insane drought taking California by storm is to use simple rain barrels to collect water at a typical home and a graded lawn to capture and retain water, allowing it to seep into the ground rather than run off into the streets and eventually into the ocean. 
Lydia Tsao's curator insight,
May 25, 2015 2:20 AM
The article relates to irrigation and the conservation efforts discussed in Unit 5. Irrigation has a lot to do with the drought in California because massive amounts of water are being used for agriculture in California, which consists of water-needy fruits and vegetables. There are efforts to try to conserve water by installing rainwater collectors to reuse water instead of just draining usable rainwater to the ocean and rivers. There have also been installations of grey water pipes to reuse for irrigation. Grey water is any water that is flushed down the drain that isn't sewage, such as water from showers or water from washing machines. This way water wouldn't have to be wasted and can be reused.
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"In Highland Park, as in other Latino barrios of Los Angeles, gentrification has produced an undeniable but little appreciated side effect: the end of decades of de facto racial segregation. It's possible to imagine a future in which 'the hood' passes into memory. Racial integration is on the upswing. For all the fortitude and pride you'll find in Latino barrios, no one wants to live in a racially segregated community or attend a racially segregated school." Tags: neighborhood, gentrification, urban, place, culture, economic, California, Los Angeles.
Shane C Cook's curator insight,
May 27, 2015 5:57 AM
Another testament to why gentrification is effective yet harmful to the political status of a country or area, not producing accurate results to fit the people's needs. 
Timothée Mariau's curator insight,
December 13, 2015 12:28 PM
Cet article parle de la gentrification dans le quartier d'Highland Park à Los Angeles. Ce quartier est un quartier avec une population majoritairement hispanique est constitué durant les dernières années une enclave résidentielle pour les habitants. Ce quartier était un symbole de la ségrégation raciale que connaissent une partie des villes américaines avec une concentration d'une seule population d'une seule origine ethnique dans le même quartier sans mixité sociale. Mais ces dernières années le quartier a été touché par un processus de gentrification qui a été plutôt bien accepté par les populations du quartier car cela a apporté de la mixité sociale dans le quartier avec l'arrivée de populations plus aisées provenant de différentes communautés et qui ont également créé des commerces dans le quartier. Cette gentrification qui est la plupart du temps vue d'un mauvais œil par les anciens résidents du quartier est ici acceptée car elle bénéficie en partie à la population du quartier, de plus la communauté hispanique est très importante culturellement et le fait savoir. Il y a donc une intégration des nouveaux arrivants mais en gardant tout de même l'identité originelle du quartier qui est très forte. 
Andrea J Galan's curator insight,
February 23, 2016 12:24 PM
Andrea's Inshight: I feel like the author is trying to make himself sound a little bit above the "barrio" when he says "multiethnic mount Washington". And then continues by sarcastically mentioning the charms and dysfunctions of the neighborhood. At first I was put off because I've never viewed HLP as a barrio. When I see that word I think of a ghetto slum. Which I don't think my nieghboorhood ever is. I've always viewed it as a working class neighborhood. I just dont like the barrio I think it puts a negative connotation towards the neighborhood.
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A piece of fast food history -- the original Taco Bell restaurant -- stands threatened in Downey, California.
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"The signs that something’s wrong are not immediately obvious, but, once you see them, it’s hard to tune them out. Curbs at nearly the exact same spot on opposite sides of the street are popped out of alignment. Houses too young to show this kind of wear stand oddly warped, torqued out of sync with their own foundations, their once-strong frames off-kilter. This is Hollister, California, a town being broken in two slowly, relentlessly, and in real time by an effect known as 'fault creep.' A slow, surreal tide of deformation has appeared throughout the city."
Tags: disasters, geomorphology, California, physical. Via Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
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In San Francisco, a hidden fleet of derelict trolleys await cannibalization, restoration, or (hopefully) resurrection.
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Maps and charts updated weekly show the latest extent of the drought in the United States.
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Today's drought-riven west would look very different if Congress had listened to John Wesley Powell
Sylvain Rotillon's curator insight,
July 1, 2014 8:11 AM
We are very proud in France thinking we created the watershed approach with the 1964' water law, present basis for EU's water framework directive. Now, I would say that John W Powell is the true creator of watershed management. It's a blow to French pride...
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"When the Minute 319 'pulse flow' began in March 2014, it was not clear whether the effort would be enough to reconnect the Colorado River with the Sea of Cortez. Some hydrologists thought there might be just enough water; others were less optimistic. It turns out the optimists were right, though just barely. For the first time in sixteen years, the Colorado River was reunited with the Sea of Cortez on May 15, 2014." Via Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
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"California has had three consecutive years of below average rainfall and most reservoirs are far below their designed capacity; for a state with a growing population with limited water resources this is alarming news that has many politicians, officials and residents worried. This winter was especially mild; nice for bragging to friend back East about how gorgeous the weather is during a polar vortex spell, but horrible for the snow pack and accumulation."
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As water conservation efforts increase, so does confusion. Here's our guide to the jargon pros and retailers use to describe sustainable gardens. Via PIRatE Lab
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Today's History Lesson...theme park Via Sharla Shults
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Giddy-up! Common words from a cowboy of the Old West, whether on horseback or the horse hitched to a stagecoach. Yet, none rang out any louder than from the riders of the Pony Express. Back in the days of the wild west, no Fed Ex was available, no Postal Service ran that far west, no planes, and delivery by ship was likely to take months if it ever got there at all. Via Sharla Shults
Skuuppilehdet's insight:
Seeing the need for a specialized delivery service, Leavenworth and Pike’s Peak Express Company took an opportunity to expand into this void. From this important decision was born one of the most iconic pieces of American History—The Pony Express. No event in American History has captured the imagination of young and old alike, more than the excitement created by those young riders and their horses, as they rode across the western half of our continent.
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Writer/ photographer duo High & Dry step into Randsburg, CA: a town straddling the worlds of tourist destination, motorcycle Valhalla and diminished landscape where civilized specters remain.
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Via Douglas McIntosh
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A punishing drought is forcing a reconsideration of whether the aspiration of untrammeled growth that has for so long been the state’s engine has run against the limits of nature.
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The new 550 megawatt facility in California produces enough electricity to power 180,000 homes. The modules are part of Topaz Solar Farm, one of the largest photovoltaic power plants in the world. At 9.5 square miles (25.6 square kilometers), the facility is about one-third the size of Manhattan island, or the equivalent of 4,600 football fields. Construction at Topaz began in 2011. The plant was mostly complete by November 2014, when it was turned on and began to generate electricity. Tags: energy, resources, unit 6 industry, California, images, remote sensing.
Maricarmen Husson's curator insight,
March 24, 2015 4:01 PM
GRANJA SOLAR TOPAZIO EN CALIFORNIA. PROVEE ELECTRICIDAD A 180.000 HOGARES. PLANTA DE ENERGÍA SOLAR
María del Sol Guerra martín's curator insight,
April 4, 2015 7:23 AM
In this text you will find information about a photovoltaic power plant. Could you find information about photovoltaic plants in Spain? 
Aleena Reyes's curator insight,
April 8, 2015 7:20 PM
Seeing America taking steps in use solar power makes me incredibly happy. The US, in my opinion, needs to adopt multiple ways of utlizing various types of energy sources. The quote, "BHE estimates, that is enough to displace about 407,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, the equivalent of taking 77,000 cars off the road" is impressive. However, I do feel that the auto industry is the environmental scape goat. The textile industry produces much more waste, especially with all of the advancements the auto industry has gone through.
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Located at the sluggish southern end of the bay within the city limits of Fremont, Station Island was uninhabited until 1876, when the Southern Pacific Coast Railroad built a narrow-gauge line through it.
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In Morro Bay, three smokestacks from a power plant share the scenery with a mountain of volcanic rock, and will probably not be going anywhere soon.
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In Cerro Gordo, a deserted mining camp in the Sierra Nevadas that dates back to the mid 1870's, the howling spirits of the past continue to haunt the living.
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Responding to an alarming drop in the rare bird’s numbers, the California Fish and Game Commission this Wednesday will consider an emergency listing of the Tricolored Blackbird under the California Endangered Species Act. A statewide survey completed this summer shows a 44 percent decline in Tricolored Blackbirds since 2011. Audubon California is in favor of an emergency listing, but is also committed to continuing our partnerships with the agricultural industry. Via Garry Rogers
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"California's drought just hit a new milestone: As of this week, 32.98 percent of the state is experiencing "exceptional" drought, making it the worst drought in the 14 years that the Department of Agriculture's Drought Monitor has tracked data."
Character Minutes's curator insight,
June 25, 2014 12:56 PM
Use to emphasize the need to apply character traits of resourceful and thrifty.
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"The world's second-largest known tree, the President, in Sequoia National Park is photographed by National Geographic magazine photographer Michael 'Nick' Nichols for the December 2012 issue."
Basant Kerketta's curator insight,
April 21, 2014 4:26 AM
Magnificent !!! These kind must be saved. Wish I could plant and replicate this size and height here in my home town. |
