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The Lone Cypress: Connecting with the most photographed tree in North America
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — You've seen the Lone Cypress. It stands along famously scenic 17-Mile Drive, raked by wind, swaddled in fog, clinging to its wave-lashed granite pedestal like God's own advertisement for rugged individualism. It may be 250...
Tags: Golf, Tourism and Leisure, Marketing, Travel, Arts and Culture
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Happy Mother's Day: Chefs want soup dumplings, porterhouse, Costco cake
When it comes to dreaming about a perfect Mother’s Day, Los Angeles’ top chefs turn out to be just like working moms everywhere -- sleep and perfectly behaved children are at the top of the list. Suzanne Goin is chef and owner at Lucques,...
Tags: Steaks, Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages, Lucques, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Hiker killed at Yosemite fell 317 feet
More details emerged about the 73-year-old hiker who fell to his death at a popular Yosemite waterfall, officials said. Kenneth Stensby's body was spotted by searchers at the base of Vernal Fall at about 6 p.m. Monday and was extricated about 1 p.m....
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Where 'green' began
MONTELLO, Wis. — When walking in the footsteps of greatness, it is of equal importance to follow where they lead and to discover where they began. In celebration of the life of the fervent conservationist John Muir in the year of his 175th...
Tags: Earth Day, Memorial Day, Theodore Roosevelt, Farms, Human Interest
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Lead singer of heavy metal band held in murder-for-hire case
SAN DIEGO -- The lead singer and co-founder of the heavy metal band As I Lay Dying was arrested Tuesday in Oceanside on suspicion of trying to hire a hit man to kill his estranged wife, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said. Tim Lambesis, 32, a...
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Man killed at Yosemite waterfall was avid hiker
A 73-year-old man found dead Tuesday at the bottom of a Yosemite National Park waterfall was an avid hiker, authorities said. Kenneth Stensby's body was spotted by searchers at the base of Vernal Fall at about 6 p.m. Monday and was extricated at about 1...Tags: Google Inc.
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Search continues for missing Yosemite hiker
Two more dog teams were being brought in to search Tuesday for a missing 73-year-old hiker last seen at a waterfall in Yosemite National Park where three people died two years ago. Rangers are hoping the dog teams will catch a scent of Kenneth Stensby,...
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The Everglades needs preservation
To say that we should applaud the State Legislature for its recent passage of HB 7605 regarding the Florida Everglades would be a vast understatement. The bill, which focuses on the improvement of the area's water quality, is well worth the costly...Tags: Everglades, Fort Lauderdale
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Yosemite rangers scour popular trail for missing hiker
Rangers are searching a popular Yosemite National Park trail after a man failed to return from a hike Sunday and his pack was found at the top of a waterfall, officials said. About 30 park rangers and a dog team are checking the Mist Trail between Happy...
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Bus that crashed near Yosemite was traveling at unsafe speed, CHP says
The charter tour bus that crashed Saturday evening outside Yosemite National Park, injuring more than a dozen people, was traveling at an unsafe speed when the driver lost control, according to the California Highway Patrol. The bus was leaving Yosemite...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Disasters and Accidents, Human Interest, The Happiest News!
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The Paris Photo art fair comes to Los Angeles: Photography's new aim
The photograph is almost famous: a shot by Kevin Winter of actress Jennifer Lawrence that caught her just as she stumbled on her way to receive an Oscar this year. The small drawings hanging beneath are less familiar: delicate images by P.E. Sharpe of a...
Tags: Fine Artists, Ansel Adams, Bridesmaids (movie), Arts and Culture, AIDS
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Bay Area air pollution reaches Devils Postpile National Monument
That fresh, pine-scented mountain air that you happily breathe in the Sierra Nevada could be hazardous to your health. Samples taken by federal scientists in Devils Postpile National Monument, southeast of Yosemite National Park, show that ozone...
Tags: Conservation, Air Pollution, Ecosystems, Environmental Pollution, Standards
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