... of California, Los Angeles shows that "there is a statistical link between birth defects in the Los Angeles basin and air pollution levels recorded by monitoring stations throughout the area" (The Orange County Register, 2001). There are also other studies on the "effect of airborne allergens on emergency visits by children for conjunctivitis and rhinitis" (The Lancet p 947). Several cancers and other ... .ca.gov http://www.cpa.gov REGULAR SOURCES The Journal of the American Medical Association, March 6, 2002 v287 i9 p1132(10) The Lancet, March 16, 2002 v359 i9310 p947 The Orange County ...

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... Angeles into Mission Viejo. There, he broke into the home of Bill Carns whom he shot, and his fiancée Inez Erickson whom he raped. The Stalker fled in a stolen orange Toyota, but not before being spotted by a sharp-eyed local teenager, James Romero III. He had spied a suspicious car of the same general description prowling the neighborhood. Romero jotted down ... ...

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... age who grew up in Los Angeles, and mention the words "red cars", you will hear about a time before the freeways, when a network of rail lines and electric streetcars connected L.A., Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino and Riverside counties. They reached their peak in popularity in the 1920s, and then slowly fell victim to Angelinos' love of their automobiles- (Red Cars 1). High-speed ... ...

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... statuses, and reasons for living in Los Angeles, people like Zaheer Virijii, discussed earlier, and Vincent Diau, a forty-four Page 4 year old immigrant from Taiwan who moved his family to Orange County in search of a better life and good schools for his children (41). Kaplan also does something which Mike Davis fails to do in "Fortress L.A.": support his statements with facts ... ...

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... richest of the world's known oil deposits was discovered at Long Beach. California soon ranked first among the states in crude oil production. Derricks of oil wells popped up in orange groves and in city neighborhoods throughout southern California. Petroleum refining became the state's largest manufacturing industry, providing jobs for thousands of Californians. The harbor at Los Angeles became the largest ... ...

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... Game The WNBA game consists of a 30-second clock, a 19-foot, 9-inch three-point line, two 20-minute halves, eleven-player rosters and a collegiate-regulation size ball. The WNBA's signature orange and oatmeal basketball by Spalding is 28.5 inches in circumference and one inch smaller than the NBA's regulation ball (www.wnba.com). Differences Between WNBA and NBA The main differences ... ...

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