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Janet Zimmerman

Violent crime linked to single-serving alcohol sales

Last updated Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 3:02pm

Violent crime would decline if cities limited the number of liquor stores and banned the sale of single-serving containers of beer and other alcoholic beverages, researchers at the University of California, Riverside said.

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Stephen Vander Hart, co-owner of Stone Valley Materials, takes the measure of a 340-ton boulder that will be hauled to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for an exhibit. The move will cost million, Vander Hart said.ï® (SHNS photo by Mark Zaleski / The Press-Enterprise)

340-ton rock ready to roll on $1.5 million trip to LA art museum

Janet Zimmerman, The Press-Enterprise

Last updated Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 4:11pm

A 340-ton boulder that has come to be known simply as "the rock" is being readied for an epic, nine-day move to a Los Angeles museum, requiring a specially built trailer and clearances from utilities and cities along the route.

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Jet contrails spur environmental concerns

Janet Zimmerman, The Press-Enterprise

Last updated Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 3:00pm

Wispy white jet contrails are a familiar sight, a sign of today's considerable air traffic and, to some people, a visible reminder of environmental threat.

The trails -- formed when moisture condenses around aircraft engine exhaust -- create cirrus clouds that block solar energy from above and trap heat below. They may be contributing to warming of the Earth's surface temperature, NASA studies show.

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Adults increase use of texting, sometimes reluctantly

Janet Zimmerman, The Press-Enterprise

Last updated Friday, November 26, 2010 - 12:25pm

New research showing that the average teenager sends and receives 3,339 cell phone texts a month -- more than 100 per day -- doesn't surprise many American parents. These include some people whose text-centric cell phone bills total 300 pages and are delivered in a box.

But it isn't just teens who are communicating via the abbreviated word. A Nielsen Co. survey released last month found that adults ages 45 to 54 texted much more and talked less in the second quarter of this year, compared to the same period in 2009. The information was gleaned from the cell phone bills of 60,000 users of varying ages and a survey of 3,000 teens. Likewise, a Pew Research Center study found that 72 percent of adults sent or received text messages in May this year, compared with 65 percent in September 2009.

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