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(McClatchy News Services) Dr. Lucy Jones, a seismologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, discusses a new report released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics during a news conference at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce in downtown Los Angeles. According to the report, a massive earthquake rippling down down the lower half of the San Andreas fault could cripple Southern California’s economy and deal a severe shock to millions of workers and hundreds of thousands of businesses.

Report: Big Southern Calif. quake would have huge effect on workforce, economy

Last updated Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 11:25pm

LOS ANGELES — A massive earthquake rippling down the lower half of the San Andreas fault could cripple Southern California’s economy and deal a severe shock to millions of workers and hundreds of thousands of businesses, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Deep Space Station 14 brings the universe to a spot outside Barstow

Kurt Streeter, Los Angeles Times

Last updated Sunday, October 10, 2010 - 3:43am

LOS ANGELES _ Frequented more by packs of stray burros than by cars, the road is a lonely one. Thirty-five miles north of Barstow, Calif., 30 minutes from the nearest highway, it ambles through parched desert before dropping into a low valley.

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Dodgers take their cue from Torre's calm manner

Kurt Streeter Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, August 14, 2009 - 1:34am

SAN FRANCISCO -- A series like this one, a sloggy stretch of season like this one, is precisely when you need Joe Torre. Why paying him all those millions to come west made sense. Why, even after a heart-break, sweep-denying loss against the Giants Wednesday afternoon, there's no reason for fear and loathing in Dodgersland.
Torre has been here, done that. He's always kept his head. Always, since the mid-1990s and New York at least, had a knack for keeping matters clear and simple during times like these.
"Let's keep our perspective," Torre reminded his team before they flew to San Francisco on Sunday. Think about how many teams would love to be in our position.
We don't know how the season will play out -- even he says there's no guarantee his team has enough depth to win a pennant -- but during this series his calm resolve clearly rubbed off.

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For Moses, it's still about overcoming barriers

Kurt Streeter

Last updated Monday, August 3, 2009 - 8:49pm

Los Angeles Times
He stepped to the podium, nervous in front of the tens of thousands at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum and the millions watching on television. Awestruck, he began to speak: "In the name of all competitors," he said, "I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams."
This was 25 years ago, the opening ceremony at the Olympics. This was Edwin Moses, as iconic a champion as existed that unforgettable summer, chosen to deliver the traditional Athlete's Oath that starts every Olympics because he stood for far more than wins and losses and fame.
"To this day, that oath really means everything to me," says Moses, who at 53 remains lean and lithe and bright-eyed. "Winning the gold was

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Playing hardball against bias

Kurt Streeter

Last updated Sunday, July 19, 2009 - 6:37pm

The Dodgers and Mets were playing like girls.
Small ball was in full effect. There'd been no home runs, nothing hit deep to the warning track. This was about pitching, defense and fundamentals.
What a perfect game to watch with Jennifer Ring. "Look at this," she said, just after the second inning, the Dodgers ahead of the Mets, 2-0, on a warm May evening at Dodger Stadium. "What a cathedral! Look at that big, beautiful field. ..."
Ring, a baseball fanatic who doubles as a social critic and political science professor at the University of Nevada, then tosses a grenade: "I love baseball, but baseball has a big problem. It's just a sham that our national game basically excludes half the population. Women are pretty much shut out of this game."

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Wood plays on through the sadness

Kurt Streeter

Last updated Monday, July 13, 2009 - 7:05pm

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- That damn car wreck. Every time I walk toward the front gates at Angel Stadium, past the somber memorial circled with Los Angeles Angels baseball caps, I get angry, and that's what I think.
Why did it have to happen? Why did three young friends, so full of life, have to face such a terrible end?
We know a lot now about Nick Adenhart, the talented Angel who died on April 9, hit by an allegedly drunk fool of a driver hours after pitching a great game. We know how his death has caused his old teammates to labor against their own expectations, even though they've certainly sizzled since Friday: sweeping the New York Yankees with uncommon ease.

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Enjoying an uncomfortable pennant race

Kurt Streeter

Last updated Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 6:38pm

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- What a difference a year makes.
On July 6 of last year the Angels were already approaching untouchable in the American League West.
They led Oakland by six games and Texas by 7 1/2. Seattle was so far back it was easy to forget that Seattle was a city where baseball was played professionally.
This year, instead of an easy-breezy summer of baseball, we're in for something better, something much more interesting. With half the season gone the AL West is in for an honest, bona fide fight; the Angels leading the division but ahead of Texas by just one game after Monday night's 9-4 win at Angel Stadium.

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