Entries from LAist tagged with 'chinohills'
November 16, 2008
Due to the Triangle Complex Fire (sometimes referred to as the Freeway Complex Fire) that has affected the areas of Corona, Yorba Linda, Anaheim Hills, Chino Hills, Brea Canyon, and Diamond Bar there remain several freeway closures. The following closures are currently in effect: 57 Freeway between Lambert Road and the 60 Freeway; 71 Southbound at Pine to the West 91 connector; 241 Northbound from Santiago to the 91 Freeway; 91 Westbound to the Southbound......
Continue Reading "Triangle Complex Fire: Current Freeway Closures"November 16, 2008
The fire that broke out Saturday in Corona near Green River Road and the 91 Riverside Freeway has now been dubbed the "Freeway Complex" fire or the "Triangle Freeway" fire because of the broad stretch of land in three counties--Riverside (Corona), Orange (Yorba Linda, Anaheim Hills), and San Bernardino (Chino Hills)--in which it is blazing. A fire in nearby Brea is being connected to this fire, and now threatens the neighboring community of Diamond Bar,......
Continue Reading "'Freeway Complex' Fire Continues to Burn; Affects 4 Counties"July 29, 2008
Metrolink service was restored to normal speeds at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, according to Denise Tyrrell, Public Information Officer for the transit agency. "Afternoon commuters are cautioned to anticipate 15-30 minutes delays as we recover from earlier service delays," she said in an e-mail. Interruptions and delays occurred earlier today because all tracks had to undergo mandatory post-earthquake inspection.......
Continue Reading "Metrolink Trains Restored to Normal Speeds"July 29, 2008
Glad I wasn't in that aisle when this happened. This is from a security camera inside Incycle Bicycles in San Dimas. In the below video, watch at least 7 people sprint to and out the door. In most cases, going outside is not recommended, but in a bicycle shop where things don't seem very secure in the first place, that might have been the best sort of action. Thoughts?......
Continue Reading "Video: San Dimas Bicycle Shop During Quake"July 29, 2008
Ralph Tollett looks at the damage to his son's building in Pomona, Calif. on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg) We can't emphasize enough that this earthquake is considered a "moderate" one and caused relatively little damage throughout the region. However, with that said, some damage and a handful of minor injuries did happen. Today's quake, a 5.4, was just one percent of the energy of the 1994 Northridge 6.7 earthquake, according to......
Continue Reading "Earthquake + Unreinforced Brick Building = Not Good"July 29, 2008
A sidewalk is closed off because of debris that fell as the result of an earthquake (AP Photo/Ric Francis) All still minor damage being reported throughout the Southern California region after this morning's earthquake, but here's a photo of some cement bricks fallen on a sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles in the 300 block of South Broadway. It appears they may have been swept up into a pile.......
Continue Reading "Fallen Bricks on Downtown Sidewalk"July 29, 2008
At the South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, there was some damage to what looks like lighting and tables on two floors after this morning's 5.4 earthquake in Chino Hills. Flickr user, Jason Sherwin, quickly snapped photos and uploaded them to the web.......
Continue Reading "Photos of Damage in Costa Mesa"July 29, 2008
Air Traffic Controller Stuart Smith adjusts a runway traffic monitor from the tower at Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles | AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File Acting Mayor Wendy Greuel (Mayor Villaraigosa is on vacation in London) spoke to the press at 1:50 p.m. today updating what was happening within the city limits of Los Angeles after this morning's earthquake. At the same time, the LA Fire Department reported, in an e-mail alert,......
Continue Reading "Quake Report: What Got Damaged, Hurt in Los Angeles"July 29, 2008
Google Trends provides insights into broad search patterns by users on Google. A look into what is being searched nationally this afternoon is obviously the earthquake. Today's 5.4 magnitude quake was only considered "moderate," which is big enough to knock things off shelves and cause minor damage to buildings. However, Google searches across the country are intensely focused on the incident. The majority of top 100 trends ("hot trends") are quake-related. U.S. Google Trends......
Continue Reading "Everyone Was Googling the Earthquake"July 29, 2008
"I am totally serious. My Ob/Gyn was IN my vagina and an earthquake started rattling the room!" tweeted MissRFTC. She was later interviewed about the experience: "Was just interviewed via phone by senior writer at CNet about my vaginal earthquake experience." On a more serious note, VentureBeat cited Twitter's importance in instances as such. "Well before the information was anywhere on the major news outlets, tweets (Twitter messages) were flowing in at a rapid clip.......
Continue Reading "Funniest Earthquake Twitter Comment"July 29, 2008
Did you feel that? Yes you did. That was a 5.4 magnitude earthquake (preliminary reports stated that it was a 5.8 and then 5.6) out of the Chino Hills area that struck at 11:42 a.m., according to the USGS, who considers this to be a "moderate" earthquake. Chino Hills is 29 miles southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. It was a nice and long one too. 10 seconds? 20 seconds? (or maybe out time perspective was......
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