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  2. How California eco-bureaucrats halted a Pacific Palisades ...

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    Instead of fire-hardening the park, the city — which the state said had undertaken the work without proper permitting — ended up paying $2 million in fines and was ordered by the California ...

  3. Central Valley land subsidence - Wikipedia

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    With California introducing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in 2014, new estimations of subsidence based on water usage plans have revealed that stretches of the California Aqueduct are still at a substantially high risk of subsidence. These projections range from 10-15 feet of subsidence in the most at risk areas. [16]

  4. Power cut to homes in affluent California community stricken ...

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    In a coastal Southern California city where multimillion-dollar estates teeter above the Pacific Ocean, power remained intentionally severed Tuesday to about 245 homes as worsening landslides have ...

  5. Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the ...

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    Joshua trees, such as this 25-foot-tall specimen that is 150 to 200 years old, are threatened with removal for a solar project in Boron. Residents worry that construction dust will spread valley ...

  6. California landslides - Wikipedia

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    Since the 1960s, when it was known as the California Division of Mines and Geology, CGS has produced many maps that depict landslide features and potential slope-failure areas. CGS products have included geologic maps and reports for land-use planning , landslide hazard identification maps, watershed maps, and earthquake-triggered landslide ...

  7. University of California, Berkeley oak grove controversy

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    The oak grove sits at the base of California Memorial Stadium and at the time of the controversy consisted of about 90 trees: 65 oaks, including 38 coast live oaks, 25 pittosporum, 8 redwoods, 5 pines and 1 or 2 cypress, cedar, pepper and yew trees. [7]

  8. Affluent coastal community near L.A. is a geological ticking ...

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    The resulting landslides have ripped apart seaside mansions, buckled roads and forced utility provider Southern California Edison to cut electricity to nearly 250 homes to avoid the possibility of ...

  9. Whittier planned to cut down more than 80 ficus trees. Then ...

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    City officials this month will hold a "study session" — their third since the approval of the $20-million Greenleaf Promenade — examining the plan for the trees and other elements of the project.