Climate change could cut Western water runoff by 10% - latimes.com

Climate change could cut Western water runoff by 10% - latimes.com: "Another climate change study is projecting declines in runoff in many parts of the West, a scenario that would put more pressure on the region’s water supplies.

Using new model simulations, scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory expanded on 2007 research that predicted a drier future for the Southwest."

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When are we going to admit that the private auto is just a bad idea?

$1 billion deal major step in Toyota legal trouble - Houston Chronicle: "The courtroom claims began with a highway tragedy. A California Highway Patrol officer and three of his family members were killed in suburban San Diego in 2009 after their car, a Toyota-built Lexus, reached speeds of more than 120 mph, hit an SUV, launched off an embankment, rolled several times and burst into flames.

Investigators determined that a wrong-size floor mat trapped the accelerator and caused the crash."

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MTA: There is Such Thing as a Free Ride! - South Pasadena, CA Patch

MTA: There is Such Thing as a Free Ride! - South Pasadena, CA Patch: "The county's transportation agency on Monday announced free rides on the county's buses and trains on two of the year's worst nights for drinking and driving, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will offer the free rides from 9 p.m-2 a.m. both nights."

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