News tagged with central california


Salmonella found in central Calif. pistachio plant (AP)

Salmonella found in central Calif. pistachio plant

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal officials confirmed Monday they found traces of salmonella in a central California pistachio processing plant that sparked a nationwide recall of the nut.


Food choices and location influence California sea otter exposure to disease

Biology /

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sea otters living along the central California coast risk higher exposure to disease-causing parasites as a consequence of the food they eat and where they feed.





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It's not easy being gay

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Members of 'sexual minorities' are around twice as likely as heterosexuals to seek help for mental health issues or substance abuse treatment. A model of treatment-seeking behavior, described in the open access journal BMC Ps ...


GOES-11 sees tropical cyclones fizzling and forming in the Eastern Pacific

GOES-11 sees tropical cyclones fizzling and forming in the Eastern Pacific

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

There are a lot of ups and downs in tropical cyclone formation in the Pacific Ocean this week, and that's keeping NOAA's GOES-11 satellite busy. There are remnants of Maka and Tropical Depression 9E, a fizzled ...


Tropical Storm Rick's center expected to pass south of the Baja

Tropical Storm Rick's center expected to pass south of the Baja

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Residents in southern Baja California, Mexico still haven't recovered from last month's Hurricane Jimena, and Tropical Storm Rick is now bringing rains to southern tip of the Baja. The National Hurricane Center ...


Longfin smelt not endangered in California, regulators say

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Longfin smelt in the San Francisco Bay-Delta do not warrant protection under the federal endangered species law, regulators said Wednesday.


Baja California residents watching for Hurricane Rick

Baja California residents watching for Hurricane Rick

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Based on computer forecast models, the residents of southern and central Baja California should prepare over the weekend for now Tropical Storm Rick. Rick formed late yesterday, October 15, and is expected ...


Feds release Calif. plan to protect chinook salmon

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal fisheries regulators on Thursday released a court-ordered plan to help struggling chinook salmon that includes opening California dams and restricting pumping, which would reduce the amount of water available ...


Broadcom filed a patent infringement suit on Monday against Emulex

Broadcom files patent infringement suit against Emulex

Technology / Business

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US computer chip company Broadcom filed a patent infringement suit on Monday against Emulex, two months after dropping a hostile takeover offer for its rival.


No such thing as a break in a curveball?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

The answer to the question of whose curveball breaks harder -- that of the Yankees' A.J. Burnett or the Phillies' Cole Hamels -- may be neither.


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'El Nino' arrives in Pacific for a months-long stay

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 14

US scientists on Thursday said that the El Nino warming trend of the Pacific Ocean waters has returned, bringing with it almost certain changes in weather patterns around the world.


Nematode courting caught on camera

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers studying the nervous control of nematode mating behavior have produced video footage of a male worm preparing to mate with a hermaphrodite.



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