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Life is tough in Trona – and a pair of quakes just made it tougher

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TRONA – California’s biggest earthquake in two decades has made one of the most precarious communities in the state even more so. Even before the July 4 6.4 earthquake and Friday’s 7.1 quake, the former company town of Trona was a ghost town, with vacant homes outnumbering occupied ones on many streets. With a population…

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João Gilberto, Brazilian bossa nova pioneer, dies at 88

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João Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound of the South American nation, died Saturday, his son said. He was 88. João Marcelo said his father had been battling…

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‘You gotta go’: 7.1 earthquake upends a Friday night in L.A.

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Patrick Schwarz was watching “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” in Los Angeles when his theater seat started shaking Friday night. Having grown up in Northern California, he knew right away what was happening. “The shaking was pretty intense, and it just kept going and going. It seemed like…

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How to help Ridgecrest and Trona residents following 2 major earthquakes

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After two major earthquakes in as many days, the communities of Ridgecrest in Kern County and Trona in San Bernardino County are coping with the aftermath. During a Saturday morning, July 6, news conference, public officials addressed the need for support. Right now, following emergency declarations and recovery efforts underway in San Bernardino and Kern…