More than 30 times this year, the federal government has received reports of whales tangled in fishing gear along the West Coast. Sometimes the whales manage to wriggle free. Other times you see heart-rending pictures on the news or a rescue mission.
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Quake prone cities on West Coast aim to improve countermeasures
Vulnerability assessments by utilities and emergency planners along the U.S. West Coast suggest it could be weeks or a month or more before water service gets restored after a major earthquake — not to mention electricity, sewage treatment and fuel supply too.
West Coast Ports, Dockworkers Reach Tentative Deal
West Coast ports and the labor unions that service them reached a tentative agreement Friday night, potentially ending a nine-month standoff that had snarled the movement of cargo.