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		<title>New Videos!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 01:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two new videos have come out recently. The Historic Highway 99 Association of California has produced a video on the North Burbank Underpass, a structure removed in 2014 along old US 99 in Burbank, California. The second video is on the Cronese Cat near Baker, California along the 15.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Meet the Cronese Cat</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 03:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Driving across the Mojave Desert between Barstow and Las Vegas along the 15 can be a &#8220;boring&#8221; drive at times for many. The desert is filled with all sorts of unique features to see if you know where to look. In Cronese Valley between Basin Road (Exit 230) and Rasor Road (Exit 233), lies one &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/meet-the-cronese-cat/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Meet the Cronese Cat</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sightseeing Faults in the Southern California</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2022 01:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Southern California has many faults, some hidden, some very obvious. One of the more fun aspects of geology is to see where the land moves. To witness the power of what Earth can do can be quite awe inspiring. Some features are easily recognizable, such as the San Gabriel Mountains which have somewhat rapidly risen &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/sightseeing-faults-in-the-los-angeles-area/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Sightseeing Faults in the Southern California</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>July Presentation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Banning]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On July 6, 2021 at 6 pm, I will be giving a presentation for the Historic Highway 99 Association of California on the history of US 99 through the San Gorgonio Pass. The route will be covered from Thousand Palms to Calimesa. Photos of the route, new and old, as well as maps showing the &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/july-presentation/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">July Presentation</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Geology Phone App</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2021 00:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is a very cool phone app I have been using for a while. It is called &#8220;Rockd&#8221; and has access to geological maps and information throughout the US. In addition to the maps, it also has references to the sources, which is very helpful for geologists. Think of it as a geological map for &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/geology-phone-app/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Geology Phone App</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Earthquake Information</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 02:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Felt an earthquake? Want to know where it was and how big? Follow the links below to get up-to-date information from the USGS and the California Geological Survey. If you felt the earthquake, let the USGS know by contacting them at: &#8220;Did You Feel It?&#8220; This data helps them determine magnitude of the earthquake, how &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/earthquake-info/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Earthquake Information</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Featured Image &#8211; 4/7/2021</title>
		<link>https://www.socalregion.com/featured-image-4-7-2021/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Geology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s featured image is a video. This was taken just a few days ago on the Old Ridge Route near Swede&#8217;s Cut. A rockfall in January 2021 has partially blocked the roadway with more material coming down in the near future. The rock, located in the Ridge Route member of the Ridge Basin Group, isn&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/featured-image-4-7-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Featured Image &#8211; 4/7/2021</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Featured Image &#8211; 2/8/2021</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 01:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[District 7]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the February 9, 1971 M6.6 Sylmar / San Fernando Earthquake, our featured image shows the construction work in progress on the I-5 and State 14 interchange in 1970. This work would be halted abruptly in the early hours of February 9, 1971. After this, it would be reconstructed two &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/featured-image-2-8-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Featured Image &#8211; 2/8/2021</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Featured Image &#8211; 11/23/2020</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Near Valyermo, California, outside of Palmdale, the locals have placed signs where Pallet Creek Road crosses the San Andreas Fault. They picked a really nice spot too, as you have a sag area, fault scarp, and offset streams all easily visible from there. I recommend a visit!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Featured Image &#8211; 4/17/2020</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2020 23:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Fault]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The San Gabriel Mountains have been subject to quite a bit of deformation in their past. Some of which is still ongoing, such as the movements along the Sierra Madre and San Andreas Faults. Here, near Mt Wilson, the rocks exhibit multiple instances of deformation. The white vein is mostly composed of quartz, which has &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/featured-image-4-17-2020/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Featured Image &#8211; 4/17/2020</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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