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Featured Image – 8/14/2019
Completed in 1876, this loop still stands as an engineering marvel and a unique way of keeping the grade steady while climbing over the Tehachapi Mountains…
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Guide to Truss Bridges
The Historic American Engineering Record, a part of the National Park Service, produced a very detailed poster for identification of truss bridges. While these bridges aren’t…
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City Heights – 1889
City Heights, an area of San Diego east of North Park in the central area of the city, is a very old and culturally diverse neighborhood.…
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University Heights – 1888
San Diego has changed quite a bit since it was first laid out in the late 1700’s. As the city grew, new neighborhoods were planned farther…
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Seismographs Online
The California Integrated Seismic Network has an online feed showing seismographs throughout southern California. http://www.scsn.org/index.php/earthquakes/live-seismogram-feed/index.html
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Earthquake UPDATES – Mw 7.1 near Ridgecrest
Well, that was strong! I felt it here in San Diego. First time I felt my building sway and it shook for a while. USGS is…
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M 6.4 near Searles Lake, CA
At 10:33 am this morning, July 4, 2019, there was a Mw 6.4 earthquake centered a few miles northeast of Ridgecrest, California. The focus of the…
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Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup
Well, it has been a while but I finally made it back up to Grapevine Canyon for a more formal cleanup. I, and two others, cleaned…
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San Diego Fossils
I’ve been doing a bit of work lately on my geologic study of central San Diego and have found many fossil sites. So far, none of…
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Ridge Route Update
Representatives from the Ridge Route Preservation Organization, including myself, recently met with a few people from the Angeles National Forest regarding the Ridge Route. A summary…
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Geologic Report
In January, I was asked to do some research regarding the potential for a landslide on the Ridge Route near Templin Highway. I thought it would…