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One of a handful of sailboats rests off Big Corona beach. The city is working on an ordinance to regulate the number of boats docked there. COSTA MESA DAILY PILOT  
Daily Pilot  

'Floating RVs'

Newport Beach considers links between boats, bacteria

Officials are drafting an ordinance that could limit how long boats may be anchored off Corona del Mar State Beach. The growing number of boats anchored off the beach has turned the area into a “floating RV park." (Costa Mesa Daily Pilot)
Ron Rose of the Dam Safety Assurance Program points to the fault in Martis Valley last month. EMMA GARRARD/Sierra Sun  
Sun  

Finding faults

2 quake faults found during study of Martis Creek Dam

The Army Corps of Engineers, as part of a study into the safety of Martis Creek Dam, dug two trenches in Waddle Ranch this fall. What they found, two earthquake faults, lends credence to the dam’s ranking of one of the six riskiest in the nation. (Sierra Sun)

Four-year-old Aylana Herklest of San Bernardino watches the puppet show "The Lytle Creek Story" in Muscoy. The show looks to inform students about protecting their watershed and water supply. MELANIE LADONGA/Press-Enterprise  
P-E  

Teaching stewardship

Puppets help show kids how to protect water supply

Pink and yellow E. coli bacteria puppets dance around a set representing Lytle Creek, showing the young audience what happens when its watershed is polluted. The Water Resources Institute at CSU San Bernardino spearheads the show for the "Lytle is Vital" program. (Riverside Press-Enterprise)  WATCH THE SHOW

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Hydrant baptism
Daniel Jones, water system operator I with Otay Water District, deals with his first hydrant break in Chula Vista. Daniel has been with Otay since 2004.
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 86; Ellis Marsalis, 74; P.J. O'Rourke, 61; Buckwheat Zydeco, 61; Prince Charles, 60; Condolezza Rice, 54; Yanni, 54; Laura San Giacomo, 47; D.B. Sweeney, 47.

On this Day in 1972
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 1,000 for the first time, ending the day at 1,003.16.

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