El Nido News

NOTAM Number: FDC 8/5986 Issue Date: July 04, 2008 at 1752 UTC Location: BUCK MEADOWS , California near EL NIDO VOR/DME Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice ...

T hey weren't the most conventional group of college scholarship recipients. Many came onstage to collect their awards with babies in their arms or toddlers clinging to their knees.

Representatives of the Merced Union High School District and five "feeder" elementary districts last night set a deadline of June 30 to determine if they want a study of the unification of their districts.

CHARGE: Parolee at large, burglary, receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled substance.

Traveler: Joe DiBernardo, Walnut Creek I went because: My wife, Alison, had a qigong retreat in the Philippines, and we chose to visit Palawan afterward in part due to an article in The Chronicle .

My family moved to Torrance in 1954. A product of the Torrance Unified School District, I attended El Nido, Crenshaw, Arlington and Hamilton elementary schools before graduating from North Torrance High School. via Daily Breeze

“It's just too slippery and dangerous to allow anyone to drive on it”

May 12, 1958: It was a wasp-shaped seaplane and it circled the airport for three hours and nobody knew if it would land, crash, or fly away. via Atwater Signal

THE FACES and meeting locations have changed since the El Cerrito Lions Club was chartered Dec. via Pleasant Hill Record

The Malibu Times publishers, Arnold and Karen Portugal York, announce the 2007 Dolphins Awards, recognizing individual or group contributions to the Malibu community. via Malibu Times

Madera County sheriff's deputies broke up a cockfight in an almond orchard near Chowchilla that attracted up to 50 spectators Sunday. via Fresno Bee

The Madera County Sheriff's Office has confirmed the arrest of two men involved in a cockfight. via KMPH-TV Fresno

MADERA SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN A COCKFIGHT IN CHOWCHILLA. via KSEE-TV Fresno

“Independent reviews by credible sources such as National Geographic are highly appreciated by the department as they show us how we are doing and in which areas we can improve”

Palawan is "doing well", according to a study published in National Geographic Traveler magazine's November-December 2007 issue. via Manila Bulletin

“We went outside and at 4:15 a.m. there were fire trucks at the top, known as Malibu Bowl. "One of the problems was there were no fire trucks up here in El Nido until around 8 a.m.”

Diane Jewell stayed at her home in Corral Canyon throughout most of the fire last week. via Malibu Times

“I think they saved it because I did clearance-I chopped trees down so if there was a fire and they had to make a split-second decision on what to save ...”

Artist Lee O'Keefe-Hardy looks through the ashes of her Seabreeze home. She lost years of artwork in Saturday's fire. via Malibu Times

John and Julie Pfeiffer of El Nido were evacuated along with their sons, Mike, 19, Jack 16. via Malibu Times

“If you stay, all you have to do is put out the embers when the fire goes through”

Presenter: John Tippett This webcast will help incorporate the free National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System's 2008 Safety Calendar into your training programs. via FireHouse.com

Sickner lost one home in the area and another of her family's home survived the Corral fire. via Idaho State Journal

“We had stuff packed up, and we thought that was what we needed. Then we got down the hill, and we didn't have our passports or cell phone chargers”

He might be even warier than most. He's survived not just this weekend's fire, which surrounded, but ultimately spared his family's home. via SFGate

“You have to have them laid out straight, and these weren't. And they were old”

The professional firefighters didn't roll up to Corral Canyon in time Saturday. So Matt Haines finally had his chance to rev up and roll out the private firetruck he bought at a public surplus auction. via Portland's WB