Nov 14 2009
Hawaii’s famed white sandy beaches are shrinking
“It really used to be a beautiful beach,” said the 35-year-old mother of two. “And now when you look at it, it’s gone.” Geologists say more than 70 percent of Kauai’s beaches are eroding while Oahu has lost a quarter of its sandy shoreline.
Oct 4 2009
Cool weather helps firefighters in California (AP)
AP - Cooling temperatures and higher humidity early Monday gave firefighters some welcome relief as they waged an ongoing assault against a wildfire that had burned to the edges of a popular resort town in the San Gabriel Mountains.
