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MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Richard Branson is vowing to find out what caused the crash of his prototype space tourism rocket, killing one crew member and injuring another. The Virgin Galactic founder told reporters today that safety has always been the top priority of the program that envisions taking wealthy tourists to the edge of space. But he says, "Yesterday we fell short." More than a dozen investigators in a range of specialties are forming teams to examine the crash site, collect data and interview witnesses.
BODEGA BAY, Calif. (AP) — The Coast Guard says four are dead a fifth was pulled to safety after their boat capsized off the Northern California coast. The Coast Guard says officials were notified this morning about an overturned boat about 70 miles up the coast from San Francisco. A California Highway Patrol helicopter recovered the survivor from the rocks.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California storm has dropped about half an inch of rain on Los Angeles and coated mountaintops east of the city with a dusting of snow. Eleven residents in Ventura County were evacuated overnight after mud and debris from a hillside struck at least two homes and partially buried a man, who had to be pulled out. An evacuation advisory for residents of Orange County's Silverado Canyon has been lifted.
HONOLULU (AP) — Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea (kih-luh-WAY'-uh) volcano has stalled just under 500 feet from the main road in Pahoa, a town of about 1,000 residents on the Big Island. Hawaii County Civil Defense says lava has been breaking out along the sides of the flow that has streamed down the volcano's northeast flank since June. Last weekend, the lava crossed a country road on the edge of the town. It has smothered part of a cemetery, burned a shed and some tires, toppled trees and burned grass.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's time to reclaim that hour of sleep you lost last spring. Most of the United States is turning back the clock tonight. The annual shift back to standard time takes place at 2 a.m. local time. Residents of Hawaii, most of Arizona and some U.S. territories don't have to change because those places never switched to daylight saving time.
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