California

First confirmed Japanese tsunami debris in...
In this April 8, 2013 file photo, characters on the side of a boat that read Takata-kou-kou — “Takata High School” — a high school in Rikuzentakata City in Iwate Prefecture, is seen on a Japanese boat that washed up in Crescent City, Calif. (AP Photo/Del Norte Triplicate)
April 27, 2013
CRESCENT CITY, California--A barnacle-covered fishing boat that washed ashore this month in Crescent City, California, has been confirmed as the first debris from the 2011...
California city building "tsunami-resistant" port
An Oct. 26, 2012 photo shows a large driling rig, at right, waiting for a custom drill bit to install bigger and stronger dock pilings to take the place of docks destroyed by the 2011 tsunami from Japan. (AP Photo)
November 24, 2012
CRESCENT CITY, California--It doesn't matter if the earth sways in Chile, Alaska or Japan, the formation of the sea floor along the U.S. West Coast generally aims any tsunami...
BIZ BRIEF: Sumitomo invests in U.S. desert solar...
October 03, 2012
Sumitomo Corp. of America (SCOA), together with its parent, Sumitomo Corp. (SC), have invested in the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm, a 550-megawatt solar power project under...
Japanese Garden renovated for centennial in...
A new ceremonial teahouse at the reopened Japanese Garden at the Huntington Library in San Marino (AP)
July 26, 2012
SAN MARINO, Calif.—With ponds of koi fish, a newly installed ceremonial teahouse and sloping bridge, the reopened Japanese Garden at the Huntington Library in San Marino is...
BIZ BRIEF: MHI wins contract for California syngas...
May 31, 2012
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. announced May 31 that it has been awarded a contract to perform the Front-End Engineering and Design services for the gasification and power...
Fukushima radiation seen in tuna off California
May 29, 2012
WASHINGTON -- Low levels of nuclear radiation from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima power plant have turned up in bluefin tuna off the California coast, suggesting that these fish ...
BIZ BRIEF: Glass-maker AGC buys stake in California ...
April 04, 2012
AGC, a leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, announced April 4 that its wholly owned Georgia-based U.S. subsidiary AGC America Inc. has invested...
Troubled nuclear plant near L.A. ordered not to...
The San Onofre nuclear generating station in October 2011 (Erika Toh)
March 30, 2012
LOS ANGELES--The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on March 27 ordered a ban on the restart of the San Onofre nuclear generating station in southern California until the ...
BIZ BRIEF: NRG taps Solar Frontier for CIS modules
February 16, 2012
Solar Frontier announced Feb. 16 that it has signed a module supply agreement with NRG Solar LLC, one of the largest solar developers in the United States, for 13.2 megawatts...
BIZ BRIEF: Solar Frontier selected for California...
January 18, 2012
Kirin looking to sell no-alcohol brand abroad
Kirin Brewery Co. President Koichi Matsuzawa (The Asahi Shimbun)
October 20, 2011
The president of Kirin Brewery Co. said the company may sell its non-alcoholic beer, Kirin Free, in the United States and Europe.
BIZ BRIEF: Mitsubishi subsidiary develops gas-fired ...
October 14, 2011
Diamond Generating Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp., has developed two gas-fired power plants in California to support the integration of intermittent...
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