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- A Monument to Palmdale Housing Bust - Dream Interrupted
- KCET
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on February 18, 2010 at 3:12PM EST
- Chris said: Vital reporting on what happens when a community goes full tilt on a building binge, and then the housing market collapses.
- Tags: Local, housing crisis, Palmdale, Antelope Valley, California

- Water Pollution Near You
- The New York Times
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on September 14, 2009 at 4:37PM EDT
- Chris said: This isn't just a graphic. It's an interactive database you can use to answer your own questions, and that reporters can use to find new stories. It's a framework for reporting.
- Tags: Local, water, pollution, water pollution, Clean Water Act, EPA, Clean Drinking Water Act, data

- Wildfires have destroyed 71 California homes
- SFGate.com
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on August 31, 2009 at 10:53PM EDT
- Chris said: A wildfire destroyed 50 homes in Auburn, adding to the 21 burned in LA County.
- Tags: Local, fire, California, Auburn, station fire

- Fire News - KCET Local
- KCET
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on August 31, 2009 at 5:35PM EDT
- Chris said: KCET rounds up road closures, evacuation info and tweets about the fires in SoCal.
- Tags: Local, California, fire, station fire

- Zero Percent Contained...Los Angeles Station Fire Timelapse footage...
- iReport
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on August 31, 2009 at 4:29PM EDT
- Chris said: CNN's iReport has timelapse video of the Station Fire that threatens parts of Los Angeles.
- Tags: Local, fire, California, los angeles, station fire

- Station Fire Threatening L.A. Power Lines, Residents Urged to Conserve Energy
- LAist
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on August 31, 2009 at 4:22PM EDT
- Chris said: Power lines near Acton are in the Station Fire's path.
- Tags: Local, fire, los angeles, station fire, Acton

- Two Firefighters Killed as La Canada Flintridge Fire Rages On
- KNX
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on August 31, 2009 at 4:01PM EDT
- Chris said: Two firefighters are dead and the Station fire is burning at least 100,000 acres as of noon PDT. The fire doubled in size since yesterday.
- Tags: Local, fire, station fire, los angeles, Mt. Wilson

- Report: Much went wrong before BART shooting
- SFGate.com
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on August 18, 2009 at 11:22PM EDT
- Chris said: Information wasn't shared, officers weren't coordinated, and no supervisors arrived to take command. "No one appeared to be in charge," the report says.
- Tags: Local, oakland, BART, Oscar Grant, police

- How to Run a Background Check on Companies Awarded Stimulus Contracts
- ProPublica
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on July 7, 2009 at 1:11PM EDT
- Chris said: Propublica offers its contributor network tips on doing due diligence on local companies getting stimulus contracts. This is useful.
- Tags: Business, Stimulus, Government, Local, Journalism

- A new Patchwork Nation
- Christian Science Monitor: Patchwork Nation
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on June 15, 2009 at 11:12AM EDT
- Chris said: Patchwork Nation gives us a way to talk about big, complicated national issues from a local perspective with a lot of data to back it up.
- Tags: U.S., demographics, Religion, Culture, Local

Newshour Contributors

Chris Amico Interactive Editor, NewsHour Online

George Griffin Senior Producer, NewsHour

Samara Thery Reporter, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Mary Hartney Director of audience engagement, The Baltimore Sun

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