News briefs
By Daily Bruin Staff
April 17, 2005 9:00 p.m.
Quake shakes Southern California
MARICOPA “”mdash; A magnitude-5.1 earthquake struck in Kern
County on Saturday and could be felt as far away as downtown Los
Angeles, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or
damage.
The quake struck at 12:18 p.m. and was centered about 13 miles
east of Maricopa and 25 miles south-southwest of Bakersfield,
according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological
Survey.
At Tina’s Diner off the main highway that runs through
Maricopa, 83-year-old Larry Hickerson was eating an egg breakfast
when the quake rattled his table for about 30 seconds.
“We were sitting here in the restaurant and she just shook
us pretty good here. It wasn’t a long one, it was just two or
three jolts,” he said. “The water shook a
bit.”
Area school wins intelligence feat
WOODLAND HILLS “”mdash; El Camino Real High School has won the
24th annual U.S. Academic Decathlon for the second time in a
row.
The team’s nine students hugged and cheered when the
results were announced Saturday night.
“Can you say “˜dynasty?'” asked Marvin
Cobb, executive director of the California Academic Decathlon.
“Next year ““ watch it! We’re going to do it again
in Texas!”
The El Camino team, which beat out other California teams to
reach the national round, scored 49,009.4 points out of a possible
60,000, beating 39 other teams from around the nation.
Compiled from Bruin wire services.
