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  California @ WestCoastRoads - California 47/103
California 47 turns north at this traffic light (which is planned for upgrade to an interchange), while the Seaside Freeway continues straight ahead as one of three freeway spurs that merge to form Interstate 710 in Long Beach.
Northbound California 47/Seaside Freeway at Junction Interstate 710.
California 103 was originally intended to continue northeast to meet Interstate 405 and Interstate 710 at their current interchange; that plan is still on the books but remains unconstructed.
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 Historic California Posts: Naval Air Station, Terminal Island
Terminal Island is a sand-filled island located adjacent to the port of Los Angeles and expanding between the harbors of San Pedro and Long Beach.
Terminal Island was one of the first islands seized from Japanese fishermen and cannery workers shortly after Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Terminal Island closed in 1947, and its property assigned to the Bureau of Yards and Docks.
www.militarymuseum.org /NASTeminalIsland.html   (1539 words)

  
 Terminal Island Information
Terminal Island is an artificial island located in Los Angeles County, California between Los Angeles Harbor and Long Beach Harbor.
The west half the island is part of the city of Los Angeles, while the rest is part of the city of Long Beach.
Terminal Island is connected to the mainland via three bridges.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Terminal_Island   (414 words)

  
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Terminal Island, an 86- acre yard where containers are parked and several buildings are situated, is the busiest of Respondent's three west coast terminals.
He did, however, testify that Matson wanted to bring Terminal Island to the standards of their other terminals: [T]hat the way we treated the planners in our other facilities were exempt.
We felt that the duties that they were performing certainly qualified for them to become exempt employees; that we had virtually eliminated the overtime, and in order to bring them exempt we felt, as a company, that we should raise their base salary to be more in line with the superintendent level position.
www.nlrb.gov /nlrb/shared_files/decisions/321/321-124.txt   (5011 words)

  
 Regionalism: The California View, essay by Susan M. Anderson
Many of the California artists who enjoyed a national reputation during the 1930s were leading members of the loosely structured movement and first received critical acclaim for their achievements as watercolor artists.
California artists portrayed the city, like the rural landscape, in all its varying aspects, ranging from quickly observed glimpses of streets, houses and their inhabitants to more closely studied images of city life.
Although many California scene painters retained their Regionalist style for some years after the 1930s, Miller was one artist representative of those who did not wish to return to painting images of the American scene for some time after he returned from service.
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 Schwarzenegger, McCain back low carbon fuel - Boston.com
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Arizona Sen. John McCain on Wednesday called for a nationwide roll-out of California's new low carbon fuel standard.
TERMINAL ISLAND, California (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Arizona Sen. John McCain on Wednesday called for a nationwide roll-out of California's new low carbon fuel standard.
California has also called for a 25-percent cut in climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
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 Activities :: wheelchair accessibility
Part of the charm of Catalina Island is the fact that it is beautiful,undeveloped and much like it was 50 years ago.
While the aesthetics are undeniable, the Island can present some challenges for the wheelchair user.However, with proper planning, a trip to this Island paradise will be enjoyable and a lasting memory.
Because parts of Catalina Island are very hilly, and many of the rental properties are older homes with small bathrooms, it is necessary to be specific with your vacation needs when talking with the rental agent.
www.catalina.com /access.html   (549 words)

  
 VPNAVY - VR-3 History Summary Page - VP Patrol Squadron
NAS Terminal Island, California reached the limit of its capacity; therefore, an Auxiliary Aircraft Acceptance Unit opened at Litchfield Park, Arizona, to accept the PB4Ys Liberators from San Diego.
NAS Terminal Island, California had three asphalt runways with the longest 4900 ft. In March 1944, personnel totaled 341 officers, 1274 enlisted men, and 420 civilians.
NAS Terminal Island, California closed in 1947, and its property assigned to the Bureau of Yards and Docks.
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 Historic California Posts: Joint Forces Training Base - Los Alamitos
In August 1977, AFRC Los Alamitos was licensed to the State of California by the Department of the Army and the California Army National Guard was directed to serve as the host activity at the facility and assigned the operational control of the installation.
The California Army National Guard was directed to serve as the host activity at the facility and assigned the operational control of ARFC Los Alamitos, becoming the largest Army Airfield operated by the National Guard.
Commanding the base for California's State Military Department is BG Guido Portante Jr., who oversees the installation's extensive infrastructure, civic interaction and environmental compliance, as well as coordination of the base's diverse tenants.
www.militarymuseum.org /LosAl.html   (6849 words)

  
 Treasure Island, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Treasure Island is wholly within the City and County of San Francisco, whose territory extends far into San Francisco Bay and to the tip of the island of Alameda, California.
During World War II Treasure Island became part of the Treasure Island Naval Base, where it served largely as an electronics and radio communications training school, and as the major Navy departure point for sailors active in the Pacific theatre of the war.
Treasure Island is now part of District 6 of the City and County of San Francisco, though it continues to be owned by the Navy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Treasure_Island,_California   (919 words)

  
 YP Vessels
She was assigned to coastal picket duty involving patrols outside the 3-mile limit from 7 September 1942 to 20 February 1944.
She was assigned to the 11th Naval District and was based at Terminal Island, California.
She was taken over by the Coast Guard on 15 July 1943 and was based at Terminal Island, California in the 12th Naval District.
www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/WEBCUTTERS/YP_Vessels.html   (1629 words)

  
 Terminal Island, California City Tour - City of Terminal Island
between Terminal Island is an artificial island located in Los Angeles County, CaliforniaLos Angeles Harbor and Long Beach Harbor.
Because of the relative geographical isolation of the island, the citizens developed their own culture and even their own dialect.
In 2002, the surviving second-generation citizens set up a memorial on Terminal Island to honor their parents.
www.longbeachrealestatehomes.com /citytour/CA/Terminal-Island.php   (321 words)

  
 Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California (Japanese Americans)
Terminal Island (also known as East San Pedro) was acknowledged in the years before World War II as a "typical Japanese fishing village." Until February 1942 a community of about 3,000 Japanese Americans resided and worked in the area of Terminal Way and Tuna, Cannery, Albacore, and Pilchard streets.
At first, Terminal Island was an all-male community, but the number of women and children slowly increased.
In February 1942, Terminal Island residents were the first to be forcibly removed from their homes.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/5views/5views4h87.htm   (579 words)

  
 Preparing the USS Conflict for commissioning
I was stationed at the Training Center at San Diego, California, when I was assigned to the USS Conflict AM 426.
After the school ended, we were to report to Long Beach Terminal Island, California.
Terminal Island was the Mine Pack Headquarters, so we were able to get classrooms.
www.minesweep.org /onboard.htm   (1683 words)

  
 Renee Boje Legal Defense Fund
Todd was arrested in July of 97 with federal charges for the cultivation of medical cannabis in California, where medical cannabis is legal.
California state law, Proposition 215, entitles patients with a prescription or doctor’s recommendation for cannabis and their primary caregivers to cultivate cannabis for medicinal purposes.
We would also like to remind you that prison conditions in the US have been condemned by Amnesty International and that the sentence imposed for a marijuana-related offense is grossly disproportionate to the severity of the offense and by far exceeds in severity the sentence in other Western countries such as Canada.
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 The S.S. Dickinson Victory
The S.S. Dickinson Victory was a "Victory" ship built by the California Ship Building Corporation for the United States Maritime Commission on Terminal Island, California, near Los Angeles.
According to the records of the U.S. Maritime Administration, the Mayo Lykes was sold for scrap on July 2, 1999.
The reality of the old ship's last service is interesting, however, since it was the subject vessel in a 1995 Sandia Corporation study for the Department of Energy, in collaboration with the U.S. Coast Guard, testing the effects of fire on the shipment of nuclear materiel at Little Sand Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama.
chronicles.dickinson.edu /encyclo/d/ed_ssdickinson.htm   (422 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Terminal Island: Video: Stephanie Rothman,Don Marshall (II),Phyllis Davis,Ena Hartman,Marta Kristen,Barbara ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The main camp of convicts is controlled by the tyrannical Bobby, who rules with an iron hand, and the women are used as sex slaves.
This woman gets convicted of a crime she did not commit, and gets sent to Terminal Island where she is dumped off with just a couple of cans of food, and you are expected to survive.
This movie is pure camp, with Judy from Lost In Space that plays a prostitute, to Tom Selleck, who was the island doctor, that sniffed homemade drugs and stayed stoned all the time.
www.amazon.com /Terminal-Island-Stephanie-Rothman/dp/6303242014   (985 words)

  
 South Bay/Los Angeles Nisei VOAHA -- CSULB:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hasegawa witnessed the mass eviction of Japanese residents from Terminal Island and was later imprisoned with his family at Santa Anita Race Track and a concentration camp in California and Rohwer, Arkansas.
Fujiko Ishikawa was born in Oxnard, California in 1912.
May Minami has lived in Gardena, California most of her life; her father was the first person to sell insurance to other Japanese community members.
salticid.nmc.csulb.edu /cgi-bin/WebObjects/OralAural.woa/wa/project?ww=874&wh=566&pt=109&col=sbg100&bi=1&ser=nwr007&nww=874&nwh=566   (1855 words)

  
 Utah State Bird: California Gull
The California gull, Larus californicus, became the official state bird on February 14, 1955, when House Bill 51 was signed into law by Gov. J Bracken Lee (Utah Code 63-13-9).
The mature California gull measures from twenty to twenty-three inches in length and has greenish yellow feet, a medium gray mantle, and a bill with an orange spot near the tip of the lower mandible.
The California gull was chosen as the state bird because it was credited with saving the pioneer's crops from complete destruction in the summer of 1848.
www.e-referencedesk.com /resources/state-bird/utah.html   (601 words)

  
 Terminal Island, California CA, profile (Los Angeles County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
California > All counties > Los Angeles County > Terminal Island
Terminal Island is in Los Angeles County, in the Los Angeles-Long Beach metro area.
Terminal Island is in the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=10969   (471 words)

  
 SR-47: Terminal Island Freeway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Terminal Island Freeway / Ocean Boulevard / Vincent Thomas Bridge
This sign is on Pacific Coast Highway as it meets the Terminal Island Freeway.
Green bridge is the Schuyler Heim Bridge and the bridge to the left is for the railroad.
www.scvresources.com /highways/sr_47.htm   (120 words)

  
 Family Vacation Resort Guide - 2007 ® MainTour Adventure Travel Tour Guide - Luxury Destination Beachfront ...
Charlottesville Virginia - There are few places in the United States that combine a picturesque and cultivated countryside that is so rich in historical associations with the proximity of a national park and a wide array of cultural opportunities like this one.
It is 553 square miles of a extinct tropical island volcano.
California State Capitol with many attractions dealing with early pioneer, railroading and gold rush history.
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 Direct TV Terminal Island CA Directtv Terminal Island California - Direct TV Terminal Island California (CA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 CLUI Programs + Projects: Terminal Island
"The exhibit looked at Terminal Island, of the coast of Southern California, as a sort of organismic, flowing, landscape machine, composed of five separate terminal activities that occur on the island: importation, exportation, excretion, deportation and expulsion.
As the center of the largest port in the Americas, the nation?s economy flows across its thousands of acres of asphalt, in the form of cubes of material trade, in twenty and forty foot equivalences.
The exhibit was made possible by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and the CLUI Fund for the Study of Islands and Distant American Landmasses.
www.clui.org /clui_4_1/pro_pro/exhibits/terminal.html   (269 words)

  
 H.J. Heinz Annual Report 2002
Employee termination and severance costs are primarily related to involuntary terminations and represent cash termination payments to be paid to affected employees as a direct result of the restructuring program.
Severance charges are primarily related to involuntary terminations and represent cash termination payments to be paid to affected employees as a direct result of the restructuring program.
Exit costs are primarily related to contract and lease termination costs ($42.7 million of the total $65.5 million net exit costs).
www.heinz.com /2002annualreport/financials/fin_notes_04.html   (1561 words)

  
 History
Construction began in March 1942 and the camp was quickly filled with 10,000 former residents of Bainbridge Island, Washington and Terminal Island, California, followed by those persons of Japanese ancestry expelled from the Southern California area with more than 70% from the Los Angeles area.
The surgical and nursing team developed at the Manzanar Hospital became the training center for nurses whose study was interrupted by the evacuation.
The Manzanar Committee, which has sponsored the pilgrimage for 35 years, is an all-volunteer committee, incorporated under the laws of the State of California as a non-profit educational organization.
www.manzanarcommittee.org /manzhistory.html   (811 words)

  
 FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS CONSOLIDATED LEGAL CENTER METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The position includes being involved in the management of a legal office that oversees the legal operations associated with five correctional institutions: Metropolitan Detention Center, Los Angeles, California; Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island, California; Federal Correctional Institutions, Victorville, California and the United States Penitentiary, Victorville, California.
The incumbent will be expected to provide advice and guidance to all levels of staff at these correctional facilities, including members of the Executive staff.
Applicants eligible for veterans' preference are encouraged to include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214 or other substantiating documents) to their submissions.
www.usdoj.gov /oarm/jobs/mdclavacancyann1_memo.htm   (903 words)

  
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Asai is employed in Buffalo by Rev. William A. Van Arsdale, pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist Church and Christian Center, as a program director supervising and counseling boys' groups.
Asai, nee Shizue Marian Tsumura, now a housewife, was formerly a secretary to a lawyer in Los Angeles, California.
© 2006 by The Regents of The University of California
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 Terminal Island
A: While the poster is completed, the documentary being produced by Orangewood Productions, LLC is still looking for family photos, films and mementos from Terminal Island.
A: The California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP) has underwritten the cost of the posters for Terminal Island residents and their families through June 30, 2003.
There are enough posters for 1 per household – so that the children and grandchildren of Terminal Island residents can share these memories.
www.terminalisland.org /faq.htm   (270 words)

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