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Chunks of concrete-encased styrofoam floated in the water, covered in a thin film of oil from the wreckage of sunken boats that now reside at the bottom
As I'm sure you know, coastal Northern California is under a tsunami warning following a massive earthquake that struck off northeastern Japan. Varying current changes and wave conditions could pose a danger to coastal community residents and beach goers.
On Thursday Congressman Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) announced that the district will receive $724,909 in grant funding to help hire firefighters.
“I have been in constant communication with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration regarding the tsunami threat in Northern California.
Thompson, co-chair of the Military Veterans Caucus and a veteran of the Vietnam War, sent a bipartisan letter Wednesday urging House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to allow the last surviving American veteran of World War I to lie in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.
The forum will focus on potential solutions to the country's growing debt, including proposals from the Obama administration's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility.