Month: May 2016

Nike, Louis Vuitton Among the Favorites for Counterfeiters

You may want to think twice before you buy that designer handbag online. New global data on the seizure of fake goods show Rolex, Nike, Ray Ban and Louis Vuitton were the brands with the most knockoffs.  In fact, counterfeit goods have turned into a global industry worth as much as $461

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California Primed to Burn this Wildfire Season, Experts Say

After the most destructive wildfire season ever in 2015, parts of the western U.S., including California, face elevated fire danger again this year, experts say.   In a report released earlier this month, the National Interagency Fire Center is predicting conditions that put much of the West, Southwest, Hawaii and Alaska in

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San Andreas Fault Ready to Rumble, Expert Says

Southern California’s section of the San Andreas fault is “locked, loaded and ready to roll,” according to Thomas Jordan, director of the Southern California Earthquake Center. The springs on the San Andreas system have been wound very, very tight, Jordan recently said at the National Earthquake Conference. The last big

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