Word: regionalization
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...school friend, who told her that Rancho Bernardo—Ward’s former school district—was “burning down.” “This is where my uncle lives,” said Ward, pointing at a spot near the red region of the map. “Red means it’s burning.” Ward, whose aunt, uncle, and parents were all evacuated earlier this week, went on to note that few Harvard students are aware of the destruction be wreaked on the opposite coast...
...plans are no match for the fierce force of nature. In this case, the foe was not just fire, but its ally, wind, specifically the type known in Southern California as a Santa Ana, which blows hot and hard from the desert, often in October, when the dry, arid region is at its most vulnerable for wildfires. The effect is analogous to a match striking sandpaper. The cause of most of this week's fires are unknown, although a downed power line may be responsible for at least one. Winds up to 70 miles an hour blew over San Diego...
Marines and soldiers who work in the region every day said they've witnessed a sea change and welcomed the celebration. "I've seen the full transformation of Iraq," said Marine Warrant Officer Bobby Garza, who works on a team of 40 U.S. advisers helping train a 9,000-man Iraqi Army battalion near Ramadi. Garza said he's working on the second half of his fourth tour in Iraq. "It's a beautiful thing," he said from his spot on a wall outside Government Center, which was the focus of al-Qaeda attacks for most of the last four...
Tuesday's two-hour convoy - which wound through more than four miles of bullet- and bomb-ridden city decimated by the very worst of the war - celebrated the life of Ramadi's favorite son, Sheik Sattar Abu Risha, the romantic icon of the region's sudden turn against al-Qaeda and Islamic extremists. Though Sattar was killed by an insurgent's bomb on Sept. 13, his "Awakening" movement lives on and his image adorned police cars, armored vehicles and city walls for Tuesday's parade marking the end of 40 days of mourning. Hundreds of Iraqi police officers and soldiers...
...flag of the "Iraqi Awakening." Before Sattar was killed last month, he broadened his ambitions and his claims of authority to include all of Iraq. Al Rubaie hailed that spirit and pledged the central government would support it locally with funds, security forces and other assistance to develop the region and tie it more firmly with Baghdad. After the parade, al Rubaie sat comfortably as the head guest of Sattar's brother, Sheik Ahmed Abu Risha, who took over the Awakening movement after Sattar's death. Older and rounder than his warrior brother, Ahmed seemed more like a middle-aged...