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“There's a crane system that's really awesome”

In a cavernous building where the company president sits in a cubicle alongside his workers, a rocket manufacturer is fueling an aerospace renaissance of sorts in Hawthorne. via Daily Breeze

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OSI Systems, Inc. , a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the security and healthcare industries, announced today that its Security division, Rapiscan ... via Freshnews

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“But I like the atmosphere here and the race director, so I came here for that.”

Mary Akor hardly seemed like the quitting type. But after a discouraging 19th place at the U.S. women's Olympic marathon trials in Boston two weeks ago, the Nigerian-born, Hawthorne, Calif., resident said it ... via Vancouver Sun

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“This makes them eligible to compete with other qualified launch services providers to bid on, and possibly win, launch services with us.”

NASA is adding two new rockets from a start-up aerospace company to an inventory of qualified launch vehicles the agency can select for future space science missions. via Florida Today

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A noninjury fire broke out at an engine repair shop in Hawthorne today, authorities said. via Daily Breeze

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NASA has awarded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for launch services on the company's Falcon 1 and planned Falcon 9 launch vehicles, the space ... via SPACE.com

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A Beach Boys album finally hit Number One.

"Now from Hawthorne, California, with a gala concert and a recording session the fabulous Beach Boys." Those words launched the Beach Boys into there first live concert recording which would result in a Number One album.I have always thought it a bit odd that Beach Boys Concert would not only be the Beach Boys first Number One album but... Read more

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“These sites look like a good match for a Fresh & Easy store in terms of what Fresh Easy has to offer”

Harbor City optometrist Sienne Van Enk can't wait for the new Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market to open a few doors down. via Daily Breeze

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“The sustained growth in aerospace trade is a good sign not only for our industry, but the U.S. economy as a whole”

The U.S. aerospace export balance soared to a record $60.4 billion in 2007, good news for the about 75,000 workers employed by the industry in Los Angeles County, an industry group reported Tuesday. via LA Daily News

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“There was some inappropriate touching, but he apologized, and thought that was it”

Riverside County prosecutors are expected today to begin reviewing a Riverside County Sheriff's Department investigation into an attack on an off-duty Costa Mesa police officer in Old Town Temecula that didn't ... via The Orange County Register

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