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The 76.6-mile-long Antelope Valley Line has the third-highest ridership in Metrolink’s system with an estimated average of 9,000 passengers daily. However, the uneven terrain and single-tracking along the line in some areas forces trains to travel at a slower speed which results in an estimated travel time of approximately one hour between Santa Clarita and Union Station.
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Celebrate Earth Day on Monday, April 22 with California State Parks at any of the 280 unique park units across the state. State Parks has numerous Earth Day-themed events planned. They include in-person activities such as guided walks and hikes, workdays and a bioblitz, as well as virtual programming with a live dive broadcast exploring the hidden world of the ocean.
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1930 - Telephone switchboard operator Louise Gipe, heroine of the 1928 St. Francis Dam disaster, tries & fails to kill herself over an unrequited love [story]
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The Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, in partnership with Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, launched the Commercial Acquisition Fund to provide capital to countywide non-profit organizations, helping acquire and revitalize commercial spaces within local communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In 2007, the California AQMD passed laws to eliminate machines that use perc. The dry cleaners now use carbon.
Dry cleaners have not been the largest users of perc for decades due to advances in the dry cleaning machines. Several decades ago when you went to a dry cleaners, you smelled solvent but not any more. More perc is used for brake cleaning than for dry cleaning these days with the difference being that the dry cleaner is regulated and the home mechanic is not.
Please site a recent study regarding the issue of residual perc in clothing. The minute amount left in the garment when it comes out of the machine will flash of during the steam pressing of the garment.
While many cleaners are switching to alternative solvents, most of the ones who continue to use perc do so responsibly.
I feel that much of the information in this article was poorly researched, outdated, and inaccurate.
My family has been in the dry cleaning business since 1965. We work, and still work 12 hour days. We have been in direct with perc for 4 generations. None of us, nor any of our employees over these many years, have any of the ailments you describe. By the way, the largest user/consumer of Perc is the US Government.