miles

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A woman was rescued by firefighters after she was swept miles down San Jose Creek, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times

The creek is about two feet deep and the water was flowing about eight to 10 miles per hour, McGee said.

From Los Angeles Times

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was reported Wednesday morning at 9:08 a.m. in the waters off Malibu, about four miles from the city, according to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

The earthquake occurred nine miles from Westlake Village, 10 miles from Thousand Oaks, 12 miles from Agoura Hills and 14 miles from Calabasas.

From Los Angeles Times

Today, humans around the world spend a collective 82 million years inside roughly 1.2 billion cars that drive 12 trillion miles annually, according to Morgan Stanley.

From MarketWatch