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fromKqed
1 day ago
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Historic Lick Observatory Faces Long Road to Recovery After Christmas Storm | KQED

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1 day ago
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Historic Lick Observatory Faces Long Road to Recovery After Christmas Storm | KQED

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fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 days ago

Lick Observatory's damaged telescope dome still open to elements as another rainstorm approaches

Ferocious winds ripped open Lick Observatory's dome, dislodging a 60-foot steel door and exposing the Great Refractor telescope to rain, prompting emergency repairs.
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fromSFGATE
1 week ago

Storms threaten historic Bay Area telescope after winds batter observatory

Storm-damaged Lick Observatory dome left a large hole threatening the Great Lick Refractor telescope as storms approach; repairs could take months.
fromsfist.com
1 week ago

After Lick Observatory Gets Roof Piece Ripped Off by Extreme Winds, Scientists Race to Save 137-Year-Old Telescope

The historically significant, 57-foot-long Great Refractor telescope near San Jose is in serious danger, after 110 mile-per-hour winds ripped a steel crescent off the Lick Observatory's roof, and more storms are on the way. In the wee early hours of Christmas Day, Mount Hamilton's Lick Observatory in Santa Clara County was battered by 110 mile-per-hour winds that blew off one its dome's sliding steel crescents that separate and open the roof for the telescope.
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fromsfist.com
1 week ago

Day Around the Bay: Brentwood Police Fatally Shoot Armed DUI Suspect on Christmas Eve

Multiple Bay Area incidents included a deadly police shooting, rising H3N2 flu infections in children, and storm damage forcing Lick Observatory closure.
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