Hanford
Americannoun
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a city in central California.
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a locality in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: site of an atomic energy plant Hanford Works.
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Ms. Hanford is a senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation.
Since Monday, Yosemite Valley and the park has received about 4 feet of snow and up to 52 inches in some areas, according to the National Weather Service in Hanford.
From Los Angeles Times
The low stratus clouds — which appear to stretch from Bakersfield through Chico and west into the Bay Area — continue to create visibility concerns on roadways and could help foster a record-cool December, said Carlos Molina, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford.
From Los Angeles Times
Shruti Javali, a family physician at a clinic in Hanford, Calif., regularly treats patients with advanced cases of San Joaquin Valley fever, a fungal lung infection found mainly in that part of California and Arizona.
Bietz, who lives in Hanford, says he didn’t decapitate the animal.
From Los Angeles Times
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