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Hanford

American  
[han-ferd] / ˈhæn fərd /

noun

  1. a city in central California.

  2. 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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bietz, who lives in Hanford, says he didn’t decapitate the animal.

From Los Angeles Times