Mild quake rattles central California; no one injured
By wire services
Published October 9, 2005
CAMBRIA, Calif. - An earthquake shook central California early Saturday about 5 miles northeast of San Simeon, home to Hearst Castle.
The magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit at 5:17 a.m., according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Sgt. Rex Reece of the San Luis Obispo County sheriff's Cambria station said there were no injuries or reports of structural damage as a direct result of the quake.
The temblor came after a magnitude-4.4 quake hit the area Oct. 2.
San Simeon is about 200 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
Alabama governor says he'll seek re-election
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Gov. Bob Riley said Saturday he will seek re-election, setting up a hotly contested Republican primary against ousted Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore.
Moore announced his plans to run for governor Monday in Gadsden, where he first gained national recognition for his legal fight to display the Ten Commandments in his courtroom.
The two will meet in the Republican primary on June 6; other candidates could join the field by then.
On the Democratic side, Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley and former Gov. Don Siegelman are seeking the nomination.
Riley served six years in the U.S. House before narrowly defeating Siegelman in the 2000 election.
Alaska defends plans for "bridge to nowhere'
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Let others sneer at Southeast Alaska's so-called "bridge to nowhere." Leaders in Ketchikan, the small town on the receiving end of the project, call it a bridge to the future.
The $223-million two-bridge project would connect the town's airport to Revillagigedo Island, where most of the 13,000 residents of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough live.
The airport is separated from its users by a quarter-mile-wide channel of water, forcing travelers to catch a ferry or a water taxi.
Critics say the funds earmarked for the bridge and some other projects in the federal transportation bill would be better spent on hurricane recovery.
But Jack Shay, a member of the Ketchikan Borough Assembly, said the bridge is no boondoggle.
"We've only been a state relatively short time, so we're way behind the other states," Shay said.
