Fishing Report Feb 14, 2008
There's a tremendous amount of bait at Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz islands, and some skippers are running halibut trips, but that bite is still slow. HALIBUT AND SCULPIN: There is a pick on the halibut off Long Beach. (North County Times)
Raleigh 'Dusty' Rhodes, POW in WWII, leader of Blue Angels Dec 6, 2007
He flew fighters off of the USS Enterprise during World War II. In the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands near Guadalcanal in October 1942, he was shot down and captured by the Japanese. He spent the next three years in a prisoner camp, where he was beaten and starved, his daughter said. (Boston Globe)
Click for Full Story Oct 26, 2007
In 1942, Japanese planes badly damaged the U.S. ship Hornet in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands during World War II. (The Hornet sank early the next morning. In 1957, the Soviet Union announced that defense minister Marshal Georgi Zhukov had been relieved of his duties. (KWTX.com, TX)
Today In History - October 26, 2006 Oct 26, 2007
In 1942, Japanese planes badly damaged the U.S. ship Hornet in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands during World War II. (The Hornet sank early the next morning. . (CBS2.com, CA)
Strong quake hits Solomon Islands Sep 2, 2007
But it said there was an increased potential for tsunami waves near the epicentre in the Solomon Islands' eastern Santa Cruz islands. "Further seismic analysis indicates that this earthquake may be the kind of earthquake that ruptures more slowly and has an increased potential to generate tsunami waves that could be damaging near the epicenter," it said in a statement. (India Times, India)
Quake hits off Solomon Islands; no tsunami threat here Sep 2, 2007
The earthquake hit 60 miles south of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, in the Solomon Islands, the Web site said. It occurred at a depth of 35 kilometers, it said. (Honolulu Advertiser)
