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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A retail store on the 1500 block of Polk Street has been hit hard by rampant shoplifting this year. San Francisco Police Department officers conducted a blitz operation on Tuesday to catch thieves in the act and hold shoplifters accountable, police said. The store was chosen “due to the high number […]

The Coast Guard's Cold Water Ice Diving joint-service course will now occur in the Arctic environment of Camp Ripley, Minnesota. 

Updated Mar. 16 CLEARWATER — When Ted Reinhard launched Cult City Tours in February, he said his goal was to demystify the presence of the Church of Scientology in downtown by laughing at it. The 90-minute walking tour around church landmarks eases any fears with his sarcastic reading of Scientology teachings, he said, but the route ends up exposing visitors to a fledgling district of bars and restaurants they may have never known about. “If you come downtown and have dinner or drinks...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 prepare to enter the water during ice dive training at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minn., on Feb. 18, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jeff Atherton/TNS) Instead of in Virginia Beach, these Navy divers are training under 3 feet of ice in Minnesota NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — It dipped to 9 below zero before dawn Friday at Camp Ripley, Minnesota – the same as at Barrow, Alaska, ...

Instead of in Virginia Beach, these Navy divers are training under 3 feet of ice in Minnesota Dave Ress, The Daily Press © U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Jeff Atherton/The Daily Press/TNS Navy divers from Little Creek prepare to dive under the ice at Camp Ripley, Minn. It dipped to 9 below zero before dawn Friday at Camp Ripley, Minnesota — the same as at Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost point in the United States — which is why Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joshua Slac...

Sailors from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek’s Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 are spending February in the middle of Minnesota, diving at least twice daily in water just 4 degrees above its freezing point, and under ice that can be 3 feet thick.