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US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Qinfeng gives a lesson on Zhuang Rice Cake during an experience event at Liantang Town of Qingpu District in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 13, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A girl eats a Zhuang rice cake made by herself during an experience event in Liantang Town of Qingqu District in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 13, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather,

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Children learn to make Zhuang Rice Cake during an experience event in Liantang Town of Qingqu District in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 13, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather, Yang s

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Children learn to make Zhuang Rice Cake during an experience event in Liantang Town of Qingqu District in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 13, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather, Yang s

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Defense minister Ichikawa, consumer affairs minister Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) and consumer affairs minister Kenji Yamaoka. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is set to remove Ichikawa and Yamaoka, who were both censured in parliament, from the posts possibly on Jan. 13, 2012, according to political sources.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) holds the medal for the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine won by Shinya Yamanaka (L) at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2013.

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Rankings announced for New Year tournament

FUNABASHI, Japan - Sumo wrestler Shohozan (R) shakes hands with his stablemaster Matsugane at their stable in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2012, after earning promotion to the fourth-highest rank of komusubi in the rankings for the Jan. 13-27 New Year Grand Sumo Tournament released the same day by the Japan Sumo Association. Shohozan is placed in the top four ranks of the sport for the first time in his career.

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Rankings announced for New Year tournament

MATSUDO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Kotoyuki (L) holds a new rankings list for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with his stablemaster Sadogatake at their stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2012. Kotoyuki, ranked as a No. 15 maegashira, is just one new face in the elite makuuchi division in the Jan. 13-27 tournament in Tokyo.

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Rankings announced for New Year basho

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2012, when the Japan Sumo Association released its rankings for the Jan. 13-27 New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho, the east yokozuna, is looking for his 24th tournament championship, which would tie him for fourth on the all-time list with Kitanoumi.

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Historical diary of Japanese 'wine king' found

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 17, 2012, shows albums, notebooks and other items that belonged to Kanae Nagasawa (1852-1934) and were recently found in the United States on display at the Ichikikushikino city hall in Kagoshima Prefecture. Nagasawa was sent to Britain at the age of 13 by the Satsuma domain of feudal Japan to study Western civilizations, and later moved to the United States, where he established himself as a successful wine maker.

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Historical diary of Japanese 'wine king' found

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 17, 2012, shows a diary (L) and a notebook that belonged to Kanae Nagasawa (1852-1934) and were recently found in the United States on display at the Ichikikushikino city hall in Kagoshima Prefecture. Nagasawa was sent to Britain at the age of 13 by the Satsuma domain of feudal Japan to study Western civilizations, and later moved to the United States, where he established himself as a successful wine maker.

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Nishikori climbs to No. 18 in ATP rankings

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 31, 2012, shows Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori. He was listed at No. 18 in the latest ATP rankings released on Feb. 13.

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Arsenal send Miyaichi to Bolton

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Rotterdam on March 13, 2011, shows Japan's soccer player Ryo Miyaichi. Arsenal shipped the winger to Bolton Wanderers on loan for the remainder of the season as the European winter transfer market closed on Jan. 31, 2012.

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Aerial view of S. Sudan capital

JUBA, South Sudan - An aerial photo taken on Jan 13, 2012, shows many roads are not surfaced in Juba, capital of South Sudan, which became independent in July 2011. Infrastructure remains poor after a civil war lasting more than 20 years.

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Meeting on tsunami tragedy at school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman heads to an elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2012, to attend a meeting held by the local education board to explain the events of the March 2011 tsunami to parents of pupils at Okawa Elementary School, where 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing.

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Japan minister in Myanmar

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano (L) and Myanmar Energy Minister Than Htay meet in the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw on Jan. 13, 2012.

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New abduction minister meets victim's parents

KAWASAKI, Japan - Jin Matsubara (R), minister in charge of the North Korean abduction issue, meets Shigeru Yokota (C) and his wife Sakie, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korean agents at age 13 in 1977, at their residence in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Jan. 14, 2012. Matsubara assumed the portfolio the previous day.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012, following a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012, following a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Japan promotes high-speed train technology in India

NEW DELHI, India - Tsutomu Morimura (L), a senior executive director of Central Japan Railway Co., explains his company's exhibit to Indian Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi (2nd from L) as Japan hosts a high-speed train technology seminar in New Delhi on Jan. 13, 2012, as part of efforts to sell its shinkansen bullet-train system to India.

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Taiwan presidential election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) attends a gathering in New Taipei City to rally support for Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (L) on Jan. 13, 2012, a day before the island's presidential election.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new education minister Hirofumi Hirano speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012, following a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Taiwan presidential election

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou shakes hands with supporters in Kaohsiung on Jan. 13, 2012, a day before the island's presidential election.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012, following a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new National Public Safety Commission Chairman Jin Matsubara speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012, following a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Kyoto Univ. institute to publish journal

KYOTO, Japan - Norio Nakatsuji, professor and director at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, speaks during a press conference in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2012. He said the institute will launch a journal this year titled ''Biomaterial Science'' to be published jointly with Britain's Royal Society of Chemistry.

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Gilded dish picked best souvenir

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Tourism Agency said Jan. 13, 2012, that a gilded traditional fan-shaped dish from Ishikawa Prefecture has been chosen as the most attractive Japanese souvenir for foreign visitors by panels of foreign and Japanese judges.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front C) and members of his reshuffled Cabinet pose for photos at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. Right of Noda is new Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada.

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Taiwan presidential election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (C) calls for support in Taipei on Jan. 13, 2012, a day before Taiwan's presidential election.

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Myanmar freeing all political prisoners

YANGON, Myanmar - Former Myanmar Prime Minister Khin Nyunt (front) speaks to reporters in Yangon after being released from house arrest on Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar's government the same day granted freedom to all 591 political prisoners whose release had been demanded by democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, according to official sources.

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Japan trade minister in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano (3rd from L) attends a meeting with Myanmar business executives in Yangon on Jan. 13, 2012.

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Escaped inmate likely sneaked into house

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Investigators from the Hiroshima prefectural police gather in a residential area in the city of Hiroshima's Nishi Ward on Jan. 13, 2012. Li Guolin, a 40-year-old Chinese man who remains at large after escaping from Hiroshima Prison on Jan. 11, is believed to have sneaked into a private home in the area and consumed food and stolen clothing and other items on Jan. 12.

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French foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba attend a joint press conference after their meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012.

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Chinese prison escapee captured

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Reporters gather in Hiroshima on Jan. 13, 2012, following the recapture by police of Chinese convict Li Guolin in the area two days after he escaped from Hiroshima Prison. Li was serving a 23-year term for crimes including firing a gun at a police officer after breaking into a house to commit theft in 2005.

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Malt, yeast from space station used for 'shochu' spirit

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A line of bottled ''shochu'' distilled spirit made using rice malt and yeast kept on the International Space Station is displayed at Kagoshima University in Kagoshima, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2012. The university and an association of distillers in Kagoshima Prefecture said they have jointly developed the shochu named Uchu Dayori.

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Apple store in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Police officers guard an Apple store in Beijing on Jan. 13, 2012, after customers protested as the iPhone 4S was not sold at the store despite a prior announcement.

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Japan to invest in LNG project in Australia

DARWIN, Australia - Naoki Kuroda (2nd from L), chairman of Japanese oil developer Inpex Corp., celebrates in Darwin, Australia, on Jan. 13, 2012, after confirming the final investment decision on the Ichthys LNG Project. The project is a liquefied natural gas joint venture between the Inpex group of companies and the French oil giant Total S.A. group of companies, based on resources from the Ichthys Field, in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia.

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Japanese, French foreign ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe shake hands ahead of their talks at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guesthouse in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. The meeting marked the first strategic dialogue between the foreign ministers of the two countries since Tokyo and Paris agreed in May 2011 to launch such a dialogue.

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JAL flies Hello Kitty plane

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an airplane with Sanrio Co.'s Hello Kitty character painted on its body at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. Japan Airlines Co. started flying the airplane the same day to support a campaign to raise awareness about cervical cancer and its prevention.

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New education minister Hirano

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Hirofumi Hirano, Diet affairs chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. DPJ chief and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda appointed Hirano on Jan. 13, 2012, as education minister to replace Masaharu Nakagawa, while giving Hirano's party post to DPJ Deputy Secretary General Koriki Jojima.

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Outgoing national public safety chief Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Yamaoka, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and consumer affairs minister, attends a press conference at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. Yamaoka, who was censured in the House of Councillors in December, was replaced by senior vice transport minister Jin Matsubara the same day.

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Japan to invest in LNG project in Australia

DARWIN, Australia - Naoki Kuroda (2nd from L), chairman of Japanese oil developer Inpex Corp., signs a document in Darwin, Australia, on Jan. 13, 2012, for the final investment decision on the Ichthys LNG Project. The project is a liquefied natural gas joint venture between the Inpex group of companies and the French oil giant Total S.A. group of companies, based on resources from the Ichthys Field, in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia.

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DPJ lawmaker Okada

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Katsuya Okada, former secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has decided to appoint Okada on Jan. 13, 2012, as deputy prime minister, political sources said.

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JAL's Ueki likely to become next president

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japan Airlines Co. Senior Managing Executive Officer Yoshiharu Ueki. The airline is considering promoting Ueki to president by March 31, 2012, replacing Masaru Onishi, sources close to the move said Jan. 13, 2012.

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Outgoing Defense Minister Ichikawa

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa heads for a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has decided to replace Ichikawa with Naoki Tanaka, a ruling Democratic Party of Japan member in the House of Councillors, later in the day.

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New consumer affairs minister Matsubara

Undated file photo shows senior vice transport minister Jin Matsubara. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda appointed Matsubara on Jan. 13, 2012, as public safety commission chief and consumer affairs minister, succeeding Kenji Yamaoka, who was censured in the House of Councillors in December.

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Tanaka to become new defense minister

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Naoki Tanaka, a ruling Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Councillors. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, DPJ chief, has decided to appoint Tanaka as defense minister, replacing Yasuo Ichikawa who was censured in the upper house in December 2011, DPJ lawmakers said Jan. 13, 2012.

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Noda to reshuffle Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda enters his office in Tokyo on the morning of Jan. 13, 2012. Noda is set to reshuffle his Cabinet later in the day with the hope of pushing forward talks with the opposition camp on his policy goal of raising the country's sales tax rate.

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Kuroda signs with Yankees

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese pitcher Hiroki Kuroda in the Los Angeles Dodgers' uniform. The New York Yankees officially announced a one-year pact with the free agent right-handed starter on Jan. 26, 2012. Kuroda was 13-16 with a 3.07 ERA in 32 starts for the Dodgers the previous season.