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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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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (1st L) and Meng Xuanren (2nd L) are on their way to school in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai studies in a classroom at Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 26, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai, Meng Xuanren and their schoolmates are pictured on their way home after school in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 4, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (1st L) and Meng Xuanren (2nd L) are seen at their dormitory at Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 26, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (3rd from top) climbs a hanging ladder to go to school in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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2 Taiwanese students killed in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an apartment building (C) in Tokyo's Taito Ward where two female Taiwanese language-school students were killed on Jan. 5, 2012. Lin Chih-ying, 22, and Chu Li-chieh, 24, were found bleeding with stab wounds in their apartment in the building rented as a dorm by the language school they attended. The cause of their death was apparently blood loss.

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Sakai joins Stuttgart

STUTTGART, Germany - Japan Under-22 defender Gotoku Sakai (L) holds his new shirt during a press conference in Stuttgart, Germany, on Jan. 3, 2012, after joining German first-division team Stuttgart on loan from Albirex Niigata through June 2013.

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Mt. Fuji chosen as Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from Tokyo's Minato Ward shows silhouetted Mt. Fuji in the background behind Tokyo Tower on Jan. 5, 2012. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on June 22, 2013, decided to inscribe Mt. Fuji on the World Heritage List.

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New Komeito leader arrives in China

BEIJING, China - New Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi receives flowers upon arrival at a hotel in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2013. Yamaguchi, carrying a letter from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was the first senior lawmaker of the new Japanese government to travel to China since its establishment in late December 2012.

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New Komeito leader arrives in China

BEIJING, China - New Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi (C) arrives at Beijing airport on Jan. 22, 2013. Yamaguchi, carrying a letter from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was the first senior lawmaker of the new Japanese government to travel to China since its establishment in late December 2012.

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Body of famed Japanese climber killed in Russia returns home

SHIZUOKA, Japan - The coffin containing famed Japanese climber Haruhisa Watanabe arrives at his family's home in the town of Mori, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 3, 2013. Watanabe, 31, died on Dec. 26, 2012, in a traffic accident in Russia's Murmansk region during a cycling expedition through Central Asia. In 2004, when aged 22, he became the youngest Japanese to scale the tallest peaks of the seven continents.

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Sharp 90-inch display

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Sharp Corp.'s 90-inch liquid crystal display for digital signage. Sharp said on Nov. 22, 2012, it will release the display that is capable of showing a person at full height. The display, measuring 2 meters by 1.2 meters, is the first of its kind for use mainly by businesses and will go on sale on Jan. 28, 2013, for a price of around 2.6 million yen.

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Japanese tennis player Nishikori

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. His quarterfinal finish in the recent Australian Open took the 22-year-old to a career-high 20th in the world rankings.

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Canon Chairman Mitarai to return as president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009, shows Canon Inc. Chairman Fujio Mitarai. Canon said Jan. 30, 2012, that the 76-year-old Mitarai, who was president of the company from 1995 to 2006, will return as president on March 29 to help it achieve its targets through 2015 amid uncertain business prospects stemming from the eurozone debt crisis.

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Shiga Gov. Kada, Otsu Mayor Koshi

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (R) holds talks with Naomi Koshi, the newly elected mayor of Otsu, Shiga's capital city, at the prefectural government office in Otsu on Jan. 25, 2012. Koshi started working as the mayor the same day following the 36-year-old lawyer's election Jan. 22 as Japan's youngest-ever female mayor. It is the first time in Japan for a prefecture and its capital city to be run by women.

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Japan's Nagashima 2nd in World Cup

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japanese speed skater Keiichiro Nagashima (L) poses with Dmitry Lobkov of Russia after finishing second in the men's 500 meters at a World Cup meet in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Jan. 22, 2012. Lobkov won the race.

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Inter 2-1 Lazio

MILAN, Italy - Inter Milan's Yuto Nagatomo plays in a Serie A game against Lazio in Milan, Italy, on Jan. 22, 2012. Inter won 2-1.

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U.S. senator McCain visits Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - U.S. Senator John McCain (L) and Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) give a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar, on Jan. 22, 2012. McCain also met with Myanmar President Thein Sein in Naypyitaw, the capital of Myanmar, the same day.

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Japan's youngest-ever female mayor

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, a 36-year-old lawyer, celebrates with her supporters on the night of Jan. 22, 2012, in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, after being elected Japan's youngest-ever female mayor by voters in the capital of the western Japanese prefecture.

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Japan's youngest-ever female mayor

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, a 36-year-old lawyer, raises her fist before her supporters on the night of Jan. 22, 2012, in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, after being elected Japan's youngest-ever female mayor by voters in the capital of the western Japanese prefecture.

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Baruto wins New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian ozeki Baruto (R) receives a kiss from his mother Tiina at a hotel in Tokyo after winning the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 22, 2012.

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Havenaar debuts in Dutch 1st division

ARNHEM, Netherlands - Japan striker Mike Havenaar (R) of Vitesse Arnhem goes up for the ball in the second half of a Dutch first division game against NEC Nijmegen in Arnhem, the Netherlands, on Jan. 22, 2012, in his debut with the Dutch side. Nijmegen won 1-0.

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Baruto wins New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian ozeki Baruto (front C) holds the Emperor's Cup after winning the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2012.

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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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Sumo prizewinners

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Myogiryu wins the Technique Prize, Kakuryu receives the Outstanding Performance Prize and Gagamaru claims the Fighting Spirit Prize on the final day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2012.

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Hakuho denies Baruto perfect record

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (R) pushes out ozeki Baruto to deny the Estonian a 15th win on the final day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2012. Baruto won the tournament with a 14-1 mark.

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Baruto wins New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian ozeki Baruto (R) waves during a parade after winning the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2012.

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Baruto wins New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian ozeki Baruto (L) receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association chairman Hanaregoma for winning the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2012.

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Yoshimura wins men's singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Eighteen-year-old Maharu Yoshimura celebrates after beating Jun Mizutani in the men's singles final at the table tennis national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2012.

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Spring Festival in China

BEIJING, China - People flock to a Miao Hui festival in a park in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2012. China entered weeklong Spring Festival holidays the same day.

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Spring Festival in China

BEIJING, China - Dancers perform at a Miao Hui festival in a park in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2012. China entered weeklong Spring Festival holidays the same day.

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Spring Festival in China

BEIJING, China - Children dressed as dragons dance at a Miao Hui festival in a park in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2012. China entered weeklong Spring Festival holidays the same day.

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LDP convention

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki (2nd from R in front) and other members of the main opposition party raise their fists during a party convention in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2012. Tanigaki vowed to pressure Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to dissolve the lower house as early as possible for an election, saying the country needs the LDP back in power.

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Rightist crashes car into SDP headquarters

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a car that was rammed by a man into the headquarters of the opposition Social Democratic Party in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2012. The man described himself as a rightist.

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Nobel laureate Oe

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on April 22, 2011, shows Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe. Twenty-two Japanese writers, including Oe, have been invited to France's largest book fair, the Salon du Livre, to be held in March in Paris, the fair's organizer said on Jan. 11, 2012.

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Toyota N. America president Inaba in interview

DETROIT, United States - Toyota Motor North America Inc. President Yoshimi Inaba speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Detroit on Jan. 9, 2012. Toyota is introducing new vehicles at the North American International Auto Show in the U.S. city, opening to the media on Jan. 9 and 10 and to the general public Jan. 14 to 22.

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Honda President Ito in interview

DETROIT, United States - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Detroit on Jan. 9, 2012. Honda is introducing new vehicles at the North American International Auto Show in the U.S. city, opening to the media on Jan. 9 and 10 and to the general public Jan. 14 to 22.

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Gymnastics world champ Uchimura to join Konami

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura, winner of the men's individual all-around title at two consecutive world championships. The 22-year-old will join Konami Sports & Life Co., the company announced Jan. 5, 2011, where he will have a new training environment to prepare for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

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2 Taiwanese students killed in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an apartment building (C) in Tokyo's Taito Ward where two female Taiwanese language-school students were killed on Jan. 5, 2012. Lin Chih-ying, 22, and Chu Li-chieh, 24, were found bleeding with stab wounds in their apartment in the building rented as a dorm by the language school they attended. The cause of their death was apparently blood loss. (Kyodo)

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Gymnastics world champ Uchimura to join Konami

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura, winner of the men's individual all-around title at two consecutive world championships. The 22-year-old will join Konami Sports & Life Co., the company announced Jan. 5, 2011, where he will have a new training environment to prepare for the 2012 London Olympic Games. (Kyodo)

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Sakai joins Stuttgart

STUTTGART, Germany - Japan Under-22 defender Gotoku Sakai (L) holds his new shirt during a press conference in Stuttgart, Germany, on Jan. 3, 2012, after joining German first-division team Stuttgart on loan from Albirex Niigata through June 2013. (Kyodo)

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Japanese tennis player Nishikori

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. His quarterfinal finish in the recent Australian Open took the 22-year-old to a career-high 20th in the world rankings. (Kyodo)

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Canon Chairman Mitarai to return as president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009, shows Canon Inc. Chairman Fujio Mitarai. Canon said Jan. 30, 2012, that the 76-year-old Mitarai, who was president of the company from 1995 to 2006, will return as president on March 29 to help it achieve its targets through 2015 amid uncertain business prospects stemming from the eurozone debt crisis. (Kyodo)

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Shiga Gov. Kada, Otsu Mayor Koshi

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (R) holds talks with Naomi Koshi, the newly elected mayor of Otsu, Shiga's capital city, at the prefectural government office in Otsu on Jan. 25, 2012. Koshi started working as the mayor the same day following the 36-year-old lawyer's election Jan. 22 as Japan's youngest-ever female mayor. It is the first time in Japan for a prefecture and its capital city to be run by women. (Kyodo)

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Havenaar debuts in Dutch 1st division

ARNHEM, Netherlands - Japan striker Mike Havenaar (R) of Vitesse Arnhem goes up for the ball in the second half of a Dutch first division game against NEC Nijmegen in Arnhem, the Netherlands, on Jan. 22, 2012, in his debut with the Dutch side. Nijmegen won 1-0. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Nagashima 2nd in World Cup

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japanese speed skater Keiichiro Nagashima (L) poses with Dmitry Lobkov of Russia after finishing second in the men's 500 meters at a World Cup meet in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Jan. 22, 2012. Lobkov won the race. (Kyodo)

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Inter 2-1 Lazio

MILAN, Italy - Inter Milan's Yuto Nagatomo plays in a Serie A game against Lazio in Milan, Italy, on Jan. 22, 2012. Inter won 2-1. (Kyodo)

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Japan's youngest-ever female mayor

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, a 36-year-old lawyer, celebrates with her supporters on the night of Jan. 22, 2012, in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, after being elected Japan's youngest-ever female mayor by voters in the capital of the western Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo)

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U.S. senator McCain visits Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - U.S. Senator John McCain (L) and Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) give a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar, on Jan. 22, 2012. McCain also met with Myanmar President Thein Sein in Naypyitaw, the capital of Myanmar, the same day. (Kyodo)