Lindh, who converted from Catholicism to Islam at 16 and first left his California home at 17 to study Arabic in Yemen more than three years before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, has stirred questions and controversy from the start. ... Lindh, who left California..…
California has long served as a model for large-scale disaster response, although its history of preparation has left something to be desired. . . . After the Oakland Hills fire in 1991, California set up a framework for responding, communicating and allocating resources across..…
., on May 23 (top row, left to right) Nihar Janga of Texas, Venkat Ranjan of California, Gayatri Kaimal of Arizona, Saket Pochiraju of Ohio, Anoushka Buddhikot of New Jersey and (bottom row, left to right) Atreya Mallanna of Massachusetts, Ashwin Sivakumar of Oregon, Vishal Sareddy..…