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Happy holidays from everyone at Here and Now.

We love that you're making us part of the season, and we're making you part of ours.

We've got new episodes for you every day through the end of the year and into 2025, of course.

So if you like what you're hearing,

spread the word about here and now anytime, along with your holiday cheer. And thanks for

listening. Now here's the show. If you feel an earthquake that lasts a long time and you

live in a tsunami zone, then that is your warning to evacuate.

Seismic grumblings on the West Coast got us wondering, is California prepared?

Happy New Year. It's Wednesday, January 1st, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR.

I'm Chris Bentley.

Today. anytime from NPR and WBUR. I'm Chris Bentley. Today on the show, a photography project uniting nearly identical strangers has ignited a

flurry of interest in the phenomenon of doppelgangers.

Also, Chucho Valdez is in his 80s, but he's out with a new album and says he's still learning

new things about music, even after a lifetime at the piano.

I thank God that every day I'm learning new things, and that's what makes it possible for me

to relax.

There's more for me to learn, more for me to do, more for me to share.

But first, there's been a lot of shaking going on in California this year.

SoCal has seen more seismic activity than it has in the past 65 years.

And it's been busy up north, too.

A 7.0 earthquake off the coast in early December triggered a tsunami warning for parts of the California and Oregon coasts. That quake occurred in one of the most seismically active places

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