61.   Hot weather and drier conditions had firefighters stepping up efforts to battle large wildfires on the central coast and in Northern California.

62.   Late evening doppler radar indicated widely scattered showers lingering across the western interior with isolated showers northward to the north central coast.

63.   Near the central California coast in the scenic Big Sur country, the cooler, calmer weather eased the pressure on firefighters.

64.   The central highlands, central coast and northern mountainous provinces have been hit particularly hard.

65.   The central coast region of Oxnard-Ventura was seventh.

66.   The fossil, older than the dinosaurs, was uncovered by a retired farmer in the Gosford area on the New South Wales central coast several weeks ago.

67.   The fossil, older than the dinosaurs, was uncovered by a retired farmer in the Gosford area on the New South Wales central coast.

68.   The government opted for Quang Ngai province, on the central coast, to help develop the poor region.

69.   The government opted for Quang Ngai province, on the typhoon-prone central coast, to help the poor region.

70.   The protesters, members of the environmental group Greenpeace, were on rafts moored off the central California coast, authorities said.