Hinkley, California

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Hinkley is an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert in California. The community is commonly associated with Pacific Gas & Electric since it was the location of a compressor station for PG&E's massive natural gas transmission pipelines. Erin Brockovich who, as a legal clerk to the lawyer Edward L. Masry, investigated illness in the community and connections to hexavalent chromium, accepted as being a carcinogen, though some studies find no relationship between chromate and cancer. Her successful fight against PG&E became well known in the public's mind, as did Hinkley, when the film of her story was released in 2000 (Erin Brockovich).

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley,_California

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Coordinates: 34°55'19"N 117°11'37"W

Harper Dry Lake 14 km
Mojave Solar Project 15 km
Superior Valley Range simulated airfield target & AAA sites 42 km
Grass Valley Wilderness Area 43 km
Coyote Lake 44 km
Cuddeback Air to Ground Gunnery Range 45 km
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Tracking Station 55 km
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, South Range 68 km
Desert Warfare Training area 72 km
Fort Irwin National Training Center 73 km

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Harper Dry Lake Mojave Solar Project Superior Valley Range simulated airfield target & AAA sites Grass Valley Wilderness Area Coyote Lake Cuddeback Air to Ground Gunnery Range Goldstone Deep Space Communications Tracking Station Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, South Range Desert Warfare Training area Fort Irwin National Training Center