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Southern California coast hit by widespread flooding as record-breaking tides move in
High tides inundated Southern California communities with water on Monday, flooding streets from Newport Beach to Long ... Read More
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Southern California coast expected to be under siege for days from extreme sea levels
Near-record or record-high sea levels are expected to bring multiple days of flooding along the Southern California coast this week, with the inundation beginning as soon as Monday when high tide rolls in.
Officials in ...Read more
50 years later, Amory Lovins’ soft energy path meets electrification
Hurricane Belle was barreling toward New England in August 1976 when an editor from Foreign Affairs called. Physicist Amory Lovins took the call on a payphone in a shack in the Maine woods, where he spent summers as a ...Read more
Climate change nearly tripled size of Boundary Waters wildfires, study suggests
MINNEAPOLIS — Global warming likely intensified the wildfires that raged for months this summer in the Boundary Waters and Canada, according to new research from the University of California, Merced. The intensity, in ...Read more
This Day in History, October 26
On October 26th, 1825, the Erie Canal opened.
UC Davis study unearths fossils of fearsome armored sea amphibian, a first
There are more than 8,000 species of modern amphibians. None of them call the ocean home and less than 2% of them are able to tolerate salt — and even then, only to some extent. Now, scientists have discovered fossil ...Read more
Naming Names
In each equation below, part of a common name has been replaced with a definition for a word that is contained within that name. By answering the definition and completing the equation, you will find the name. (Ric + difficult = ric + hard = Richard)
Hint: Each is a girl's name.
1. Wrath + ne =
2. O + friend =
3. I + morose + ora =
4. B + building extension + e =
5. S + relate a story + a =
South Florida is already flooding, and the peak of this king tide is days away
Some South Florida streets and parks likely will be submerged at some point in the next few days, as another — stronger — round of king tides strike the region.
These higher-than-usual high tides are supercharged by ...Read more
Prop. 45 seeks to rewrite state environmental law. Here's why San Diegans should care
Proponents and opponents of the ballot proposition that would rewrite the state’s environmental law to expedite the review of so-called essential housing and infrastructure projects agree on one thing: The future of ...Read more
Diageo's toxic spill hits a pristine river in Scottish whisky country
The River Spey in northeastern Scotland is one of the world’s most pristine bodies of water. Stretching across 107 miles, it teems with salmon and trout, supporting communities built on tourism along its shores. Earlier ...Read more
This Day in History, October 25
On October 25th, 1828, the St. Katharine Docks opened in London.
Born Liars
Edward, Howard, and John are three high school students each of whom is taking three of the four subjects, biology, chemistry, history, and mathematics. One day while talking about their programs they made the following statements.
Edward: There is just one subject we're all taking. I'm the only one of us who is taking mathematics. No two of us are taking the same three subjects. John is wrong when he says that Howard and I are both taking ...
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Trump wants to strip California of coastal protections unless state meets list of demands
LOS ANGELES — In what one environmental law expert described as “a dangerous ultimatum,” the Trump administration said it would strip California of its authority to protect its coastline unless state regulators ...Read more
Exceptionally high tides will swamp California, 'likely to get worse before it gets better'
LOS ANGELES — Exceptionally high tides are set to hit California as early as this weekend, sending officials scrambling to prepare for another onslaught along the state's already battered coast.
The National Weather ...Read more
Commentary: Becerra's plan for free midday electricity would be a leap forward
Gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra has called the clean-energy transition “necessary and urgent” and has promised to make lowering power bills the center of his energy policy — which is key to electrifying ...Read more
This Day in History, October 24
On October 24th, 1929, "Black Thursday" marked the beginning of the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
Take the Blue Pill
You've been placed on a course of expensive medication in which you are to take one tablet of Sildenafil and one tablet of Citrate daily. You must be careful that you take just one of each because taking more of either can have serious side effects.
Taking Sildenafil without taking Citrate, or vice versa, can also be very serious, because they must be taken together in order to be effective. In summary, you must take exactly one of the ...
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River otter spotted on San Mateo Coast is believed to be first since 1800s
SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a promising sign of wildlife recovery in the Bay Area, researchers have observed a river otter living along the San Mateo coast, the first documented sighting of the nimble, furry-coated swimmers ...Read more
California's mussel sticker fee just went up. Here's what boaters need to know
California boaters will now face a higher fee to use the state’s lakes, rivers and other waterways as officials expand their efforts to fight invasive golden mussels.
The California State Parks Division of Boating and ...Read more
Expedia, Visa, and IBM have hired Mike Davis to train their sales agents. He's not ready to do the job himself
Meet Mike Davis.
He’s middle-aged, has jet-black hair, and technically works at Expedia Group. “He’s kind of a legend at our company,” said Beth Potter, Expedia’s senior manager of field enablement.
But Mike ...Read more
Tech entrepreneurs are leaving California for Las Vegas. What's drawing them?
When Brian Lee, the co-founder of The Honest Company with actress Jessica Alba and a serial entrepreneur, moved his family last year from Los Angeles to Summerlin, an upscale housing development in Las Vegas, he had a lot ...Read more
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