7 h. ago Whales and dolphins keep washing up dead in Southern California — scientists say this is responsible

Sea lions, dolphins, whales and other animals have been struck down

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7 h. ago USC basketball recruit Alijah Arenas is out of an induced coma after vehicle crash in Los Angeles

The family of Southern California basketball recruit Alijah Arenas says he is out of an induced coma after a vehicle crash in Los Angeles

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21 h. ago Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn area

Four months after the Los Angeles area wildfires tore through the Angeles National Forest and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses in Altadena, wildlife is returning to the Eaton Fire burn area and scientists are closely tracking them

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25 h. ago USC basketball recruit Alijah Arenas injured in LA car crash

University of Southern California basketball recruit Alijah Arenas has been involved in a vehicle accident

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59 h. ago A surprising number of Americans want climate action. But why aren’t there more?

Support for climate action is growing in the US, but partisan divides and fossil fuel interests hold swayOver the last 12 months, the United States has endured a rash of disasters worsened by the climate crisis: devastating wildfires in southern California, a catastrophic hurricane in western North Carolina, and deadly heatwaves across the country.Americans increasingly believe global heating is a serious threat that will affect them personally – and 74% want to see more climate action. Yet while that sounds high, it is still lower than most other countries around the world. What explains this disparity? Continue reading...

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59 h. ago ‘An outlier’: why does the US rank low on demands for climate action?

Support for climate action is growing in the US, but partisan divides and fossil fuel interests hold swayOver the last 12 months, the United States has endured a rash of disasters worsened by the climate crisis: devastating wildfires in southern California, a catastrophic hurricane in western North Carolina, and deadly heatwaves across the country.Americans increasingly believe global heating is a serious threat that will affect them personally – and 74% want to see more climate action. Yet while that sounds high, it is still lower than most other countries around the world. What explains this disparity? Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Shohei Ohtani returns to Dodgers' lineup after birth of daughter in Southern California

Two-way star Shohei Ohtani has returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup for the series finale against the Texas Rangers

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6 d. ago Is Coachella better than Glastonbury? Festivalgoers are fighting it out on TikTok

The Southern California desert music festival returns Friday for its second weekend, while the U.K. music festival kicks off this June

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8 d. ago Rams' draft headquarters to be at LAFD Air Operations base to honor first responders to wildfires

The Los Angeles Rams will make their selections in the upcoming NFL draft from the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Air Operations base in Van Nuys to honor the first responders who stopped the deadly wildfires that blazed across Southern California earlier this year

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1 week ago ‘Baseball was their glue’: Jackie Robinson’s deep bond with LA’s Japanese Americans

The baseball hero grew up in Pasadena in an era of restrictive housing covenants – firm friendships were forgedEveryone from Jackie Robinson’s home town has a story about the baseball legend. Stick around long enough in his southern California neighborhood and Jackie’s name will bubble up in a story about a distant relative who once struck out the future Hall of Famer on a dusty field that now bears his name. Over the years, these stories gather layers – part memory, part myth – until they sound like hometown folklore.George Ito was one of those storytellers. A second-generation Japanese American who grew up in Pasadena, California, a few doors down from the Robinson family, George loved to remind his children about his friendship with Jackie. On jogs with his son, Steven Ito, he would rattle off tales of all the times he outran his legendary friend. Continue reading...

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1 week ago New York banker washes up dead on paradise beach after vanishing during dream vacation in Spain

Grant Barr, 37, disappeared on January 28 while visiting Estepona, in southern Spain, with friends and family.

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1 week ago Scientists say 'debunked' theory may actually explain cause of autism: 'Not as far fetched as once thought'

In a new study, researchers at the University of Southern California found changes to the gut microbiome caused by diet and antibiotics may increase the risk of autism.

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2 w. ago Chef boiled his wife's body for four days and poured her down drain to hide murder

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: David Viens, owner of Thyme Contemporary Café in Southern California, fatally choked Dawn, his partner of 17 years, in a "drunken rage" in 2009

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2 w. ago Infamous tic tac UFOs are BACK as shocking new clip shows one stunning US Navy sailors after rising from ocean

Servicemen aboard the USS Jackson captured several UFOs on the ship's thermal camera while stationed off the coast of southern California.

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2 w. ago Feds to investigate potential fraud involving homeless funds in Southern California

The new U.S. attorney for Los Angeles and surrounding areas says he will investigate potential fraud and corruption involving funds intended to alleviate homelessness in Southern California

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2 w. ago Homeland Security waiver allows feds to bypass environmental rules to build border wall

A waiver issued by the Department of Homeland Security allows the federal government to bypass environmental regulations and begin construction immediately on stretches of the border wall in Southern California

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2 w. ago Riddle of daughter who went to buy milk and then washed up dead on Gone Girls beach

When a woman's body was found washed up on Gilgo Beach in 2013, police were quick to rule out any connection to the notorious serial killer case. But not everyone is convinced.

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3 w. ago 2 US Border Patrol officers are charged with taking bribes to wave in people without documents

Two U.S. border inspectors have been charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes to wave people into the country without showing documents

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3 w. ago Evacuations in California as huge wildfire rages through 1,000 acres

Roads have been closed as crews battle the blaze

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3 w. ago Bloom or bust? Superbloom spectacle eludes California after dry winter

Riot of native wildflowers that enthralled visitors in the past several years have failed to sprout due to too little rainIt’s one of the best known rites of spring in California: extraordinary displays known as “superblooms” that coat the hillsides in an abundance of color. Some years the blooms are massive enough to draw tourists from around the world to revel in the fields, such as in 2023 when more than 100,000 people showed up on a weekend to gawk at the poppies in Lake Elsinore, a small city about an hour outside Los Angeles.But this year, not so much. Thanks to a brutally dry winter, the hills around the usual southern California superbloom hotspots have been conspicuously bare. Callista Turner, a state park ranger, could count the number of blooms on two hands as she surveyed the 8 miles of rolling hills at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in the final week of March, which is typically when superbloom season peaks. “We’re still waiting to see what kind of season ...

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