A large number of around 830,000 salmon fry released into Northern California’s Klamath River are believed to have died after they suffered gas bubble disease, state wildlife officials said Monday. The condition is caused by a severe change in pressure. It happened as the fish went through the Iron Gate Dam tunnel, the California Fish … Read more
A bull elephant seal on a California beach shocked researchers in 2022 with an uncharacteristic good deed, a recent study reported. The seal pushed a pup being swept out to sea back to shore at Point Reyes National Seashore, a Marine Mammal Science study published Jan. 25 said. “No one has ever heard of this … Read more
By Daniel Trotta SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Seven months into a crackdown by the city of San Diego on homeless encampments, many of the tents that once lined downtown sidewalks are gone. Now two California state senators – a Republican and a Democrat – have joined forces to propose a statewide version of San Diego’s … Read more
A former NBA player and actor was sentenced to 90 years to life in prison on Friday for a series of violent sexual assaults, some of which occurred in Los Angeles County, authorities said. According to a release from the Los Angeles Police Department, their investigation into Rashid Byrd began in 2019 after a victim … Read more
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Waymo is now allowed to operate its self-driving robotaxis on highways in parts of Los Angeles and in the Bay Area following a California regulator’s approval of its expansion (PDF) plans on Friday. This means the company’s cars will now be allowed to drive at up to 65mph on local roads and highways in approved … Read more
“We have a giant, beautiful, red paperweight in our driveway,” Snell says. Snell is just one of many California hydrogen fuel-cell car owners facing difficulties as a confluence of unfortunate events—tech limitations, rising station operating costs, policy changes, even the Russian invasion of Ukraine—have hiked hydrogen fuel prices and taken hydrogen fueling stations offline. Just … Read more
A gigantic skull on a Monterey Bay beach that has visitors posting snapshots to social media poses something of a mystery, a California museum reported. The skull at Pajaro Dunes State Beach in Watsonville probably belongs to either a fin or blue whale, experts told SFGate. “They’re both gigantic whales,” Robert Boessenecker, chief paleontologist at … Read more
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This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Picture the minute hand at about 8 past the hour. That’s the slope of Viet’s backyard in southern Los Angeles County. It’s a bit too aggressive for a slip-and-slide. In fact, Viet doesn’t even let his 7-year-old daughter play … Read more
Billionaire Elon Musk has promised to “make things good” with a California bakery after his company backed out of a pie order that cost the owner thousands of dollars. Related: Los Angeles socialite found guilty of murder for striking two boys with car “Just hearing about this. Will make things good with the bakery,” Musk … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California socialite was found guilty Friday of murder and other charges in the hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers in a crosswalk more than three years ago. Authorities said Rebecca Grossman, wife of a prominent Los Angeles burn doctor, fatally struck Mark Iskander, 11, and brother Jacob, 8, while … Read more