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Families crowd Downey space museum to watch the Artemis II liftoff on the big screen
2+ week, 2+ day ago (315+ words) A hush settled over the audience of 200 people watching the launch of the Artemis II moon mission on the big screen at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey on Wednesday, April 1. Then, as the Orion spacecraft carrying the four…...
Wind advisory affecting Los Angeles County Friday " gusts to hit 50 mph
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (297+ words) On Friday at 12: 19 p. m. an updated wind advisory was released by the National Weather Service in effect until 2 p. m. for Santa Susana Mountains. The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA informs, "Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph." "Gusty winds will…...
Crown fire in Acton reaches 74% containment
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (276+ words) A brush fire in Acton that scorched an estimated 385 acres of terrain, prompting evacuation orders and warnings, was 98% contained by Sunday evening, fire officials announced. The Crown Fire was reported at 11: 23 a. m. Friday near North Crown Valley and Soledad Canyon roads…...
Construction of Space Shuttle Endeavour's new home at the California Science Center is complete
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (271+ words) This will be the only place in the world to see an authentic space shuttle system exhibited as if "ready-for-launch" in a towering vertical display.". .. Construction of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center at California Science Center has been…...
Iran war energy shock drives nuclear power plans in hard-hit Asia and Africa
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1223+ words) By ALLAN OLINGO and ANTON L. DELGADO Asia, where most of the Middle Eastern oil and natural gas was headed, was hit first and hardest by disruptions to shipping routes carrying those fuels " swiftly followed by Africa. The U. S. and Europe are…...
EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (810+ words) The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators. The possible change is alarming environmental advocates who say it would lead to more dangerous pollution…...
Green Boy," the corpse flower at The Huntington, is finally blooming
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (212+ words) Things were getting stinky at The Huntington on Thursday, July 13. After several days of keeping us guessing, the famous "Corpse Flower" at the The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens is performing its yearly odiferous bloom. The crowds were…...
What you need to know about desalination, a growing source of drinking water
2+ week, 2+ day ago (446+ words) As climate change intensifies droughts, disrupts rainfall patterns and fuels wildfires, more regions are turning to the sea for drinking water. Desalination, which is the process of removing salt from seawater, offers a way to produce freshwater in regions that…...
Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms
2+ week, 2+ day ago (940+ words) When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa's largest city with drinking water, it costs Des Moines around $16, 000 a day to run a special system to filter out dangerous nitrates. It's a fact of life in the agriculture-dependent…...
Monster typhoon in the Pacific Ocean is bearing down on group of remote US islands
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (376+ words) By JOHN SEEWER and SETH BORENSTEIN A dangerous super typhoon in the Pacific Ocean is barreling toward a group of remote U. S. islands. Super Typhoon Sinlaku'is expected to make landfall Tuesday in the Northern Mariana Islands and bring destructive winds, widespread…...