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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo graduate headed to the moon
8+ hour, 44+ min ago (157+ words) NASA's Artemis II rocket successfully took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center Wednesday, in the biggest U.S. space mission in decades. It's carrying a crew of four to the moon, including a Central Coast college graduate, who is piloting the craft....
Central Coast rocket launch carries satellites into orbit for monitoring Earth's magnetic field
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (464+ words) It's just before 4 in the morning. It's chilly, and a little foggy. But more than two dozen people gathered on a hill at Vandenberg Space Force Base don't care. They're excited, because we are minutes away from the launch of…...
Heat wave arrives in Tri-Counties, setting a number of records
2+ week, 1+ day ago (213+ words) The monster heat wave we've been talking about for the Tri-Counties arrived Tuesday, setting several records for high temperatures. If you've been outside, you know it's hot. It hasn't been July-August-September hot on the Central and South Coasts, but it's…...
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden celebrates its centennial and looks ahead to conservation efforts for the next 100 years
2+ week, 1+ day ago (266+ words) It was the year that Route 66 was created. Calvin Coolidge was the president. Thomas Edison declared radio a commercial failure, and Queen Elizabeth the 2nd was born. And, the first botanic garden in the country dedicated to native plants opened in…...
Record temperatures possible as massive heat wave hits the Tri-Counties
2+ week, 2+ day ago (117+ words) Record temperatures possible as massive heat wave hits the Tri-Counties'KCLU Record temperatures possible as massive heat wave hits the Tri-Counties Temperatures could be 20 to 35 degrees above normal for this time of year. A large high-pressure system is setting up to…...
Expanding green energy: New battery energy storage project in Ventura County can power 45,000 homes
2+ week, 5+ day ago (624+ words) You wouldn't know it if you drove by. It's a collection of metal boxes the size of small shipping containers, sitting in what was formerly a truck storage yard in Santa Paula. But it's a state-of-the-art energy storage facility that…...
Tiny beetle damaging Southern California's oak tree population pushes into Ventura County
2+ week, 6+ day ago (418+ words) A tiny insect, so small that six of them could fit on a penny, is threatening some of the most iconic trees in the Central and South Coasts. The destructive goldspotted oak borer has been spreading in Southern California. Now,…...
Air Force conducts intercontinental ballistic missile test from the Central Coast
4+ week, 14+ hour ago (162+ words) Air Force conducts intercontinental ballistic missile test from the Central Coast'KCLU Air Force conducts intercontinental ballistic missile test from the Central Coast ICBM launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:01 p.m. Tuesday in what officials say was a routine test, and…...
SpaceX launches 25 more communications satellites from the Central Coast
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (62+ words) SpaceX launches 25 more communications satellites from the Central Coast'KCLU SpaceX launches 25 more communications satellites from the Central Coast The company has another launch planned for Sunday. SpaceX launched another rocket carrying communications satellites from the Central Coast in a pre-dawn…...
Small earthquake rattles parts of Ventura, Los Angeles Counties
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (110+ words) Small earthquake rattles parts of Ventura, Los Angeles Counties'KCLU Small earthquake rattles parts of Ventura, Los Angeles Counties No damage reported from the magnitude 3.4 temblor. A small earthquake rattled parts of Southern California Sunday night, but no damage was reported....