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State regulators crack down on polluted runoff from L.A. shopping centers, warehouses
51+ min ago (778+ words) In a requirement that is the first of its kind in the country, some 600 commercial and industrial properties in the Los Angeles area will have to clean up the water that runs off their parking lots or pay to have…...
OpenAI bot's rogue attack rattles industry leaders, policymakers and consumers
51+ min ago (980+ words) What will happen to the world if artificial intelligence bots break free from our control and act independently? While it’s been a troubling conundrum addressed by AI experts and Hollywood science-fiction scriptwriters for decades, it may have just happened. OpenAI…...
Record-breaking El Niño could gut California’s crab and salmon fleets
51+ min ago (1139+ words) As the chances of a ‘super’ El Niño continue to rise — now 81%, according to federal scientists — researchers are looking back to 2015 and 2016, when a Pacific heat wave combined with a strong El Niño threw some of the West Coast’s most…...
Magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattles Northern California
7+ hour, 44+ min ago (216+ words) A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was reported Tuesday evening at 7:40 p.m. Pacific time eight miles from Healdsburg, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. According to the agency, the epicenter was about five miles east southeast of Cloverdale, around 19 miles from Clearlake and 22 miles…...
'No matter what you do, you can’t put it out': Spanish firefighters describe record blaze
14+ hour, 51+ min ago (612+ words) BARCELONA, Spain — Spanish firefighter Javier García never faced anything like the record blaze raging near Madrid in two decades protecting woodlands and rural communities. The out-of-control fire has consumed 193 square miles— an area five times the size of Barcelona — and…...
Florida researchers bring endangered elkhorn coral pieces ashore to protect them
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (260+ words) KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Scientists working to save a coral species from extinction transported 30 pieces from nurseries off the Florida coast to a hatchery on land in recent days, fearing that warming waters could trigger a mass bleaching event this summer…...
L.A.'s muggy misery: Intense humidity makes summer heat even more unbearable
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (458+ words) It’s not your imagination: This summer has been unusually sticky in Los Angeles, with humidity levels making conditions feel more like the Deep South than Southern California. As summer heat settles over the Southwest, it changes the circulation in the…...
Big waves from Hurricane Genevieve to bring hazardous beach conditions to Southern California
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (291+ words) Hurricane Genevieve, which is whipping up the Pacific Ocean about 500 miles off the southern tip of Baja California, will send big waves rolling toward beaches in San Diego County this week, creating hazardous swimming conditions, the National Weather Service says....
Dove fire burns near Yosemite, prompting evacuation orders in Sonora
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (381+ words) Backed by water tankers and a helicopter, firefighters on Sunday fought to contain a stubborn wildfire in Northern California that prompted officials to order evacuations. Authorities said they hadn’t yet pinpointed a cause for the Dove fire, which burned in…...
U.S.-Russian space station crew lands in Kazakhstan after an 8-month stint
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (326+ words) MOSCOW — A U.S.-Russian space crew landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday after an eight-month stint on the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian crewmates Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev touched down in their Soyuz…...