6+ hour, 15+ min ago   (417+ words) Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice. In the summer of 1790, President George Washington spent $200 on ice cream, the equivalent of $7,259 today, according to the International Dairy Foods Association. By…...

23+ hour, 54+ min ago   (470+ words) By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and HOLLY RAMER Hurricane Lala tore roofs off houses, uprooted trees, covered roads in mud and rock and left many households without electricity. With thousands of homes and businesses still in the dark Thursday, forecasters warned…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (248+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel The Falcon rocket’s upper stage plowed into the moon at 5,400 mph on Aug. 5 after drifting through space for more than a year. It launched a pair of private moon landers with experiments and even a tiny rover…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (452+ words) The San Francisco-based company says ChatGPT for Teens, which launches Tuesday, is tailored for kids aged 13 to 17 with stronger protections including content restrictions around things like suicide, self-harm and romantic or sexual chats. It also provides homework and study support…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (305+ words) A summer that has been mostly a mild one in the Bay Area is expected to keep on that path this week despite a slight decompression of the marine level over several days that may push temperatures in the far…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (361+ words) SANTA CRUZ — A research group out of UC Santa Cruz is taking their wetland monitoring work down to Southern California. The new data will strengthen our understanding of how restored wetlands keep carbon out of the atmosphere, and could even…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (332+ words) Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary encompasses over 6,000 square miles of protected waters. It is a place of wonder, home to kelp forests, deep-sea canyons and a staggering array of marine life. But how do we track the health of such…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (719+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel The Monterey Bay is one of the most beautiful marine environments in the world, but it is also dynamic and unpredictable. Creating an ocean-aware community isn’t just about teaching lessons in navigation, marine biology and ecology. It’s…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (422+ words) To hear the National Weather Service tell it, a postcard image awaits the Bay Area this weekend, the kind that makes those who live outside the region a bit envious from afar. “It should be about as good as it…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (522+ words) What seems as dead as the grass in England this year is the summertime ideal — lazy days, warm nights and escape, however temporary, from classes or parents or work or rules. During the Summer of ’26, people are grieving that freedom....