It seems like a straightforward question: Do the tons of toxic material the Los Angeles County fires sent spewing into the ocean pose an ongoing threat to human health? For nearly five months, public agencies, advocacy groups and scientists have […]
Did the fires make L.A. County’s beaches less safe? Read More »
The annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research took place in Seattle this week. The field’s premiere scientific conference was scheduled to be held in the Emerald City five years ago, until COVID-19 dashed those plans. This time,
Extraordinary things happen in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The sick rise from bed with new hearts and lungs. Machines valiantly take over for faltering kidneys, heart valves, bronchial tubes. All patients enter with
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More than 25,000 people will hit the road Sunday for the 40th running of the Los Angeles Marathon, to the delight of race fans and the dismay of drivers making their way through the area. The marathon starts at 7
L.A. Marathon is Sunday. What roads, freeway ramps will be closed? Read More »
Concerns are growing for Big Bear’s beloved bald eagle couple Shadow and Jackie after one of the three eaglets that hatched in the pair’s nest this month disappeared from view. Throngs of fans flocked to the popular 24-hour live feed
Chick of Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow vanishes from view Read More »
As thick clouds of smoke rolled across Los Angeles in early January, Allison Shultz opened a freezer and took out a stash of pristine white pigeon feathers. The ornithology curator at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County placed
Smoke detectors in the sky: Will wildfire affect bird behavior? Read More »
Chuck Woolery, the “Love Connection” host and longtime fixture on television game shows, died Saturday at the age of 83. His death was announced on the platform X by Mark Young, Woolery’s friend and co-host of their podcast Blunt Force
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Police in Pasadena arrested a man Saturday on suspicion of molesting a 12-year-old girl as she waited for her bus to school. The alleged assault occurred Wednesday morning in the 300 block of North Lake Avenue. The girl was waiting
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Police are seeking suspects in the fatal shooting of a Long Beach woman inside her home in an attack that investigators believe is “not random.” Long Beach Police Department officers responded to a report of a woman shot at a
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is preparing to lay off hundreds of employees this week, director Laurie Leshin said in a memo to staff sent Tuesday afternoon. The La Cañada Flintridge research institution will let go of approximately 325 employees across
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