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On May 15th, 1756, the Seven Years' War began when England declared war on France.

LOS ANGELES — Anytime it rains, trash comes flushing through storm drains and gutters, into rivers and downstream straight into the ocean and onto beaches.

The picturesque beaches that Southern California is known for ...Read more

Florida’s wildlife commission voted Wednesday to end a controversial policy that allowed the capture of wild manta rays — a federally threatened species — for overseas aquariums.

But the commission will still allow ...Read more

Job cuts are hammering the tech industry as companies ramp up investments in artificial intelligence.

This week, San José-based tech company Cisco said it was cutting fewer than 4,000 jobs or less than 5% of its ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two toxic air contaminants present in California’s ambient air, acrolein and ethylene oxide, appear to be much stronger carcinogens than previously known, California environmental health officials ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The likelihood of a potentially powerful El Niño taking shape in the Pacific Ocean is rising, heightening concerns that Southern California could be in for an extreme rainy season.

There is now an 82% ...Read more

NASA announced it would forgo using the same upper stage used on the first two Artemis flights for next year’s Artemis III mission since it won’t be heading to the moon.

The mission will be headed for a low-Earth ...Read more

Talk of a “super El Niño” developing in 2026 is gaining momentum, with concerns rising that this climate pattern could bring extreme rainfall, heat, drought and destructive flooding around the world.

The ...Read more

ABOARD THE MOLLY B, on the Salish Sea — They are big. They are beautiful. And they are back.

The return of the humpback whale to greater numbers than observed in decades is part of a larger revival of marine mammals in ...Read more

On May 14th, 1607, Jamestown, VA was settled as an English colony.

Rainfall across much of California and the West has become more clustered in heavier storms, with longer dry spells in between.

The net effect is a drying out, researchers found in a new study. It isn’t just the western...Read more

Poor weather conditions Wednesday forced another scrub of a launch attempt by SpaceX on its latest resupply run for NASA to International Space Station, which will have to wait until at least Friday for a backup attempt ...Read more

United Launch Alliance is running short on usable hardware this year, having to rely on its dwindling supply of Atlas V rockets while it continues an investigation into what went wrong on the last launch of its successor ...Read more

Microsoft Corp. has spent more than $100 billion on its partnership with OpenAI, a sum that underscores the significance of the software maker’s role in the AI company’s growth.

That figure includes Microsoft’s ...Read more

In 1926, director Cecil B. DeMille hired hundreds of workers to build a set of Jerusalem inside the DeMille Studios in Culver City for the classic silent film "The King of Kings."

A century later, Jon Erwin filmed his ...Read more

The day before Valentine’s Day, rumors surfaced about a San Diego company’s plans to raise a billion dollars.

Executives at the company didn’t respond to requests for comment. Industry insiders wouldn’t speak on ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When state wildlife officials euthanized "Blondie" the bear over the objections of local elected leaders in March, it was unclear if her two orphaned bear cubs would ever be able to live in the wild again. ...Read more

Beginning in July 2026, Detroiters will be paying higher water and sewer bills.

That’s because The Great Lakes Water Authority, or GLWA, voted unanimously on Feb. 25, 2026, to increase water rates by 5.8% and ...Read more