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DOGS CONTINUE SEARCH FOR CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDE SURVIVORS
That included Decker and Stella, a 10-year-old lab, both part of the California Task Force 8 San Diego FEMA team... READ MORE›
LARGEST WILDFIRE ON RECORD IN CALIFORNIA FINALLY CONTAINED
The Thomas fire was declared 100 percent surrounded after ravaging Ventura and Santa Barbara counties northwest of Los Angeles for more than a month... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA TRAGEDY SURVIVING FIRE ONLY TO DIE
But Josie Gower assured him that she had set out sandbags and was prepared... READ MORE›
RESCUERS 'SEARCHING FOR A MIRACLE' IN CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDES
Santa Barbara County authorities offered wildly fluctuating numbers of the missing throughout the day... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA'S MONTECITO, DEVASTATED BY MUDSLIDES, HAS DRAWN CELEBRITIES SINCE CHAPLIN
REUTERS Kyle Grillot Montecito, the California coastal enclave devastated by this week's deadly mudslides, is known as Oprah's hometown... READ MORE›
17 CONFIRMED DEAD AS AUTHORITIES OFFER WILDLY FLUCTUATING NUMBERS OF MISSING
Santa Barbara County authorities offered wildly fluctuating numbers of the missing throughout the day... READ MORE›
DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWS CALIFORNIA FLASH FLOOD RUSHING TOWARDS PEOPLE IN
The Deputy Director of the Santa Barbara County Public Health department, Susan Klein-Rothschild, said the mudslides have while 20 others were damaged... READ MORE›
AFTER WILDFIRE, STATE DEVASTATED BY RAINS
Downpours sent mud and boulders roaring down hills stripped of vegetation by a gigantic wildfire that raged in Southern California last month... READ MORE›
SEARCH FOR 8 BELIEVED MISSING IN CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDES DRAGS ON
Santa Barbara County authorities sent a shudder through the community early Thursday when they reported that the number of people unaccounted for had surged from 16 to 48... READ MORE›
TRAINS DISRUPTED AS MUD, WATER COVER CALIFORNIA TRACKS
The Santa Barbara County Fire Department says the main Union Pacific line running through Montecito has been blocked... READ MORE›
RESCUERS HUNT SURVIVORS AFTER DEADLY MUDSLIDES IN CALIFORNIA
But only 10 to 15 percent complied with mandatory orders, said Amber Anderson, a spokeswoman for the Santa Barbara County Fire Department... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDE TOLL HITS 15 AND 24 REMAIN MISSING AS RAIN LETS UP
Fifteen people were confirmed dead and two dozen people remained missing Wednesday, said Amber Anderson, a Santa Barbara County spokeswoman... READ MORE›
SEARCH FOR VICTIMS CONTINUES AS DEATH TOLL REACHES 15
At least eight of the deaths occurred in Montecito, a wealthy enclave northwest of Los Angeles where celebrities like Rob Lowe and Oprah Winfrey have homes... READ MORE›
THE DRAMATIC MOMENT A FAMILY OF FIVE AND THEIR DOGS ARE RESCUED FROM ROOFTOP AMID CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDES
The dramatic moment a family of five and their dogs are rescued from rooftop amid California mudslides... READ MORE›
MUDSLIDES THREATEN CALIFORNIA AREAS SCORCHED BY WILDFIRES
The weather service saidthe heaviest rainfall was expected in Santa Barbara County from 10 p.m... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 15 DEAD IN CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDES AS RESCUERS SEARCH FOR MISSING
At least 15 people were confirmed dead, Santa Barbara County spokesperson Yaneris Muniz said early Wednesday as the search continued through the night... READ MORE›
'I THOUGHT I WAS DEAD': CALIFORNIA TEEN FOUND ALIVE UNDER DEBRIS
MONTECITO, Calif. -- Chaos swept across California's Santa Barbara County on Tuesday after a powerful overnight storm hammered the region with heavy rains, leading to... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 13 KILLED AS MUD AND BOULDERS TEAR THROUGH HOMES IN CALIFORNIA BURN ZONES
LOS ANGELES - Mudslides unleashed by a ferocious storm demolished homes in Southern California and killed at least 13 people, police said Tuesday... READ MORE›
DEADLY MUDSLIDES AND FLOODING HIT FIRE-RAVAGED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The overnight rains forced road closures, including a 48-kilometre stretch of Highway 101, essentially cutting off traffic between Santa Barbara and Ventura counties northwest of Los Angeles... READ MORE›
13 DEAD AS MUDSLIDES SWEEP AWAY SOCAL HOMES
At least 13 people died and many more were missing in the chaos as residents fled storm-ravaged areas of Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA HAS WEAPONS TO FIGHT TRUMP ON OFFSHORE DRILLING
For example, a 1972 federal coastal act gives California extensive input on federal actions along the coast, including the granting of federal oil leases... READ MORE›
ACTIVISTS WHO FOUGHT OBAMA'S OFFSHORE OIL PLAN TAKE AIM AT TRUMP'S
Activists who contend drilling operations can harm marine life even without a single oil spill will have plenty of chances to make their voices heard... READ MORE›
TRUMP MOVES TO VASTLY EXPAND OFFSHORE DRILLING OFF US COASTS
Many lawmakers in those states support offshore drilling, although the Democratic governors of North Carolina and Virginia oppose drilling off their state coasts... READ MORE›
TRUMP RAMPS UP RHETORIC EARLY ON EVE OF MID-TERM ELECTION YEAR
In 2010, midway through President Barack Obama's first term, Democrats lost 63 House seats... READ MORE›
MYSTERY WRITER SUE GRAFTON DIES; 'THE ALPHABET NOW ENDS AT Y'
LOS ANGELES -- Sue Grafton, author of the best-selling alphabet series of mystery novels, has died in Santa Barbara... READ MORE›
AMERICA HAD A NEAR-RECORD 15 BILLION-DOLLAR WEATHER DISASTERS IN 2017
And the tally doesn't include the recent wildfires in southern California... READ MORE›
CONTAINMENT REACHES 91 PERCENT AROUND HUGE CALIFORNIA FIRE
That tops Cal Fire's budgeted amount for firefighting by 272 million with six months left in the fiscal year, the Times said... READ MORE›
IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE WORST YEARS EVER FOR BILLION-DOLLAR U.S. WEATHER DISASTERS
And the tally doesn't include the recent wildfires in southern California... READ MORE›
$180BN INVESTMENT IN PLASTIC FACTORIES FEEDS GLOBAL PACKAGING BINGE
He said he was deeply troubled by the expansion in plastic production... READ MORE›
THOMAS FIRE BECOMES CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST BLAZE OF ALL TIME
This season is also the most destructive wildfire season ever in California... READ MORE›
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29 US SCIENTISTS PRAISE IRAN DEAL IN LETTER TO OBAMA
The letter notes criticism that the Iran accord, after 10 years, will let Tehran potentially develop nuclear arms without constraint... READ MORE›
WHY SINGLE WOMEN ARE BUYING HOMES AT TWICE THE RATE OF SINGLE MEN
By 2007, Michelle Jackson, a 30-something writer in Denver, held a master's degree, had traveled the world, and was enjoying her social life as a single woman... READ MORE›
MOSTAFA EL-ABBADI CHAMPION OF ALEXANDRIAS RESURRECTED LIBRARY DIES AT 88
He was without doubt the doyen of Alexandria, Dorothy Thompson, a Cambridge fellow and honorary president of the International Association of Papyrologists, said of Professor Abbadi... READ MORE›
MAY DAY RALLIES AROUND THE WORLD MARKED BY VIOLENCE, DEMONSTRATIONS
Teachers picketed in Philadelphia and police in Paris fired tear gas to disperse angry protesters Monday as May Day was marked with demonstrations around the world... READ MORE›
FORGET NAPA, BOOK A TRIP TO CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST RIGHT NOW
According to Danielle Laudon, the director of marketing at Visit Santa Ynez Valley, Wine makers are not just specializing in Pinot Noir here... READ MORE›
'IT WAS AN INFERNO': SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS LEFT DUMBSTRUCK BY WEEK OF WILDFIRE HELL
Residents of the picturesque town of Ojai and nearby Ventura describe their horror at the pace and ferocity of wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area... READ MORE›
WEEKEND GUSTS THREATEN NEW FIRES; CREWS BATTLING MORE THAN 20 BLAZES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
The death toll from Northern California's relentless wildfires increased to 31 with a report from Sonoma County Sheriff Robert Giordano Thursday night of two more fatalities... READ MORE›
MISS HONDURAS KILLED IN 'ACT OF PASSION,' POLICE SAY
Police agents detained Plutarco Antonio Ruiz, the boyfriend of Miss Honduras Maria Jose Alvarado's sister, in Santa Barbara, Honduras, on Nov... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES: RECORD HEAT, FIERCE WINDS FORECAST
Record heat, fierce Santa Ana winds to fuel wildfire threat in California... READ MORE›
FEROCIOUS CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE GROWS MORE ERRATIC, DANGEROUS AS WINDS PICK UP
Firefighters see no quick end in sight for the ferocious Thomas Fire raging in Southern California... READ MORE›
EXTREME PRACTICES OF GIRLS IN VENEZUELAN 'BEAUTY FACTORIES'
Inside Venezuelan 'beauty factories' where girls go to become Miss WorldA... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA FIRES: LARGEST BLAZE THREATENS SANTA BARBARA AND PROMPTS EVACUATION
Governor Jerry Brown issued emergency proclamations for Santa Barbara, San Diego, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, freeing up additional resources to fight the infernos... READ MORE›
INMATES BATTLE TO SAVE FAMED ROSE GARDEN FROM THOMAS WILDFIRE
Rose Story Farm was in danger from Thomas Fire, until inmates worked to save it... READ MORE›
THESE AMERICANS MAY SUFFER THE MOST FROM A TRUMP HIRING FREEZE
The federal government has played an important role in the economic advancement of black Americans, who comprise 18 percent of federal workers... READ MORE›
LIGHT BULB MOMENT: LOW-ENERGY LED WINS NOBEL PRIZE
Citizen Shuji Nakamura won the prize for developing the blue light-emitting diode LED... READ MORE›
HAVEN FOR HACKERS TURNED CYBER SLEUTHS
Hackers transitioning to legitimate work is a long-awaited success story after the fall of communism in Romania in December 1989... READ MORE›
'BEYOND A PERFECT STORM': WIND-DRIVEN CALIFORNIA FIRE NEARS RECORD
0 51 Firefighters in southern California are working overtime to protect homes in Los Angeles... READ MORE›
FIREFIGHTERS RACE TO CONTAIN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES AS WINDS SET TO STRENGTHEN
The current fires, which have threatened Californians from near Santa Barbara County down the Pacific coast to Mexico, have claimed at least one human casualty... READ MORE›
BERLIN XMAS MARKET ATTACK: IMPOSSIBLE TO PREVENT OR SECURITY FAILURE?
Berlin Xmas market attack Impossible to prevent or security failure? -- RT Op-Edge... READ MORE›
PANAMA PAPERS REVEAL WIDE USE OF SHELL COMPANIES BY AFRICAN OFFICIALS
The owners of diamond mines in Sierra Leone and safari companies in Kenya and Zimbabwe also created shell companies... READ MORE›
THE ANTHROPOCENE EPOCH: SCIENTISTS DECLARE DAWN OF HUMAN-INFLUENCED AGE
The Earth is so profoundly changed that the Holocene must give way to the Anthropocene... READ MORE›
IS HEARING LOSS IN FARMED FISH A PRICE WORTH PAYING FOR AQUACULTURE'S METEORIC RISE?
The case of the deafened salmon is omen-like, crystallising some of the biggest concerns about aquaculture's future growth... READ MORE›
FINAL MOMENTS OF MURDERED MISS HONDURAS AND HER SISTER REVEALED
THE MURDER CAPITAL The Honduran city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, tops the list of the world's most violent places on earth... READ MORE›
WILDFIRES FORCE EVACUATIONS IN CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON
The high at Los Angeles International Airport reached 36 C Sunday, topping the mark of 33 C set in 1982... READ MORE›
SEE THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY WILDFIRES RAVAGING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Firefighters faced a wall of flames early Thursday morning at the Thomas fire in Ventura County... READ MORE›
DREAMERS INVITED TO TRUMP SPEECH AS GUESTS OF DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS
Martha Zavala Perez didn't learn she was an undocumented immigrant until she began applying to community college at 17... READ MORE›
COMMENT: THIS IS WHAT 365 DAYS WITHOUT A VACATION DOES TO YOUR HEALTH
One 2013 study from sweden's uppsala university found that people who take vacations may boost the mental health of those around them... READ MORE›
POWERFUL STORM HITS SOUTHERN CALIF., KNOCKS OUT POWER TO THOUSANDS; 1 DEAD
A powerful Pacific storm rocked Southern California on Sunday, knocking out power to thousands in San Diego and killing at least one person... READ MORE›
FIDDLEHEAD RUSTLERS THREATENED WITH JAIL AS US STATE TRIES TO CURB MASS FORAGING
Maine legislators are considering a bill which would impose steep fines and even a prison sentence for people who pick fiddleheads without the landowner's permission... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA'S THOMAS FIRE GROWS TO FIFTH LARGEST IN HISTORY AS STARS EVACUATE
The wind-swept blazes have forced tens of thousands of evacuations and destroyed dozens of homes in Southern California... READ MORE›