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Feds arrest three for massive homelessness aid fraud scheme in Los Angeles

Federal authorities charged three individuals Wednesday with stealing $12 million in federal and state homelessness aid dollars to buy real estate, go on luxury trips, and purchase vintage vehicles.

The Independent UK

In 1999, James Cameron bought a 100-acre coastal ranch and added gardens, solar panels and wind power. 24 years later, its 8,000-square-foot home ran off-grid

Oscar-winning filmmaker James Cameron’s 100-acre coastal ranch in Southern California became a distinctive retreat combining dramatic scenery, modern architecture, and access to nature. Cameron bought the property in 1999 and developed it into a compound known as “Tranquility Base.” The estate’s 8,000-square-foot main residence features interconnected structures, floor-to-ceiling windows, and…

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Giant reed came to California in the 1820s; now it crowds out native plants and fuels wildfires

Giant reed, a plant native to eastern Asia, was introduced to California in the 1820s for roofing material and erosion control. It has since become an invasive weed, growing rapidly and forming dense stands that displace native plants. In Southern California’s Santa Ana River Basin, arundo infestations have almost tripled…

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Nicolas Cage's $10.5M Malibu Mansion's Driveway Swallowed by 30-Foot Sinkhole Due to Coastal Erosion

Nicolas Cage's$10.5 million (£7.75 million) Malibu mansion suffered a major driveway collapse after a 30-by-30-foot sinkhole opened amid dangerous surf and coastal erosion.

International Business Times UK

Southern California authorities respond to a leak of an unknown chemical from a tank

Authorities in Southern California are responding to a slow leak from a chemical tank

The Independent UK

Marie Just Got Downgraded — Here's Why California, Baja and the Grand Canyon Still Aren't in the Clear

Marie has weakened to a tropical storm, but Baja California Sur flooding, dangerous California surf and Southwest flash-flood risk continue this week.

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Doxycycline Taken After Sex No Longer Protects Against Gonorrhea in Southern California as Resistant Strains Spread

A California study found doxyPEP effectiveness against gonorrhea fell from 42.3% to below zero, while protection against chlamydia and syphilis held.

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34,000 cans stolen: US company offers reward to recover 40,000-pound beer load

US Beer maker Pabst Blue Ribbon has offered a cash reward for information leading to the recovery of a truckload of beer stolen from a warehouse in Southern California, turning the unusual theft into a social media appeal.

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Hikers heard ‘howling’ from a California water tank; rescuers found a mother bear and her cubs trapped inside and spent hours freeing them

On a late-August afternoon in the San Gabriel Mountains, a group of hikers near La Verne, California, heard an unsettling sound: what they described as “howling” coming from a large water tank along a trail. When they investigated, they discovered a mother black bear and her two cubs trapped inside…

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8 Ways High AQI Pollution Is Slowly Damaging Your Lungs and Respiratory Health in India

Your Cilia Are Being ParalysedThe lungs' first line of defence is a carpet of microscopic hair-like structures called cilia, which beat rhythmically to sweep dust, bacteria, and debris up and out of the airways. PM2.5, particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometres, the dominant pollutant on high-AQI days across Delhi, Mumbai,…

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No pint-sized matter: Thieves steal $70,000 in Pabst beer from California warehouse

Police in Southern California are investigating the theft of more than 30,000 cans of Pabst beer in two separate heists from the same warehouse on the same day

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James Cagney and brother bought California grassland in the 1940s; after parts were sold, six decades later the remaining 417 acres became a wildlife haven

Hollywood actor James Cagney and his brother William once owned hundreds of acres near Ramona, California. Decades later, 417 acres of the former Cagney Ranch became a conservation priority because of its rare grasslands, vernal pools and threatened wildlife. The Nature Conservancy purchased the property for $2.7 million in 2003,…

The Economic Times

Hurricane threat in Southern California: 90% chance of disturbance to turn into depression

A tropical disturbance in the eastern Pacific now has a 90% chance of becoming a tropical depression within 48 hours, while weather models cited by Southern California meteorologists show it could strengthen into a hurricane later this week before weakening and potentially moving towards the region.

The Times of India

In 2001, NOAA launched a restoration program after a $64 million Montrose settlement. 24 years later, a rebuilt Palos Verdes reef in California had boosted fish biomass by over 150%

Two decades after a $64 million settlement funded coastal recovery, California’s Palos Verdes reef is thriving. Engineers placed 70,000 tons of granite rock across 30 acres of seabed. These elevated structures prevent shifting silt from smothering marine habitat. Today, native giant kelp has returned, and fish biomass across the rebuilt…

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San Diego County will stop letting federal immigration agents train at local firing ranges

A Southern California county will stop letting federal immigration authorities train at a local firing range over concerns about the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants

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Boxwoods are Okay, but Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick's Drought-Tolerant Privacy Planting Is Much More Practical, and Chicer

Planting for privacy doesn't have to be boring, vertical beds show how arid Southern California planting can make it

Capital & Main

To Avoid Public Pushback, Cities Are Putting Homeless Shelters in Industrial Zones

Municipalities across Southern California are putting shelters in polluted industrial areas as the state pushes to increase the number of beds for unhoused people.

The Economic Times

2026 Super El Niño Forecast: What happens this winter could shock California, here's why

California anticipates a dangerous winter with record coastal sea levels. A rapidly strengthening El Niño threatens increased flooding and erosion along the shoreline. Higher seas could combine with large waves and winter storms for greater pressure. Beaches may lose their sand buffer, exposing infrastructure to powerful surf. Warmer Pacific waters…

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In 2023 and 2024, a Los Angeles homeless-services nonprofit paid its Hawaii-based CEO more than $1.6 million, including about $824,000 in unused vacation pay

A Southern California nonprofit that operates domestic violence shelters and homelessness programmes paid its chief executive more than $1.6 million over the last two years covered by its public tax filings. The unusually large compensation has drawn questions from nonprofit experts because the CEO, Carol Adelkoff, has maintained a primary…

Medical Daily

Extreme Heat Warning Puts Southern California Deserts Near 112 Degrees Through Wednesday Night

NWS warns of 112-degree heat in the Mojave Desert and Indian Wells Valley through Wednesday. Who faces the highest risk and what to do now.

The Times of India

In 2000, an aquarium plant escaped into California waters; removing the ‘killer algae’ took six years and over $7 million

Some of the biggest ecological disasters start in the least likely places. Here it may have started with a home aquarium. An online report by the Centre for Invasive Species Research states that an ornamental seaweed, Caulerpa taxifolia, escaped into the coastal waters of Southern California in 2000, likely after…

The Times of India

How a 242-mile aqueduct carried Colorado River water across mountains and transformed Southern California

In 1933, construction crews began work on the Colorado River Aqueduct, an engineering project designed to solve a problem that had been building for years: Southern California's rapidly growing coastal cities were running out of local water. The plan called for pulling water from the Colorado River near the California-Arizona…

The Times of India

California divers spent two years clearing kelp-eating urchins and planting young kelp; underwater forests returned to reefs that had been barren for years

Giant kelp forests once thrived off Southern California's coast. These vital marine ecosystems vanished due to pollution and overgrazing. A restoration project successfully removed over thirty thousand sea urchins from reefs. This intervention allowed kelp to regrow and stabilize the marine habitat. The project demonstrated that kelp forests can recover…

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In 2023, Tropical Storm Hilary struck Southern California; 22 juvenile great white sharks abandoned their San Diego nursery and returned after conditions improved

Young great white sharks moved from their nursery habitat during Tropical Storm Hilary. Researchers tracked twenty-two sharks using acoustic tags to observe their movements. Many sharks left the area and returned within weeks after conditions improved. The storm caused a significant drop in sea-surface temperature, affecting the sharks. This study…

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Surprising Weather Conditions That Cause Severe Highway Accidents

Southern California sells itself on sunshine. Palm trees, endless summer, postcard skies — that's the brand. But ask anyone who drives the I-15 through Cajon Pass or cuts across the Antelope Valley toward the high desert, and a different story comes out. Local microclimates and sudden visibility drops turn familiar…

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