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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.

Medical Daily · Sep 5

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.

The Times of India · Sep 2

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…

The Times of India · Sep 1

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…

The Economic Times · Aug 28

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

The Independent UK · Aug 18

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

Homes & Gardens · Aug 16

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.

Capital & Main · Aug 13

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…

The Economic Times · Aug 12

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…

The Times of India · Aug 8

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.

Medical Daily · Aug 4