Gusty winds expected rest of week, with warm temperatures rolling in for weekend
A man walks north on Palm Ave., as the Santa Ana Winds blow through San Bernardino, Ca., Monday, December 4, 2107. (Photo by John Valenzuela/The Sun/SCNG)The American flag flies in the wind from a flag...
View ArticleReal versus fake Christmas tree – which is better for the environment?
As families pick out wreaths and poinsettias, they’re also pondering the centerpiece of their Christmas decorating — the tree — and asking a simple, vaguely familiar question: Natural or plastic? If...
View ArticleRecord-breaking dry conditions are making Southern California wildfires much...
Parts of Southern California are experiencing record-breaking dry conditions, making it harder to fight fires when combined with Santa Ana winds. With the arrival of winter, weather systems move across...
View ArticleThis Southern California family has kept their Christmas tree alive for 34...
When they set foot on the Christmas tree lot in 1983, then young Gina and Joe Mistretta didn’t suspect their purchase would become a member of the family. They also didn’t know that one small act of...
View ArticleIt’s going to be warm, then cool down for New Year’s Eve
As 2017 draws to a close, unseasonably warm temperatures are expected to heat up Southern California before temperatures drop on New Year’s Eve. A ridge of high pressure, anchored over California, has...
View ArticleSouthern California’s first storm of the rain season is coming – finally
The first storm in months is expected to bring a significant amount of rain early next week, and its arrival can’t come soon enough for a parched Southern California. Related Articles Significant rain...
View ArticleCan exposure to the ocean change the bacteria in your gut? A citizen science...
Cliff Kapono has walked many beaches of the world, searching. Often, the long-time surfer has looked for a great swell. He’s scanned waves off Morocco and Ireland; off Hawaii and Southern California....
View ArticleSolar tariff figures to hurt, not kill, an industry that’s helping Southern...
The Trump administration’s push to levy a 30 percent tariff on foreign-made solar panels could stall — but probably not wipe out — one of the fastest-growing industries in Southern California. The...
View ArticleSouthern California expected to get unseasonably hot and dry conditions over...
Southern Californians should prepare for unseasonably warm temperatures and gusts of hot, dry wind beginning this weekend and leading into next week – conditions that could fuel any wildfire that...
View ArticleChatsworth house winds up with 1,000 guinea pigs after taking in survivors
Guinea pigs at the Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue in Chatsworth, CA, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue founder Saskia Chiesa at the...
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