1+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (402+ words) A magnitude 3.8 earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area Thursday morning. The quake was centered just north of the Oakland Zoo and widely felt across the Bay Area. Light shaking, as defined by the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, was felt…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (117+ words) A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was reported at 8:30 p.m. Sunday in Hawthorne, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake was centered less than a mile from from Gardena, Inglewood and Westmont. It occurred at a depth of 6.5 miles. Did you feel this earthquake?...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (791+ words) Extreme heat is set to roll into Southern California, extending a summer of misery-making stickiness and hot temperatures. “We’ve had so many heat waves,” said V. Kelly Turner, who leads the heat research group at the UCLA Luskin Center for…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (140+ words) A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was reported Tuesday evening at 7:40 p.m. Pacific time eight miles from Healdsburg, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. According to the agency, the epicenter was about five miles east southeast of Cloverdale, around 19 miles from Clearlake and 22 miles…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (224+ words) Hurricane Genevieve, which is whipping up the Pacific Ocean about 500 miles off the southern tip of Baja California, will send big waves rolling toward beaches in San Diego County this week, creating hazardous swimming conditions, the National Weather Service says....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (364+ words) Southern California will continue to endure hotter than normal conditions for the foreseeable future, with the peak of the heat wave lasting through Sunday, forecasters said. High temperatures will be in the 90s to low 100s in the valleys, with the Antelope…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1687+ words) It lurks ominously beneath California’s many natural wonders, a reminder that nothing in this landscape is truly permanent. It’s been described as “the mother of all earthquake faults,” the source of both our geological birth and, perhaps, our ultimate undoing....

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (989+ words) Bushwick Inlet, a cove where the brackish waters of the East River curl into a humble beach, is a small public park that opened in Brooklyn this spring. In late June, Katherine Conkling Thompson sat on a bench there, dejected…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (891+ words) A series of earthquakesthat have rattled the Golden State have triggered a new kind of aftershock — insurance costs. Californians are scrambling to protect their houses amid fears “The Big One” could strike but are being met by sky high policies…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (91+ words) A 4.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Southern California early Sunday, striking 70 miles north of Los Angeles, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake hit just after 3:30 a.m., with its epicenter located about 1 mile southeast of Frazier Park, a mountain community along the…...