Half Dome cables are not safe. Nothing in Yosemite is. Get over it.
August 13, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: I have climbed Half Dome 13 times, descending by cables…
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Park fire threatens critical salmon habitat in California
California's spring Chinook salmon were already in the midst of a population decline before the park fire erupted in the…
We could rebuild democracy after Trump 2.0. But not with the climate
August 3, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: I deeply appreciate that Nils Gilman has raised the very…
Hopes fade for more survivors of landslide in Indian state of Kerala | Floods
News Heavy flooding in Wayanad district in the southern Indian state of Kerala has triggered a landslide that has killed…
Hopes of finding survivors fade as death toll from Kerala landslides nears 200 | Weather News
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan described the disaster as “one of the worst” the southern Indian state has ever seen. Hopes…
At least 19 dead and hundreds trapped after landslides in Kerala, India | Weather News
Heavy rains are hampering rescue efforts after landslides hit the mountainous district of Wayanad while people were sleeping. At least…
Crews move forward as massive park fire spreads beyond 350,000 acres
Firefighters made some progress Sunday against the massive Park Fire burning across Butte, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama counties — California’s…
California wildfires spread, forcing thousands to evacuate | Wildlife News
The speed of growth of the California Park fire is drawing grim comparisons to the deadly Camp Fire of 2018,…
Anti-Semitism and swastika graffiti created a 'hostile' climate at a Carmel school, investigation reveals
Jewish students at a Carmel Unified School District campus were subjected to widespread anti-Semitic harassment over a three-year period, exposed…
No air conditioning for Olympic athletes in Paris? Good intentions, but bad idea
Organizers of the Paris Olympics, which opened Friday, have done many things right in their efforts to make the 2024…