Power grid failures spiked hours before Los Angeles firestorm began
The number of power grid failures near three major Los Angeles County fires spiked in the hours before the fires…
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Abcarian: Trump would allow RFK Jr. to infect the body politic with wild theories
Once all the votes are counted, whoever wins, Donald Trump's empowerment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be one of…
Youth unemployment in China is a sign that its economic problems are far from over
TAIPEI — A harbinger of China's economic decline has returned. The urban youth unemployment rate has been a commonly cited…
Trump says crime is rising and blames immigrants. The data doesn't match up
Former President Trump repeated during Tuesday’s debate his claims that crime is “through the roof” and that much of it…
Disability service providers must comply with the Public Records Act
The 21 nonprofits that serve Californians with developmental disabilities keep their decision-making processes secret. They cling to desk manuals and…
How can parents evaluate the available research on MERT?
Wave and licensees also highlight a document from 2022 by a licensed clinic technician in Australia who is also a…
Big tech owes journalists (and many other workers too)
August 22, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: George Skelton's column warning about Big Tech stealing news from…
A massive data breach involving Social Security numbers could be even worse than suspected
The company whose data breach potentially exposed every American's Social Security number to identity thieves has finally acknowledged the data…
The last 25 years have been the driest in centuries in the American West
Three years ago, climate researchers shocked drought-weary Californians when they revealed that the American West was experiencing its driest 22-year…
Amateur astronomers will help document the explosion of stars
Every clear night for the past three weeks, Bob Stephens has pointed his home telescope at the same two stars…