Editor’s note: This story is part of the annual Mosaic Journalism Workshop for Bay Area high school students, a two-week intensive course in journalism. Students in the program report and photograph stories under the guidance of professional journalists. If you were to visit Anderson Reservoir in Morgan Hill, there would be nothing but a dried-up…
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A bear wandered into a North Lake Tahoe home while the resident was taking out the trash and knocked her over when he was apparently surprised by her return. The woman suffered scratches to her face; the bear was captured and killed because of the contact. The encounter occurred during daylight hours last Thursday, June…
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By Christina Larson | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye. The thin white filament, approximately the size of a human eyelash, is “by far the largest bacterium…
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National “We weren’t going to go home until we got here.” A Yellowstone National Park ranger is seen standing near a road wiped out by flooding along the Gardner River the week before, near Gardiner, Mont., June 19, 2022. Park officials said they hope to open most of the park within two weeks after it…
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By Rachel Becker | CalMatters California water officials are poised to release the first environmental review of a controversial project to replumb the Delta — a plan in the works for decades that has alternately been called a water grab or a critical update to shore up state supplies. Known as the Delta Conveyance Project,…
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PACIFIC GROVE — Police in Pacific Grove closed beaches Wednesday after a man was attacked and seriously injured by a shark. The attack happened near Lovers Point — a popular Monterey County seaside destination — at 10:35 am, said Shayla Hoffman, a spokeswoman for the Pacific Grove Police Department. Few details were available on the…
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As usual, Santa Barbara City Councilmember Mike Jordan asked the most questions. He also asked one that induced a condition approximating whiplash for Mayor Randy Rowse. The subject at hand was water, as in the Stage II drought declaration the council adopted this Tuesday at the insistence of Governor Gavin Newsom despite widespread grumbling that…
By Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson | Associated Press WAPITI, Wyo. — Several thousand cars, trucks and recreational vehicles were backed up in long lines at entrances to Yellowstone National Park as it partially reopened Wednesday morning following record floods that reshaped the park’s rivers and canyons, wiped out numerous roads and left some…
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Scientists from the Cornell Cooperative Extension are mounting an exploration of the bottomlands of Hog Creek in Springs in an effort to identify where groundwater contaminated with nitrogen from human waste is entering the creek, with an eye toward crafting ways to halt it, or to filter out the nitrogen that feeds algae blooms that…
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The behemoth blues are back – and they’ve brought some babies as they hang out along the coast. Blue whales, the world’s largest animal, have been spotted off the Southern California coastline in recent days, showing up with calves frolicking alongside as they forage for food. There were sightings of the massive blue whale Friday,…
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