June 9, 2023

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Earthquakes

A drying Salton Sea may be helping delay the next Big One, but that could result in a more powerful quake when it does strike.

Climate & Environment

Even without much snow, the standard spring hike to Mt. Whitney’s summit is a punishing ordeal. But in this year’s extraordinary conditions, it is a full-on winter mountaineering expedition, requiring serious gear and the expertise to use it.

This year California’s snowpack reached record-high levels — 40 million acre-feet at its peak in April. Melted, that would be enough to hypothetically drape almost 5 inches of water across the entire state of California.

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Annie Lam’s consulting business has flourished during her husband’s unusually long tenure as speaker.

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