Climate & Environment
‘It is insane how quickly technology can pick up. So with that I say that an investment in nuclear fusion is an investment well spent on a better future.’
Sept. 15, 2024
California
Long Beach is rolling out a pilot program that will provide as many as 10 homeowners low- to zero-interest loans of up to $250,000 to build ADUs on their property. Those units would then be rented out to lower-income individuals or families.
Housing & Homelessness
Step Up On Second Street helped inspire California’s Project Homekey to convert hotels into housing; now it denies responsibility for missing money and failed projects.
Sept. 17, 2024
World & Nation
Iran says it launched a satellite into space with a rocket built by the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Sept. 14, 2024
North Korea has offered a rare glimpse into a secretive facility to produce nuclear materials as it says leader Kim Jong Un visited the area and called for stronger efforts to increase his nuclear weapons
Sept. 12, 2024
As the Israel-Hamas war heightens interest in the contested Middle East land, UC Berkeley will launch an endowed program and chair on Palestinian and Arab studies.
Sept. 10, 2024
Wildfires scorch thousands of acres in mountain communities of San Bernardino County near Lake Arrowhead and in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora.
Sept. 9, 2024
Letters to the Editor
Like other nuclear plants, Diablo Canyon is built to withstand earthquakes and continue operating, says the head of the American Nuclear Society.
Sept. 1, 2024
The Central California plant has become a main focus of the ongoing debate over California’s energy future.
Aug. 26, 2024
The Homeland Security Department ends the program’s suspension after finding no widespread fraud among U.S. sponsors for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Aug. 29, 2024