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That Time We Tried to Live Under the Sea Off California
One of the most ambitious attempts to allow humans to live on the ocean floor took place just off San Diego. It’s called SEALAB II.
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Why Southern California is the Stingray Capital of the World
According to research led by Dr. Chris Lowe at California State University, Long Beach Shark Lab, Southern California’s nearshore waters may host one of the densest concentrations of stingrays anywhere in the world.
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How the Jones Act Strangles California Innovation and Keeps I-5 Packed with Trucks
California’s highways are clogged with trucks moving goods that could travel by sea, but the Jones Act makes coastal shipping too costly to scale, locking freight onto crowded roads and limiting a cleaner alternative.
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The Man Who Saved the Owens Pupfish
Less than 2.5 inches in length, the Owens pupfish is a silvery-blue fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. Endemic to California’s Owens Valley, 200 miles north of Los Angeles, the fish has lived on the planet since the Pleistocene, becoming a new species when its habitat was divided by changing climatic conditions, 60,000 years ago.
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MBARI and the Machines That Let Us See the Deep
From glowing deep-sea creatures to underwater canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon, MBARI is helping uncover the mysteries of the Pacific off California.
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Curiosity Is the Point
The more you look around in California, the more you realize there is almost always something fascinating to notice and something worth learning a little more about.
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The woman who championed Big Bear's celebrity eagles leaves behind a $10-million mission
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Wildfire in Riverside County grows to 2,600 acres
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L.A. Zoo, deteriorating and losing members, needs new leadership, grand jury finds
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El Niño turns crumbling California pier into climate battleground over what to save — and who pays
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UC Berkeley named top public university in the U.S. and No. 7 in the world by 'U.S. News'
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Wild deer captured and kept in a dog crate for weeks. A Bay Area resident is cited
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