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Inside the Reading Pagoda
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (187+ words) It has been a landmark in the area for more than a century, and now a foundation is set to ensure it remains a beacon for generations to come. Inside the Reading Pagoda Reading, Pa -- Reading's Pagoda just completed an…...
Hawaii’s famed Hōlei Sea Arch has collapsed into Pacific Ocean
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (364+ words) Hōlei Sea Arch stood roughly 90 feet tall in Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park A colossal sea arch that had long been a major landmark on Hawaii’s rugged coastline has collapsed into the Pacific Ocean more than 500 years after it was naturally…...
San Juan Capistrano's 250th anniversary connects local history to a national milestone
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (339+ words) SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif (KABC) -- As the United States commemorates its 250th anniversary this year, the city of San Juan Capistrano is also marking a major milestone: 250 years of history rooted in one of California's oldest communities. "Mission San Juan Capistrano…...
Maritime experts travel to Nantucket to investigate shipwreck remains exposed by nor’easter
1+ week, 2+ day ago (383+ words) BOSTON -- A maritime expert planned to visit a Nantucket beach Monday to inspect weathered wooden beams exposed by the weekend’s powerful nor’easter, possibly the remnants of a 19th-century shipwreck buried beneath the island’s southern shore. The Egan Maritime Institute said…...
The History of Cannabis in Los Angeles: From Prohibition and Prop. 215 to the Modern Market
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (1531+ words) The history of cannabis in Los Angeles is complicated. Los Angeles helped normalize cannabis, but it was also an early center of its criminalization. The city produced influential growers, breeders, activists, retailers and brands, yet many residents, particularly Black and…...
Review: How the University of California built the Golden State — and fractured it
2+ week, 1+ day ago (220+ words) “The university is not engaged in making ideas safe for students,” University of California President Clark Kerr famously said in 1961. “It is engaged in making students safe for ideas.” At the time, those words were a benign, almost bland sentiment…...
Commentary: The approaching El Niño is scary, but L.A.'s starred in this horror movie before
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1406+ words) El Niño is coming for us. It’s out there over the Pacific Ocean, waiting. Muscling up for the move. It’s come this way before, and it overstayed its welcome. At intervals of 20 years and sometimes more often, it has lashed…...
New review looks at LA County's wildfires recovery and repopulation efforts
3+ week, 1+ day ago (368+ words) An aerial view of homes that burned in the Eaton Fire on January 19, 2025 in Altadena. Los Angeles County did not have formal systems and plans in place to support recovery and re-population efforts after the deadly Palisades and Eaton fires…...
National Hispanic Heritage Month begins with celebrations across the US
3+ week, 1+ day ago (515+ words) The celebration is marked each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Celebrations across the U.S. are expected in observance of National Hispanic Heritage Month, showcasing the vast diversity and culture of Latinos. National Hispanic Heritage Month started as Hispanic Heritage Week. Mexican…...
One attack, many Americas: Why 9/11 and its many griefs land differently 25 years later
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1177+ words) NEW YORK -- When the planes crashed and the buildings fell on that sunny September morning 25 years ago, the shock waves of dismay and grief went far past downtown New York City, rural western Pennsylvania, and just outside Washington, D.C. They radiated…...