World’s first neighborhood entirely of 3D-printed homes is planned for California’s Coachella Valley and will boast 15 eco-friendly homes that start at $595,000 each California will be home to the world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood It will host 15 homes that feature a backyard with a pool and deck There will be larger units with three … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of people flock to the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California each spring to experience the stunning super bloom, but a dry winter has left many tourists disappointed. Park officials say visitors are not seeing fields of color, but report pockets of flowers and annual blooming shrubs. However, an unexpected rainstorm last … Read more
A new local strain of the novel coronavirus first identified in California has spread to 19 U.S. states and six countries, a new study finds. The strain, called CAL.20C, was first discovered by researchers at Cedars Sinai Los Angeles in Los Angeles County in July 2020. It went relatively undetected before exploding in the fall … Read more
Herpes and toxic chemicals are causing an aggressive cancer in California’s sea lions that has killed up to 23 percent of the population, study reveals Scientists analyzed 329 sea lions that have died over the past 20 years They found that many of them were suffering with an aggressive cancer After analyzing blubber, blood and … Read more
Wipe out! Incredible drone footage captures huge CRATER on California’s Highway One near Big Sur after landslide washes road away A massive landslide washed away a large chunk of Highway One into the ocean near Big Sur on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning Drone footage captured the aftermath in Monterey County near Rat Creek with … Read more
The number of monarch butterflies wintering on the California coast has plummeted to a record low, according to entomologists. Fewer than 2,000 monarchs were recorded in November and December, compared to 200,000 barely three years ago. In the 1980s, the monarch butterflies migrating south to groves from Marin County to San Diego was estimated at … Read more
The wildfires that ravaged the state of California back in 2018 cost the United States $148.5 billion (£110 billion) in damages, a study has revealed. Experts from China, the UK and the US calculated the fires’ financial impact at 0.7 per cent of the country’s annual GDP — with $45.9 billion lost outside of California. These … Read more
More than 3,000 earthquakes rocked Ridgecrest, California in a single week last year and as a result, has increased chances of the ‘Big One’ striking the San Andreas fault. The tremors stressed the Garlock Fault, which stretches 160 miles along the Mojave Desert and connects the site of the Ridgecrest quakes to the massive San … Read more
A strange ‘swarm’ of small earthquakes in California that lasted nearly four years was triggered by fluid spilling into the fault system from underground reservoirs, scientists say. The naturally occurring injection of underground fluid drove the earthquake swarm near Cahuilla in Southern California, which occurred in bursts around the region from early 2016 to late … Read more