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How a series of gruesome seal deaths on the California coast led researchers to a surprise predator

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:36:20 GMT

In her work as stranding coordinator at the Noyo Center for Marine Science in Mendocino County, Sarah Grimes investigates reports of dead marine mammals up and down the coast. So when she began finding the decapitated bodies of harbor seal pups dragged up near the high-tide line in MacKerricher State Park, just a few miles north of Fort Bragg, she was on the case.“It was so gruesome,” said Grimes. “I was like marine mammal CSI, seeing all the dead pups with their heads torn off, and I’m like, ‘What the heck did that?’ ”The headless bodies began turning up in 2016, and Grimes wasn’t able to pin down what was behind them. She suspected it might be coyotes, as she had found tracks in the area — but coyotes were not known to go after live marine mammals.It wasn’t until the fall of last year that Grimes got proof, when Frankie Gerraty, a Ph.D. student at UC Santa Cruz, caught one of the culprits in the act at MacKerricher.Undergraduate research assistant Isabella Turner (left) and ...

California is set to become 2nd state to allow turning wastewater into drinking water

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:36:20 GMT

By ADAM BEAM | Associated PressSACRAMENTO — When a toilet is flushed in California, the water can end up in a lot of places — the ice in a skating rink, the manufactured snow on ski slopes, in pipes providing irrigation for farmland. And — coming soon — in your drinking glass.California regulators on Tuesday are set to vote on new rules to let water agencies recycle wastewater and put it right back into the pipes that carry drinking water to homes, schools and businesses.It’s a big step for a state that has struggled for decades to have a reliable source of drinking water for its more than 39 million residents. And it signals a shift in public opinion on a subject that as recently as two decades ago prompted backlash that scuttled similar projects.Since then, California has been through multiple extreme droughts, including the most recent one that scientists say was the driest three-year period on record and left the state’s reservoirs at dangerously low levels.RELATED: This beer is...

Tired of the waiting lists for California’s public universities, nursing students increasingly turn to expensive private programs

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:36:20 GMT

(BCN) -- For Julio Rivera, transferring from a local community college to a bachelor's program in nursing was always a top priority. As someone who enjoyed helping others, nursing seemed like a natural career. While caring for an aunt with renal failure and Type 2 diabetes, a conversation with her solidified the belief that nursing was his calling. "She said, 'You have it. You can really tell that you care about people,'" Rivera said. The pandemic put a pause on Rivera's education as hospitals had difficulty accommodating student nurses. Rivera applied to public programs in San Bernardino County, but many of them were severely limiting clinical training, or not accepting new applicants at the time. Woman vanishes in Santa Cruz, musician boyfriend uncooperative, police say Instead, the 33-year-old chose an increasingly popular option -- a private nursing program that would have a six-figure sticker price but guarantee him a timely degree. After finishing his pre-reqs, he transferre...

NBAGL Winter Showcase Cup Championship Glance

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:36:20 GMT

All Times ESTTuesday’s GamesCapital City vs. Indiana, noonMaine vs. Austin, 1:30 p.m.Motor City vs. Santa Cruz, 2:30 p.m.Mexico City vs. Westchester, 4 p.m.Brimingham vs. Rip City, 5 p.m.Raptors vs. Sioux Falls, 6:30 p.m.Osceola vs. South Bay, 7:30 p.m.College Park vs. Ontario, 9 p.m.Wednesday’s GamesCleveland vs. G League, 12:30 p.m.Windy City vs. Grand Rapids, 1 p.m.Rio Grande Valley vs. Memphis, 3 p.m.Texas vs. Delaware, 3:30 p.m.Austin vs. Long Island, 6 p.m.Wisconsin vs. Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.Greensboro vs. Iowa, 8:30 p.m.Salt Lake City vs. Maine, 8:30 p.m.Thursday’s GamesTBD vs. TBD, 11 a.m.TBD vs. TBD, 1:30 p.m.TBD vs. TBD, 1:30 p.m.Rip City vs. Rio Grande Valley, 4 p.m.Delaware vs. South Bay, 4 p.m.Stockton vs. Birmingham, 6:30 p.m.G League vs. Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.TBD vs. TBD, 9 p.m.Friday’s GamesMemphis vs. Raptors, 10:30 a.m.Iowa vs. Long Island, 11 a.m.Oklahoma City vs. Cleveland, 1 p.m.Greensboro vs. Salt Lake, 1:30 p.m.Sioux Falls vs. Osceola, 3:3...

Erupción de volcán en Islandia, en vivo: noticias y última hora

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:36:20 GMT

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The bathroom’s an ideal place for many houseplants. Some are even happy in the shower

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:36:20 GMT

The term bathroom décor often conjures thoughts of decorative shelving, a framed print or perhaps a colorful shower curtain. But what about houseplants? Most houseplants are tender tropical plants that thrive best in the warm, humid conditions of their native climate, often a rainforest or jungle. So, a bathroom, especially one with a window that also hosts a daily shower (or several), can be an ideal spot to grow them.Recent trends are going a step further, adding plants not only to the bathroom but inside the shower, either on the floor, hanging from the ceiling, placed on the ledge of the tub or on a shelf above it. If you go this route, take care to keep them out of the path of the water stream. Tropical plants like humidity but not soggy soil. In fact, they’ll likely need less water than their out-of-shower counterparts.WHAT TO CHOOSEPlants best suited for jungle showers include prayer plant (Calathea), moth orchid (Phalaenopsis), golden pothos/devil’s ivy (Pothos), flamingo fl...

Denver metro could actually have a white Christmas this year

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:36:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Dec. 25 is less than a week away, and those of you who have been dreaming of a white Christmas might just get your wish.While the Tuesday before Christmas could possibly break a heat record with highs in the upper 60s, a big change is coming this weekend. The Pinpoint Weather team has been tracking Denver's chances for a white Christmas this year, and many areas will wake up to snow. It just depends if you think a white Christmas is snow falling or simply having snow on the ground. View the latest Weather Alerts in Denver and across Colorado on FOX31 It's important to remember that there are still six days until Christmas, which means the forecast, especially snow totals, is subject to change as the storm gets closer. Be sure to stick with the Pinpoint Weather team for the latest weather updates. When will the snow arrive?The weather will go from highs in the upper 50s to the 30s. Light snow will begin to move into Colorado beginning on the Western Slope by early S...

How to recognize and manage holiday stress

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:36:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — There’s less than a week until Christmas, and the holiday stress might be setting in. This time is supposed to be about cheer and joy, but some Americans feel more stressed out during the holidays. A lot of potential stressors include: Do I have the perfect gift? Is my house good enough to host all these people? Am I spending as much money on someone else as they’re spending on me?A study by the American Psychiatric Association Foundation found that 29% of Americans feel more stressed out this year than they were last year. They said the main cause of holiday stress is money, money surrounding food, gifts, decorations, and more. “So, we certainly know that there are economic factors like inflation, but ultimately, we think through our doctors that they're striving for perfection, that you're just trying to achieve something that's impossible, and you're willing to spend almost anything to try to achieve it. There is just no such thing as a perfect holiday,” said Raw...

UK ups Stormont rescue offer to £3.3bn as DUP told to stop blocking a deal

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:36:20 GMT

DUBLIN — The price tag for reviving Northern Ireland’s cross-community government keeps going up – but the U.K. now says £3.3 billion is as good as it will get.As he announced an inconclusive end to eight months of negotiations with the Democratic Unionist Party, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said he had just presented a final financial offer to DUP chief Jeffrey Donaldson and the leaders of three other parties entitled to share power in the region’s collapsed government at Stormont.The major concession from last week’s initial offer of a £2.5 billion rescue package for Stormont is a new commitment from the U.K. Treasury to write off £559 million in existing overspends from the past two years of rudderless governance.That debt write-off — which the Northern Ireland Office bills as “new money” since it removes potential crippling deductions from upcoming budgets — is conditional on the DUP ending its blockade of power-sharing and crafting its own balanced budget plan...

European vessels to police Red Sea as part of US task force

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:36:20 GMT

The United Kingdom has deployed a naval destroyer to the Red Sea as part of a coalition to counter attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on commercial vessels sailing through the major trade chokepoint, Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said Tuesday.It’s part of a growing international effort to ensure the freedom of the seas in the key shipping lanes.The HMS Diamond has already been active in the area to bolster efforts to protect merchant vessels, but will now formally join the United States-led Operation Prosperity Guardian aimed at safeguarding navigation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, a critical avenue for oil and container traffic. More than a tenth of global maritime trade passes through those waters with more than 23,000 sailings a year through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait between Yemen and the Horn of Africa, according to the British government.Over the weekend, HMS Diamond shot down a drone with a Sea Viper anti-aircraft missile as attacks on merchan...