The Most Devastating Pictures From the Last 72 Hours of Fire in California
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update, July 29, 5:28 p.m. ET: A local official has confirmed that a sixth person was found dead in the Carr Fire, according to the Associated Press. At least five people have been killed in northern California’s still-growing Carr Fire, including two children and their…
Brock Turner Only Wanted “Outercourse,” Lawyer Argues In Sexual Assault Appeal
Screenshot via Oxforddictionaries.com Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A lawyer for Brock Turner argued this week that his client shouldn’t have been convicted of intending to commit rape. His reasoning is that Turner only wanted “outercourse” with the woman he sexually assaulted. Turner, of course, is the former Stanford University student who…
Skyscrapers Full of Lettuce Promise an Eco-Friendly Alternative to Outdoor Farming. There’s Just One Problem.
Jun Cen Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For growing food, the sun is yesterday’s technology. Soil? As quaint as an iPod. Such are the promises of vertical farms—indoor towers stacked high with crops. Waterborne nutrients feed the plants, and led lights drive their photosynthesis. The idea emerged back in 2000, when Columbia…
High Court Kicks Silicon Valley Investor’s Plan to Split Up California Off Ballot
Venture capitalist Tim Draper points to a computer screen at his offices in San Mateo, Calif., showing that an initiative to split California into three states qualified for the ballot.Haven Daley/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. California voters will no longer have the option to vote on splitting the largest state in…
California’s Most Powerful Latino Politician is Trying to Unseat Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Saturday, the leadership of California’s Democratic Party endorsed state Sen. Kevin de León in his campaign to oust Sen. Dianne Feinstein. It was an upset—not least because Feinstein has been in office since 1992. She won 44 percent of the vote in California’s primary election…
It’s Barely July and This Wildfire Season Already Looks Terrifying
Paul Kitagaki Jr/TNS via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Just in case you’ve been living in an (air-conditioned) underground cave, summer is in full swing. The heat is breaking temperature records coast-to-coast, drought covers half of the country, and—sure…