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Southern California union takes major step toward strike

The union representing many of the 62,000 workers at Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons supermarkets in southern California issued a required 72-hour notice of its plan to cancel its extended contract, a move that could pave the way for a strike.
Students walk on the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) campus

Tuition of UC May Rise Again

There is now a proposal waiting for the Board of Regents of University of California (UC) to vote on in Nov. if their university will take more money from their students or not.
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A surfer walks out of the ocean as the sun sets on New Year's Eve on Venice Beach in Los Angeles

Rising Seas to Cost California Beach Towns Millions

A new study from San Francisco State University finds that rising sea levels and stronger storms caused by global warming may cost the state of California hundreds of millions of dollars in lost tourism and tax revenues as beaches shrink and buildings require additional protection.
Border police stand near the collapsed scaffolding supporting the roof at the San Ysidro port of entry, linking Tijuana, Mexico, with San Diego, California, in Tijuana

Roof Collapse Hurts 17 at Busy U.S.-Mexico Crossing

A roof collapsed at the San Ysidro border crossing between Mexico and the United States on Wednesday, piling debris on lines of cars, injuring at least 17 travelers and construction workers and closing lanes to northbound traffic.
A surfer walks out of the ocean as the sun sets on New Year's Eve on Venice Beach in Los Angeles

Rising Seas Expected to Wash Out Key California Beaches

Rising seas forecast from climate change will likely wash away some of California's most iconic beaches by century's end, along with hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate, roads and tax revenues, a new study found on Wednesday.
Radar sounding technology developed to explore the subsurface of Mars may soon be used to find water buried deep beneath Earth's deserts. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA Helps Discover Waters Deep Under Deserts

A research team from NASA has created high-resolution maps of freshwater aquifers buried deep beneath a desert in Northern Kuwait by using radar sounding technology that provides more accurate idea of underground water levels.

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