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    The Almost-Christmas Crustacean Massacre and San Onofre

    A Dec. 30, 2025 photo of one of scores of lobster carcasses that have washed ashore at San Onofre State Beach. The domes from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station can be seen in the background.
    Columnist Teri Sforza writes: These "liquid batch releases," as they're called in official parlance, have been happening about a mile offshore from the San Onofre plant for more than a half-century.
    A Dec. 30, 2025 photo of one of scores of lobster carcasses that have washed ashore at San Onofre State Beach. The domes from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station can be seen in the background.
    Joseph Stevens works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

    Stocks are mixed on Wall Street after setting records

    Family members attend the trial for former Uvalde school district police officer Adrian Gonzales at the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

    Horror of school attack in Uvalde, Texas, brings tears as officer faces trial over police response

    Latest Headlines

    • A government supporter holds an image of President Nicolas Maduro during a women’s march to demand his return in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, three days after U.S. forces captured him and his wife. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

      US seizes 2 sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in North Atlantic and Caribbean

    • Lava flows from the crater of the Mayon volcano as alert level 3 remains raised in Albay province, north eastern Philippines

      Philippines evacuates 3,000 villagers after volcano activity raises alert level

    • The Rev. Matt Hardin, leads an evening prayer service at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, which has housed his congregation since the Palisades Fire destroyed his church one year ago, on Tuesday January 6, 2026. The cross in front of his pulpit is the only thing from Palisades Presbyterian Church that survived the fire. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)

      A Palisades pastor struggles with ‘those memories’ on 1-year anniversary of fire

    Local News

    Desert bighorn sheep in the Soda Mountains, near the Mojave National Preserve. (Photo courtesy of Michael Gordon)

    State officials recommend approval of controversial solar project near Baker

    An alternative design would include a quarter-mile buffer zone to protect desert bighorn sheep habitat, migration and grazing.
    • Angel Stadium field turned into dirt racing track

    • Anaheim bakery serves up tradition with Three Kings Day bread

    • Landslide closes section of beach trail in south San Clemente, rail service still operating

    Environment

    FILE – A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass., March 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

    A rare whale is having an encouraging season for births. Scientists warn it might still go extinct

    Scientists say the whales have gained more than 7% of their 2020 population.
    • Record $9.6 million fine for Third Coast after substantial oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

    • LA residents are still battling toxic hazards a year after historic wildfires

    • EPA says it will propose drinking water limit for perchlorate, but only because court ordered it

    Health

    Auburn is the seat of Placer County. In December, county officials asked to join a statewide association that provides care to mostly small, rural counties, citing an expected rise in the number of uninsured residents. (iStockphoto/Getty Images)

    On the hook for uninsured residents, counties wonder now how they’ll pay

    County health officials nationwide are bracing for an estimated 10 million newly uninsured patients over the next decade in the wake of Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
    • Abortion stays legal in Wyoming as its top court strikes down laws, including first US pill ban

    • Here’s what to know about the unprecedented changes to child vaccine recommendations

    • Why ordering takeout or calling the dog walker might lead to a happier relationship

    California News

    Dawn Payne, a science and music teacher at Buttonwillow Union Elementary, teaches the kindergarten class a lesson about shapes on March 27, 2023. (Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local)

    Will this be the year California makes kindergarten mandatory?

    California is one of 32 states that doesn’t require 5-year-olds to attend school.
    • Sacramento Snapshot: What Orange County legislators plan to address in 2026

    • Family of Orange County man who died in ICE detention sues prison operator

    • How often did California sue the Trump administration in 2025?

    National News

    FILE – In this April 28, 1994 file photo, former CIA agent Aldrich Ames leaves federal court in Alexandria, Va. U.S. relations with Moscow during and after the Cold War have been marred by diplomatic dustups ranging from espionage scandals to an Olympics boycott. In February 1994, the U.S. expelled Russian senior intelligence officer Alexander Lysenko, saying he was in a position to be responsible for the spying of CIA agent Ames. This was just days after Ames and his wife, Rosario, were arrested on charges of selling secrets to Moscow from at least 1985 to 1993.   (AP Photo/Denis Paquin, File)

    CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold US secrets to the Soviets, dies in prison at 84

    Ames admitted being paid $2.5 million by Moscow for U.S. secrets.
    • Pamela Smart seeks to overturn conviction for having teenager murder her husband

    • Prediction markets could change sports betting nationwide, report says

    • Automakers face an ‘EV winter’ in 2026 as sales growth slows

    World News

    A government supporter holds an image of President Nicolas Maduro during a women’s march to demand his return in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, three days after U.S. forces captured him and his wife. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

    US seizes 2 sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in North Atlantic and Caribbean

    U.S. forces boarded a Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker in the North Atlantic after pursuing it...
    • Philippines evacuates 3,000 villagers after volcano activity raises alert level

    • Trump leaves Venezuela’s opposition sidelined and Maduro’s party in power

    • Iran army chief threatens preemptive attack over ‘rhetoric’ targeting country after Trump’s comments

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