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Instead of cowing Canadians, President Trump’s threats to annex their country have unleashed a wave of patriotic fervor unmatched in living memory.
Shark lab researchers say they have a mountain of tracking data that shows juvenile great whites, some as long as nine feet, routinely cruise among Southern California swimmers and surfers with no apparent interest.
Juvenile great whites almost always are near the coast in Southern California, but they seem to view swimmers and surfers as mere “flotsam.”
Nearly 332 million people visited America’s national parks last year, a record high. That popularity hasn’t shielded the agency from the Elon Musk team’s purge of the federal workforce.
The buyouts and the Feb. 14 firing of probationary employees has cost the National Park Service at least 1,700 permanent staff members this month, roughly 9% of its workforce.
Following a loud public outcry, and relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts, the Trump administration has reversed course on a plan to eliminate thousands of seasonal workers at the National Park Service.
A growing number of skiers, weary of high prices and long lift lines at crowded resorts, are turning to the solitude of backcountry slopes. But the avalanche dangers are real, and skiers should go in prepared.
Coast Guard officials say the man, who went missing Saturday night, had “mild hypothermia but no major medical concerns.”
Duke’s, the iconic seaside restaurant in Malibu, survived the Palisades fire, but its driveway is now buried in mud, delaying its reopening.
