With the federal government poised to cut subsidies for internet service, LA County has begun building a wireless broadband network that will deliver high-speed connections for as little as $25 per month. The county announced this week that it had signed a contract with Lehi, Utah-based WeLink to build the network and offer the service … Read more
Four years ago, Claudia Aleman and her family had only one way to go online: via their mobile phone. Without internet access on a computer, her youngest daughter couldn’t get her homework assignments in on time, her parents couldn’t keep up with online doctor visits, and the English classes she wanted to register for were … Read more
A child watches from San Antonio last year with special glasses as the moon moves in front of the sun during a solar eclipse. (Eric Gay/Associated Press) Grab your eclipse glasses — weather permitting, Los Angeles County and the rest of California will catch a glimpse of the rare total solar eclipse on Monday. Unfortunately … Read more
LOS ANGELES – A wave of heavy rain has accelerated landslides and contributed to damaging coastal erosion in California, leaving multimillion-dollar homes on the edge of cliffs, falling a hundred feet of palm trees into the surf and forcing the closure of a historic chapel . The state is now drying out, but the effects … Read more
The space shuttle Endeavor is wrapped in protective shrink wrap and is parked next to its external fuel tanks as it waits to be lifted by a 450-foot crane and placed next to its fuel tanks at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center next week. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Barring … Read more
Compost piles are prepared for screening at the Tulare Lake Compost Plant. Researchers say natural fertilizers made from sewage sludge are an increasing source of wind-blown microplastics. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) A team of UCLA researchers has put a new spin on the 1970s rock classic “Dust in the Wind” — only this … Read more
The giant external orange fuel tank of Space Shuttle Endeavor, ET-94, stands next to two 140-foot solid rocket boosters at the California Science Center on Wednesday. The tank was lifted with a crane on Friday and placed between the rocket boosters. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) An external fuel tank, crafted to … Read more