The Pigeon Express
A monkey at a zoo in California called police last week after it found the zoo’s cellphone and somehow managed to dial 911. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office said it received a 911 call that disconnected. And when dispatchers attempted to call the number back, nobody picked up. Deputies were then sent to […]
Flash flooding at Death Valley national park closed all roads into the park, buried cars and stranded about 1,000 people on Friday. A deluge brought “nearly an entire year’s worth of rain in one morning” into the famously hot and dry park in the California desert. At least 1.7in of rain fell in the Furnace […]
Actor Anne Heche was critically injured after a single-vehicle crash Friday in Los Angeles. The crash into a home in the Mar Vista neighborhood sparked a “heavy fire,” which was put out in a little more than an hour, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said. The driver was pulled from the vehicle by […]
The alleged gunman in the violent theft of Lady Gaga’s bulldogs has been arrested after his mistaken release from custody earlier this year. In February 2021, attackers shot dog walker Ryan Fischer in the chest and took Gaga’s dogs, Koji and Gustav. James Howard Jackson, 19, was accidentally released in what the US Marshals Service […]
The temperature on the Moon can vary from boiling to freezing depending on whether it’s night or day, but scientists think there might well be sheltered pits and caves where the temperature is quite reasonable no matter what time it is. In such spots, the temperature hovers around 17 degrees Celsius (63 degrees Fahrenheit), according […]
Two people have been found dead amid the huge wildfire sweeping through northern California which has forced thousands from their homes. The bodies of the dead pair were found inside a car in the driveway of a property caught in the blaze. Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue said that the two seemed to be trying […]
Hyperion, certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s tallest living tree, is officially off-limits to visitors. California’s Redwood National Park issued a statement last week that anyone who is caught near the tree can face up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine. The tree, which is deep in the park and […]
Hundreds of firefighters in California are battling the largest wildfire to spread in the state so far this year. The McKinney Fire, which started in northern Siskiyou county on Friday, has already burnt 21,000 hectares, the state’s fire service said. At least 2,000 residents as well as trekkers on the Pacific Crest hiking trail have […]
A state of emergency has been declared in part of California as the largest active wildfire in the US rapidly spreads near Yosemite National Park. The Oak Fire has quickly grown since starting on Friday, and firefighters have struggled to get the blaze under control. “Explosive fire behaviour is challenging firefighters”, California’s fire department said. […]
A dog is being lauded as a “real-life Lassie” for leading rescuers to his owner after he fell during a hike. The dog’s owner, a 53-year-old man, fell nearly 70 feet during a hike with his canine companion on July 12 in Nevada County, California, according to a Facebook post from Nevada County Search and […]
Google fired one of its engineers who said the company’s artificial intelligence system has feelings. Last month, Blake Lemoine went public with his theory that Google’s language technology is sentient and should therefore have its “wants” respected. Google, plus several AI experts, denied the claims and on Friday the company confirmed he had been sacked. […]
A fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite National Park erupted on Friday afternoon and prompted evacuations even as firefighters made progress against an earlier blaze that burned to the edge of a grove of giant sequoias. The Oak Fire began at about 2pm southwest of the park near Midpines in Mariposa County and quickly spread to 1,600 […]