One flight closer to space tourism Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to becoming a commercial "spaceline." The company's passenger spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, completed its first rocket-powered flight Monday morning above the Mojave Desert in California. More
Police confiscate 4-foot, 2-pound marijuana joint California police confiscated a mammoth joint during a 4/20 pot rally on Saturday, reports the Los Angeles Times. As the paper notes, hundreds of UC Santa Cruz students gather each year for the event, and each year campus police confiscate things like bongs and dime bags. More
Afghanistan quake kills at least four, wounds 69 An earthquake centered in Afghanistan's east killed at least four people and injured almost 70, after wet weather weakened the country's traditional mud-brick homes, officials said on Wednesday. More
Tornado sirens giving way to new warning technology On April 10, 2011, tornadoes ripped across Wisconsin, tearing roofs off houses, toppling trees and snapping power lines. In many places, the high winds were greeted with silence as some Cold War-era warning sirens failed because of lost power and other issues — just when they were needed the most. More
Death toll in China quake hits 113 A strong earthquake struck China’s mountainous Sichuan province Saturday morning, leaving at least 113 people dead and more than 3,000 injured. Chinese authorities assessed the magnitude of the quake at 7.0, while the U.S. Geological Survey reported 6.6. More
Hundreds Arrested And Suspended: How California Colleges Are Disciplining Faculty And Students Over Protests Students and faculty protesting the Israel-Hamas war at universities throughout California are facing a range of consequences from arrests to suspensions and bans from campus. Meanwhile, students and ... 05/24/2024 - 7:32 am | View Link
UAW forced by growing anger to expand University of California anti-genocide strike to UCLA, UC Davis It was clear before announcement that the two campuses were prepared to walk out, with or without the official sanction of the union. 05/23/2024 - 6:13 pm | View Link
Academic workers speak out on the University of California picket line: “We should be pushing for a general strike” The strike by 2,000 academic workers at the University of California, Santa Cruz against the crackdown on Gaza protests continues through Wednesday amidst the threat of an injunction to ban the action ... 05/22/2024 - 5:09 pm | View Link
The UAW is right to strike in response to recent university actions United Auto Workers Local 4811 voted to authorize a strike in response to the University of California’s handling of the pro-Palestinian encampments at UC Irvine, UCLA, and UC San Diego, with 79% of ... 05/20/2024 - 12:57 pm | View Link
University of California academic workers strike to stand up for pro-Palestinian protesters Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz walked off their jobs and went on strike Monday, the first campus to do so as part of a systemwide protest against a public university ... 05/20/2024 - 12:43 pm | View Link