Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement On a recent cloudy morning, shark researchers from Cal State Long Beach followed a young white shark as it wound its way along the shore off Del Mar in San Diego County.Using a drone to spot the animal and an inflatable boat to follow it, they traced the shark’s path across the rocky reef as it darted past surfers.For the record:The footage they captured didn’t represent a rare appearance of the ocean predator among beachgoers, but an everyday occurrence on the Southern California coastline. White sharks, known popularly as great...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement On a recent cloudy morning, shark researchers from Cal State Long Beach followed a young white shark as it wound its way along the shore off Del Mar in San Diego County.Using a drone to spot the animal and an inflatable boat to follow it, they traced the shark’s path across the rocky reef as it darted past surfers.For the record:The footage they captured didn’t represent a rare appearance of the ocean predator among beachgoers, but an everyday occurrence on the Southern California coastline. White sharks, known popularly as great...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement As if to celebrate the reopening of Southern California beaches, the Pacific Ocean threw a party, complete with a light show.Then it left behind a smelly mess of dying algae.The microorganisms produce stunning bioluminescence that has . Red tides occur when they reproduce en masse, staining seawater rusty brown with as many as 20 million cells per liter. A photochemical reaction in the cells when they are jostled by waves emits a flash of electric blue, in a sort of southern, aquatic version of the aurora borealis. As the bloom dies...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement As if to celebrate the reopening of Southern California beaches, the Pacific Ocean threw a party, complete with a light show.Then it left behind a smelly mess of dying algae.The microorganisms produce stunning bioluminescence that has . Red tides occur when they reproduce en masse, staining seawater rusty brown with as many as 20 million cells per liter. A photochemical reaction in the cells when they are jostled by waves emits a flash of electric blue, in a sort of southern, aquatic version of the aurora borealis. As the bloom dies...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Don Dumas, a U.S. history teacher at Bonita Vista High School, has decided he will not fail students during the pandemic.Some of his students have lost an aunt, uncle or grandparent to COVID-19, he said. Others are “essential workers,” working extra hours at grocery and fast food jobs because their parents have lost income during the pandemic.Sweetwater schools are closed, with most students learning online from home, because of high COVID-19 levels in South County. Advertisement“Kids have so much to concern...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Don Dumas, a U.S. history teacher at Bonita Vista High School, has decided he will not fail students during the pandemic.Some of his students have lost an aunt, uncle or grandparent to COVID-19, he said. Others are “essential workers,” working extra hours at grocery and fast food jobs because their parents have lost income during the pandemic.Sweetwater schools are closed, with most students learning online from home, because of high COVID-19 levels in South County. Advertisement“Kids have so much to concern...WW…