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Data from HMS Challenger Expedition Helps Confirm Long Term Ocean Warming
Global warming has been going on for a long time. What were the temperatures like a hundred years ago? Terrestrial records go back that far and farther, but what about ocean temperatures? In the late 1800's the HMS Challenger conducted extensive measurements of ocean temperatures across the globe.
8 hrs ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper
Capitol Brief: Prohibition of dual state jobs stalls in Assembly committee
Legislation to prohibit salaried state employees from taking a secondary hourly-wage position within their same department or agency stalled Friday in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Viewpoint: Mars - what we've learnt in five years
On 25 May, it will be five years since Nasa's robotic spacecraft Phoenix touched down in the Martian "arctic". Here, Dr Tom Pike, one of the mission scientists on Phoenix, explains what we've learnt about the Red Planet in that time.
Image: Solar-electric Propulsion Thruster Firing
This image shows a cutting-edge solar-electric propulsion thruster in development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., that uses xenon ions for propulsion.
Mysterious odor prompts evacuations at Pasadena fertility clinic
A strange order at a fertility clinic prompted a hazardous materials response from firefighters Friday after people began complaining of headaches, eye irritation and sore throats, officials said.
If you are an admirer of beds designed by Charles and Henry Greene for the Gamble House in Pasadena, Calif., you'll love this queen-size version.
Classic Burger Joint Greatness at Jake's of Pasadena
Is there an explanation for the oversight? Sure, but that doesn't change the simple fact that I should have long ago lauded this simple burger joint and its high quality burgers.
Richard Koshalek, Smithsonian Hirshhorn head with L.A. ties, quits
Richard Koshalek spent 16 years as director of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.
Business: Real estate log: Fresno Mundorff Home a Greene & Greene
A Second Cold War, This Time in Space
Perhaps there should be a statue to the anticommunist US senator Joseph McCarthy in Beijing, since he's the inadvertent father of China's nuclear programme.
The children of one of two men killed in a November fire have filed separate claims for damages against the city of Pasadena for not closing the allegedly illegal boarding house where the men lived.
Members of Occupy San Fernando, among them five of six people arrested in November following a confrontation with police during an appearance in Pasadena by former Mexican President Vicent Fox, claim they were struck by baton-wielding officers outside the event.
Like most folks, you probably have off from work Monday for the Memorial Day holiday.
"Epic" Artist of the Day: Sandeep Menon
Continuing our week of Epic artists, we take a look at the designs of Blue Sky visual development artist Sandeep Menon.
Pasadena police union says officers wrongly accused of hiding evidence
In a recently released statement, the Pasadena Police Officers Association said that two of its members have been wrongly accused of hiding exculpatory evidence.
NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visits to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Thursday, May 23, 2013.
As the creator of "The Vagina Monologues," one of the most popular and controversial plays of the past two decades, Eve Ensler had long been seen as a pillar of strength among feminists and women's rights activists.
A year later, U.S. trade with Colombia grows while anxiety mounts
U.S. officials are equally excited, saying U.S. businesses have improved their sales to the South American country by 20 percent.
That's certainly true in personal relationships. It's just as true in the journalism business and the illustration business .