A California town’s beaches are washing away. Can its residents turn the tide?

18 octobre 2026 à 07:00

Rapid coastal erosion threatens coastal homes and economies, and as Super El Niño rounds the corner, a town is reckoning with the reality of climate crisis

San Clemente is one of southern California’s most picture-perfect beach towns – a capital of American surf culture since the 1950s. In two years, 2028 Olympic surfers will compete at Lower Trestles, a world-class surfing beach.

But the town’s longtime cultural and economic driver, its beaches, are now under threat. As pounding waves driven by late-summer storms in the Pacific devour chunks of the California coastline, some of San Clemente’s beaches are growing narrower, the sand increasingly eaten away.

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If Trump fells 430 trees in the middle of a golf course, do they make a sound?

Par : Dave Schilling

18 octobre 2026 à 06:00

In attempting to turn a public space in DC into an enclave for elites, Trump is moving the US capital closer to Graceland

When is a tree not a tree? When it’s an obstacle to a par-3. If a tree falls in the middle of a golf course, does it make a sound? Yeah, probably. I wasn’t there, but I have to assume, based on my limited knowledge of the laws of physics.

What I do know is that Donald Trump’s crusade to clear more than 400 trees for the purposes of redeveloping East Potomac Golf Links into a championship-level course isn’t happening. For now.

Dave Schilling is a Los Angeles-based writer and humorist

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Arizona joins Nevada to fight proposed cuts to their shares of Colorado River

Par : Uwa Ede-Osifo

17 octobre 2026 à 19:40

Move comes after Trump administration announced restrictions that could slash water supplies

Arizona has joined Nevada in its legal battle against the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to their shares of the shrinking Colorado River.

The move comes after the interior department announced restrictions this summer that could slash the water supplied to lower basin states – Arizona, California and Nevada – over the next two years depending on the river’s condition.

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Violent Protests Resurface in Albania: What to Know

Par : Fatjona Mejdini and Lynsey Chutel

24 octobre 2026 à 14:50

Thousands have marched in student demonstrations over education, the cost of living, and a project linked to Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law.

Protesters clashed with police officers on Saturday in central Tirana, Albania.

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US voters want action on global heating. So why are midterm candidates ‘climate hushing’?

Par : Oliver Milman in Kerrville · Texas

16 octobre 2026 à 11:00

Polls show that Democrats and Republicans in battleground states want to hear more from candidates about the climate crisis

Most Americans feel unease or alarm about the climate crisis and, in both red and blue states, want to know how political leaders are going to fix it. But in midterm election campaigns across the US, candidates have responded to this desire with near silence.

People in the US have this year endured a record hot summer as well as soaring costs, equating to roughly $2,000 per household, in extra energy and mortgage payments, due to the country’s dependence on a fossil fuel supply scrambled by Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran.