California
- Japan, Environment, Europe, Australia news, US news, World news, Asia Pacific, Italy, California, Extreme weather
Weather tracker: US storms linked to ‘atmospheric river’ phenomenon
California faced evacuation warnings over flood risk, while Japan experienced heavy early season snowfallEvacu…
- US immigration, West Coast, Japan, US news, Asia Pacific, Second world war, California, Trump administration, US politics
Manzanar teaches about Japanese American incarceration in the US. That’s in jeopardy under Trump
As visitors to the national historic site are urged to inform on anything ‘negative’, advocates warn of the sa…
- West Coast, Trump tariffs, Gavin Newsom, Homelessness, Japan, Housing, US news, World news, Asia Pacific, California, Trump administration, US politics
California’s economy surpasses Japan’s as it becomes fourth largest in world
State’s nominal GDP reaches $4.1tn, edging out Japan’s $4.02tn, ranking it behind the US, China and GermanyCal…
-
Weather tracker: Japan’s record snowfall causes chaos as temperatures dive
Vehicles stranded, trains and planes cancelled, and schools closed after record 129cm of snow falls in 12 hour…
- Los Angeles Dodgers, Japan, Gambling, Baseball, US sports, MLB, US news, World news, Asia Pacific, California, Sport
Shohei Ohtani interpreter pleads guilty to stealing millions from MLB star
Ippei Mizuhara faces long jail sentence after admissionPlea deal will absolve Ohtani of any wrongdoingIppei Mi…
- Japan, Environment, Hawaii, Marine life, Climate crisis, Animals, Wildlife, US news, World news, Asia Pacific, California, Americas
Blue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beaches
Masses of ephemeral organisms known as ‘by-the-wind sailors’ wash up in a ‘blue tide’ on the west coast most y…
-
MLB star Shohei Ohtani’s translator fired after allegations of ‘massive theft’
Ippei Mizuhara admits to have run up gambling debtsOhtani is world’s most famous baseball playerThe interprete…
- Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Bahrain, Northumberland, Japan, Environment, Conservation, Trees and forests, World news, Plants, UK news, California
Eight of the world’s most amazing trees – from the Major Oak to the Lone Cypress
Spectacular ancient trees stir deep feelings, as the felling of Sycamore Gap showed. Here are more noble speci…
-
Weather tracker: unusual low pressure brings tornadoes to California
Weather event also caused flooding, heavy rain and gusts of over 100mph this weekAn unusually deep area of low…
-
‘We’re in danger of forgetting’: congressman’s warning 80 years after Japanese American incarceration
Congressman Mark Takano, whose family was forced into camps, calls for vigilance amid ‘nefarious nostalgia’Eig…
-
Weatherwatch: how typhoons in Korea made California wildfires worse
New study highlights how events in one region can create a domino effect felt thousands of miles awayLast year…
-
California formally apologizes to Japanese Americans for internment camps
Effort comes 78 years after US forced more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent from their homes during the…