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In California’s biggest cities, Turner’s Outdoorsman is a top source of crime guns
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A new report from the California Department of Justice adds to a concerning pattern documented in previous reporting by The Trace.
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Tanner Michaelson, a manager with the Sierra Resource Conservation District, stands near 400 goats and sheep at Jensen River Ranch north of Fresno. The goats and sheep are eating away invasive grass as part of a project to preserve a riparian habitat.
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Invasive species are taking over California ecosystems. Goats are fighting back.
California’s historical landscape used to hold vast open land that was home to many animals, plants and natural ecosystems. Today, much of the geography has been engineered for human development — and with it a host of non-native species.
This image traces the orbital paths of all known stars orbiting the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. One of the stars, S301, approaches the black hole very closely. At its closest approach, the star travels over 15,000 miles per second.
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This high-speed star is whipping around the black hole in the middle of our galaxy
Ari Daniel
Researchers have identified a speed demon at the heart of the Milky Way. This fast-moving star may yield insights into the black hole parked at the center of our galaxy.
An oil pump at the Elk Hills Power Station along Elk Hills Road on March 29, 2024. The Elk Hills oil field is the site of the new carbon capture project that captures carbon emissions from oil and gas facilities and then injects them underground.
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An oil field became California’s first carbon vault. Who’s responsible if something goes wrong?
California’s first commercial carbon-storage project is operating even though the state has yet to adopt rules required by law, 19 months after a key deadline.
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