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  • A person uses a blower to clear snow during a storm, Sunday, March 3, 2024, in Truckee, Calif.
    California ski resort workers tunnel their way into the office after getting 10 feet of snow
    Northern California mountains were forecast to only get a short reprieve before more snow was forecast to fall.
  • DiJonai Carrington of the Connecticut Sun reacts during a game against the Indiana Fever on June 10, 2024 in Uncasville, Conn.
    What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and reading
    Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Watching the WNBA, celebrities throwing first pitches, the novel The God of the Woods, and the Criterion sale at Barnes & Noble.
  • Water vole in Cairngorms, Scotland. This female is surveying her territory from one of the many entrances to her burrow. Water voles excavate a network of tunnels and chambers in soft soil, using their strong, enamel-coated incisor teeth and sharp claws.
    NATURE: BIG LITTLE JOURNEYS: Bloodlines
    Premieres Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. In Madagascar, a match-stick sized chameleon goes on an epic journey to find a mate and lay eggs before it’s too late. A water vole in the Scottish Highlands swims a lake, climbs a waterfall and scales a mountain to find a place to raise her pups.
  • Marissa, left, and Evan Lourenco, right, first started The Coffee Drop from a trailer. Now, they run their shop together, serving fresh coffee for the community
    Love and business: Meet 3 San Diego couples who started businesses together
    For three couples turned business owners, the saying “never mix business with pleasure” doesn’t apply.
  • Yo-Yo Ma performs in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2018.
    Yo-Yo Ma on ‘touching infinity’ through his nearly 300-year-old cello, Petunia
    About 25 years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrument. He brings his cello — aka "Petunia" — to the Fresh Air studio for music and conversation.
  • Mushroom edibles are making people sick. Scientists still don't know why
    A wave of illnesses is bringing scrutiny to a murky marketplace of mushroom gummies and candy. But is a popular red-capped fungus really to blame? Testing shows there's more going on.
  • Concert: Eric Dickerson, baroque lute
    Join us for an afternoon of music composed or arranged for the Baroque lute on Sunday, January 21, at 2:30 p.m. at the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center. The "Pleasure of Your Company" concert series presents lutist Eric Dickerson performing works by Sylvius Leopold Weiss and Johann Sebastian Bach plus other composers. Eric Dickerson holds a Master's Degree in Music Performance from San Diego State University. With over 20 years of musical experience, he has committed himself to preserving the art of Historical Performance Practice, performing Early Music on historical lutes, guitars and mandolin. There is no charge for the concert, which is sponsored by the Scripps Ranch Friends of the Library, although donations are appreciated. Masks are recommended but not required at this time. Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center is located at 10301 Scripps Lake Drive. Overflow parking is available on Meanley Drive off Scripps Ranch Blvd., from which the library can be easily accessed via a paved walkway. It should be noted that due to a parking lot expansion project, onsite parking is currently somewhat limited. Visit www.srfol.org or call (858) 538-8158 for information.
  • Ben Brosseau with the Adirondack Mountain Club says people who want to watch the eclipse in wild places should be prepared. "It's rugged here," Brosseau says.
    Plan to watch the eclipse from a wild mountain summit? Be ready for harsh conditions
    Outdoor groups and state and local officials in northern parts of the northeastern US worry that a surge of eclipse-watchers could overwhelm backcountry first responders.
  • A work brigade sponsored by Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA, which critics blame for the oil spills, use shovels and rakes to remove congealed petroleum from a Lake Maracaibo beach.
    Oil spills increase in Venezuela as it revs up output after the U.S. lifted sanctions
    After the U.S. lifted its sanctions, Venezuela is trying to revive its beleaguered oil industry. But ramping up production is causing more oil spills.
  • A car is crushed by a fallen building that hosted the Gansevoort mural that was struck by a tornado, in Rome, N.Y., on Tuesday. Much of the U.S. and Canada is cleaning up or still dealing with a new wave of severe storms that have caused deaths and damage this week from the Plains to New England.
    Swath of storms flood the Ozarks and ravage an upstate New York community
    The relentless series of storms caused deaths or damage from the Plains to Canada to New England. Hundreds of thousands of people lost power and air conditioning during days of sweltering heat.
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