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Michael R. Blood.

Scientists marvel at a Galapagos seabird that wandered 3,000 miles to California

January 29, 2026

Scientists on a research vessel off the California coast are marveling at a rare find — a waved albatross was spotted soaring over the Pacific. It’s only the second time the species has been recorded north of Central America. The yellow-billed bird with black button eyes can have an 8-foot wingspan and spends much of its life airborne over the ocean. Its recent sighting off California has researchers wondering how and why a bird known to breed in the Galapagos Islands, roughly 3,000 miles away, ventured so far north.

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FILE - Multiple Waymo taxis burn near the Metropolitan Detention Center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)

Los Angeles’ image is scuffed since ICE raids and protests, with World Cup and Olympics on horizon

June 9, 2025

Los Angeles is still reeling from January’s deadly wildfires — and with the World Cup soccer championships and the 2028 Olympics on the horizon — Mayor Karen Bass has been urging residents to come together to revitalize LA’s image. Instead, a less flattering side of Los Angeles has been broadcast to the world in recent days. There have been series of protests against federal raids on workplaces where advocates say people without legal status and without criminal histories have been detained. The demonstrations have mostly taken place in a small swath of downtown in the sprawling city of 4 million people.

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