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Scientists find underwater asphalt volcanoes off Santa Barbara -------------------- Rising about 65 feet above the seafloor, they probably last erupted 30,000 to 40,000 years ago, says a UC Santa Barbara geochemist. The black, craggy mounds are teeming with marine life. By Jill Leovy, Los Angeles Times April 29 2010 Scientists have discovered a cluster of underwater asphalt volcanoes rising from the seafloor just off Santa Barbara. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-0429-volcanoes-20100429,0,6094850.story Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com

Hi Everyone, I am forwarding this information to you from Cynthia Wornharm - Hi all, Tomorrow, on Earth Day, we are announcing our plans for the North Campus. Here’s a sneak peek at the online Los Angeles Times story that is scheduled to run in print on Thursday. Visit our North Campus website page, which goes live tomorrow, or take a look at our press release, which is attached. Best, Cynthia http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-natural-history-museum-20100422,0,724438.story Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County plans to add a 3.5-acre park It will have 11 theme areas, with the first phase slated to finish in July 2011, in time for the opening of the new exhibition halls for “Dinosaur Mysteries.” The museum celebrates its centennial in 2013. By Scarlet Cheng, Special to the Los Angeles Times April 22, 2010 la-et-natural-history-museum-20100422 The stretch of Exposition Boulevard around the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has been a busy constr...

Mr. Dines provides history of Finn Whale Passage (you may have to "click" on the center and lower arrows on the five dark screen below to start video-keep trying until it goes into buffering mode, video will soon start). Videos: Finn Whale Biology: Pictures: Baleen- above and below:

As a follow up to our earlier visit to Homeboy Industries, the following story appeared in today's LA Times: -------------------- Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries puts compassionate pen to paper -------------------- The founder of a well-known gang-intervention program has written his memoir, 'Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion.' By Celeste Fremon March 17 2010 For the last 20 years, Father Gregory Boyle has been writing -- and not writing -- the book that is his newly released memoir, "Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion" (Free Press: 220 pp., $25). The difficulty was never a lack of material. For as long as I've known him, Boyle has been amassing a stupendously rich cache of stories about the homeboys and homegirls who one way or another found their way to his doorstep. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-father-boyle17-2010mar17,0,94359.story Visit latimes.com ...

Click on the green text below to view recent LA Times article on the new Age of Mammals Hall. This is a link to the story so read the story; you can ignore the other items that appear. Also, to view other articles in our blog, click on "older posts" to scroll down to view earlier posts. Natural History Museum to open 'Age of Mammals' exhibition in newly restored 1913 Building Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County will open its newly restored 1913 Building in July with “Age of Mammals” -- an exhibition that’s been 65 million years in the making. “This is the first permanent museum exhibit to...

Scientists settle on single-asteroid hit as culprit in dinosaurs' demise -------------------- A 'dream team' of researchers concludes that the massive Gulf of Mexico impact 65.5 million years ago -- not volcanoes or multiple impacts -- indeed caused the greatest extinction event of all By Thomas H. Maugh II March 4 2010, 12:55 PM PST LA Times article and reprint It's official: The extinction of the dinosaurs and a host of other species 65.5 million years ago was caused by a massive asteroid that crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, creating worldwide havoc, an international team of researchers said Thursday. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-sci-dinosaurs5-2010mar05,0,3095325.story Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com Comment from Stephen on above article: This is cool, Chuck! However, “the greatest [largest] mass extinction of all time is generally considered to be the “Permian-Triassic event, about 255 MYA. Step...

This story was sent to you by: Chuck -------------------- The secret life of seals -------------------- Biologist studies the odd animals -- and they study him. By Joe Mozingo March 5 2010 reprint from LA Times Reporting from San Miguel Island -- The marine biologist picks his way down a mud ravine into the belching, bellowing madness of Cardwell Point. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sanmiguel5-2010mar05,0,4769217.story Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com