Southern Californians (well, most of us) are obsessed with earthquakes, an interest well understood by the people who develop apps for the iPhone. There’s now more than a half-dozen quake apps, most which cost 99-cents.  They all draw from the U.S....

A 3.1 earthquake occurred two miles west-northwest of Loma Linda at 10:54 p.m. Saturday, generating seismic energy that was briely felt in different areas of Orange County, the U.S. Geological Survey says. The quake, which began 6.5 miles deep, appears...

Well, apparently I didn’t have to give out hints this week. Readers were able to identify the photo without my help. You’re looking at an image of beer taken with a microscope. American lager, to be precise. The image appears on Bevshots, a wonderful...

Updated 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 29 This morning's sunrise in Newport Beach, near 48th Street. Photo by Bill Spitalnick. As forecast, dry Santa Ana winds roared to life overnight, gusting to 41 mph in lower Fremont Canyon, a short distance from where...

The International Space Station will be visible for 2 minutes Saturday, starting at 5:59 p.m., says NASA. Look for the outpost, which currently has a crew of six, 18 degrees above the southwest horizon, or out over the ocean. The station will be move...