Mikaela Shiffrin’s return from her downhill crash is still on schedule for this weekend in Sweden, though the American standout might only enter one of the two World Cup races at the resort in Are. “Mikaela is improving in slalom and feels that the slalom race is still realistic, but the GS is in question,” Shiffrin’s team said in a …
An “apocalyptic” mass mortality event that has left thousands of sea lions and elephant seals dead on the beaches of South America is raising alarms among some California sea mammal experts who fear similar scenes could play out along California’s Pacific Coast and other continents as the H5N1 bird flu continues its march across the globe. The disease “presents an …
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — For a change, the American skier on a slalom podium is not called Mikaela Shiffrin. American teammate AJ Hurt used a blistering second run to finish third in a women’s World Cup race Sunday, after Shiffrin failed to finish the opening leg. “It feels amazing,” Hurt said after her first career World Cup podium, adding an …
Wildlife rehabilitation technician Jennifer Martines nets one of the surviving geese Tuesday for an exam and medication at International Bird Rescue in San Pedro. “Initially, we were thinking that they all might die,” said Rebecca Duerr, director of research and veterinary science at the International Bird Rescue. Jennifer Martines, left, and Rebecca Duerr examine one of the surviving geese at …
