The shipwrecked man was rescued from Channel Islands National Park, but the flares set off a 10,000-acre fire that has burned ...

The U.S. Coast Guard says that the human-caused fire was possibly started by flares from a stranded boater, who was rescued from the island on Friday when the fire was first reported.

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Nearly 30,000 gallons of sewage water that had not been disinfected was dumped into Reynold’s Channel in Long Beach — forming a nasty-looking, dark-colored sludge.

If you’ve ever wanted to feel like you’re exploring a post-apocalyptic landscape without the actual apocalypse, Fort Stevens ...