Los Angeles Times

This California city lost thousands of homes to fire. Santa Rosa’s rebuilding has lessons for L.A.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — The sky above their newly built homes was clear, and the ground beneath their feet reassuringly soggy from recent winter rains. But as residents in the Coffey Park neighborhood ...
Los Angeles Times

Rosa, Monterey Bay Aquarium’s oldest otter and a social media star, dies at 24

Rosa, the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s oldest sea otter and one of its social media stars, died Wednesday, the aquarium said in a statement. The southern sea otter, 24, had served as a surrogate mother for ...
Miami Herald

Rosa de la Cruz, a global art collecting giant and Miami arts patron, dies at 81

Rosa de la Cruz considered her warehouse collection ‘as an extension of my home.’ The renowned art collector and arts patron died in Miami at age 81 on Feb. 25, 2024. EL NUEVO HERALD FILE Rosa de la ...
The New York Times

Rosa, the Orphaned Sea Otter Who Became a Foster Mom to 15 Pups

The orphaned sea otter who became a foster mother to 15 pups. By Malia Wollan No one knows how Rosa was orphaned in September 1999, in Santa Cruz County, Calif. She was nameless then, just 4 weeks old ...
CNN

How a shape-changing island in the Amazon became the center of a decades-long border dispute

In the heart of the Amazon Basin, where the borders and cultures of Peru, Colombia and Brazil converge, a tiny, shape-shifting island has become the unlikely setting for a diplomatic tug of war. Santa ...