Redondo Beach environmentalists this week celebrated the opening of a white seabass grow-out pen that’s set to help the fish grow healthily in a safe habitat before being released into the ocean.
City officials and environmentalists gathered this week to cut ribbon on the grow out pen and celebrate the official opening and its anticipated progress.
A new white seabass grow out pen just opened on the Redondo Beach harbor on Jan. 26, 2026 that’s set to help the threatened fish grow healthily in a safe habitat before being released into the ocean. (photo from Mark Hansen)
The grow-out, at the Redondo Beach Harbor Patrol Dock, will reinvigorate local efforts to raise this threatened fish population, Mayor Jim Light has said.
Local coastal builder Clark McNulty dropped the first batch of seabass, nearly 1,500 fish, into the pen on Nov. 20. McNulty’s Coastal Construction Group brought the latest project to life when crews installed the grow out pen that month.
The seabass are raised at grow out facilities until they grow to eight to 10 inches long, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, then released into the harbor.
The process, Light said, gives the fish a much greater chance of survival. It has helped white seabass polulation recover since its steady decline in the 1990s, he added.
A new white seabass grow out pen just opened on the Redondo Beach harbor on Jan. 26, 2026 that’s set to help the threatened fish grow healthily in a safe habitat before being released into the ocean. (photo from Mark Hansen)
Fully grown white seabass can reach more than four feet long, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The process of the hatchery program starts in Carlsbad, per the department, where juvenile white seabass grow to four inches before being sent to one of the 13 grow out facilities throughout the region, including the Redondo Beach grow out site.
The fish are held at the grow-out facilities until they are ready for release, typically at around 8 to 10 inches in length.
Volunteers are also needed to work one hour per week to feed fish, clean the pen and remove any dead fish from the grow out facility. A weekly schedule with assigned days will be released once sign ups are filled.
A man flying a powered paraglider had a scary accident Friday afternoon off Singer Island in Florida.A strong gust of wind made his parachute collapse, and he started spinning out of control. He fell about 500 feet into the ocean. Palm Beach County lifeguards saw what happened and rushed to help. They paddled out on a rescue board and found the man tangled in parachute lines. Amazingly, he was awake and only had minor injuries.The lifeguards cut him free, brought him back to the beach, checked him and got his gear back.
A man flying a powered paraglider had a scary accident Friday afternoon off Singer Island in Florida.
A strong gust of wind made his parachute collapse, and he started spinning out of control. He fell about 500 feet into the ocean.
Palm Beach County lifeguards saw what happened and rushed to help. They paddled out on a rescue board and found the man tangled in parachute lines. Amazingly, he was awake and only had minor injuries.
The lifeguards cut him free, brought him back to the beach, checked him and got his gear back.
DURING THE HOLIDAYS. TONIGHT, THE SEARCH FOR A MAN WHO FELL INTO THE WATER ALONG THE RUGGED BIG SUR COAST HAS BEEN SUSPENDED. BUT A VOLUNTEER DIVER FROM STOCKTON IS REFUSING TO GIVE UP UNTIL HE IS FOUND. HERE’S FELIX CORTEZ. OUR FIRST LOOK AT ARMY SPECIALIST AMON, WHO WAS SWEPT OUT TO SEA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AT SOME POINT NEAR GARRAPATA STATE PARK. THE 35 YEAR OLD, PICTURED HERE WITH HIS NEPHEW, WAS A STUDENT WHO LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE. THEY ONLY THINK ABOUT GETTING HIM BACK. THEY ALREADY PASSED UP. THE STAGE. THAT OKAY, HE’S DEAD. NO. THEN THAT STAGE THAT I WANT CLOSURE. I WANT MY BROTHER. I WANT MY HUSBAND BACK. THAT’S WHY IT’S. I MEAN, FOR THAT REASON, TO BRING CLOSURE TO THE FAMILY. VOLUNTEER DIVER. ONE HEAD OF THE NONPROFIT ANGELS RECOVERY DIVE TEAM HOPING TO BRING THAT CLOSURE. HE JOINED COUNTY AND STATE DIVE TEAMS AS THEY ENTERED THE WATER FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME SINCE TINY WAS SWEPT OFF THE ROCKS INTO THE OCEAN. HE WOULD BE RECOVERED. HE WOULD BE, YEAH, THAT’S FOR SURE. I’M GOING TO STAY TOMORROW. I’M GOING TO DIVE AGAIN. AND. AND COMING BACK FRIDAY AGAIN. AND IF THEY HAD TO COME SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, I WILL BE HERE. HE WILL BE FOUND FOR SURE. HEREDIA IS THE SAME DIVER WHO LOCATED THE BODY OF A SEVEN YEAR OLD CANADIAN GIRL WHO WAS SWEPT OUT TO SEA JUST A WEEK EARLIER, NOT FAR FROM WHERE THE ARMY SPECIALIST WENT IN. THE GIRL’S FATHER ALSO DROWNED. AS VACATIONERS COME IN FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. A WARNING TO BEACHGOERS. RESPECT THE OCEAN. DON’T TURN YOUR BACK ON IT AND OBEY ALL SIGNS AND WARNINGS. EVERYWHERE WE GO, EVERY SIGN THAT SAYS, DON’T GO THERE, YOU DON’T GO THERE. YOU DON’T GO ON THE ROCKS. YOU DON’T GO WHERE THERE’S DANGER BECAUSE THERE’S JUST TOO MUCH RISK. YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING TO BE OKAY? IT LOOKS OKAY. AND THEN THEY GET WET AND YOU FALL. THAT WAS FELIX CORTEZ REPORT
Stockton diver searches for missing Army specialist swept out to sea near Big Sur
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has suspended its search efforts for Army Specialist Amanpreet Thind, who was swept out to sea Saturday afternoon at Soberanes Point near Garrapata State Park, after four days of searching from the air, water, and along the rugged Big Sur coast.Despite the suspension, resources will remain on standby should there be any sign of the missing man. Volunteer diver Juan Heredia, from the non-profit Angels Recovery Dive Team, is determined to continue searching until Thind is found. Thind, a 35-year-old DLI student, leaves behind a wife and was last seen with his nephew. Heredia said, “They only think about getting him back. They already pass that stage that, okay, he’s dead, now they’re in that stage that I want closure, I want my brother, I want my husband back, I’m diving for that reason to bring that closure to the family.”Heredia joined county and state dive teams as they entered the water for only the second time since Thind was swept off rocks into the ocean. “He will be recovered, he will be. Yeah, that’s for sure. I’m going to say tomorrow and dive again, and coming back Friday again. And if I have to come Saturday and Sunday, I will be here. He will be found for sure,” Heredia said.Heredia previously located the body of a 7-year-old Canadian girl who was swept out to sea just a week earlier near the same area. The girl’s father also drowned. As vacationers arrive for the holiday weekend, there is a warning to beachgoers to respect the ocean, not turn their back on it, and obey all signs and warnings. A concerned mother, Connie Riley, advised, “Everywhere we go, every sign that says don’t go there, you don’t go there, you don’t go in the rocks. You don’t go where there’s danger because there’s just too much risk. You think you’re going to be okay. It looks okay. And then they get wet and you fall.”The family of Thind will continue to search from the shore at Garrapata State Park, while Heredia plans to dive as long as water conditions allow.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has suspended its search efforts for Army Specialist Amanpreet Thind, who was swept out to sea Saturday afternoon at Soberanes Point near Garrapata State Park, after four days of searching from the air, water, and along the rugged Big Sur coast.
Despite the suspension, resources will remain on standby should there be any sign of the missing man.
Volunteer diver Juan Heredia, from the non-profit Angels Recovery Dive Team, is determined to continue searching until Thind is found.
Thind, a 35-year-old DLI student, leaves behind a wife and was last seen with his nephew.
Heredia said, “They only think about getting him back. They already pass that stage that, okay, he’s dead, now they’re in that stage that I want closure, I want my brother, I want my husband back, I’m diving for that reason to bring that closure to the family.”
Heredia joined county and state dive teams as they entered the water for only the second time since Thind was swept off rocks into the ocean.
“He will be recovered, he will be. Yeah, that’s for sure. I’m going to say tomorrow and dive again, and coming back Friday again. And if I have to come Saturday and Sunday, I will be here. He will be found for sure,” Heredia said.
As vacationers arrive for the holiday weekend, there is a warning to beachgoers to respect the ocean, not turn their back on it, and obey all signs and warnings.
A concerned mother, Connie Riley, advised, “Everywhere we go, every sign that says don’t go there, you don’t go there, you don’t go in the rocks. You don’t go where there’s danger because there’s just too much risk. You think you’re going to be okay. It looks okay. And then they get wet and you fall.”
The family of Thind will continue to search from the shore at Garrapata State Park, while Heredia plans to dive as long as water conditions allow.
High surf swept three people off the beach and into the ocean in Big Sur on Saturday, the second such incident at Garrapata State Park in a week.
Two women and a man were swept off the rocks at Sobrenas Point around 3 p.m., according to a news release from the California State Parks.
Both women made it back to shore on their own and were taken to a hospital with unknown injuries, but a man who was with them, believed to be about 30 years old, was still missing.
“At around 4:24 p.m., a US Coast Guard helicopter spotted what appeared to be a body in the ocean but due to the high surf, lost visual,” parks officials said.
The search was called off around 7 p.m. due to darkness and was scheduled to resume Sunday morning.
The missing man was wearing a white turban, black shorts, black shirt and a black vest.
The National Weather Service warned that waves between 13 and 18 feet were expected at Big Sur and Monterey beaches through Monday night, and cautioned beachgoers to stay off rocks and away from the water’s edge.
“Sneaker waves can unexpectedly run significantly farther up the beach than normal, including over rocks and jetties,” the weather service advised. “Rip currents are typically more frequent and stronger in the vicinity of jetties, inlets, and piers.”
Three marine creatures were seen from the sky off the coast of New England in October, according to the New England Aquarium.
Screengrab from the New England Aquarium on Facebook
In a “rare sighting” from the sky, three “deep-diving” sea creatures surfaced in the Atlantic Ocean in mid-October, the New England Aquarium said.
The aquariums said its aerial survey team spotted three True’s beaked whales, a species “rarely seen at the surface,” while above the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the coast of New England. The aquarium shared a photo of the unique sighting on Facebook.
True’s beaked whales are small- to medium-sized and can reach lengths of 15.5 to 17.5 feet, weighing up to 3,000 pounds, when they are adults, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They are one of several beaked whale species.
The whales live in the North Atlantic Ocean, as well as two locations in the Southern Hemisphere, NOAA reports online.
“There is little information on the abundance of True’s beaked whales worldwide,” NOAA says.
True’s beaked whales are known to dive as deep as nearly 10,000 feet while searching for food, according to NOAA.
Their diet mostly consists of squid, and sometimes fish, according to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation.
During the sighting of the True’s beaked whales, the New England Aquarium said its aerial team saw more than 700 marine animals, “including 402 common dolphins and seven fin whales,” over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
This large stretch of ocean, about 130 miles from Cape Cod, is rich in biodiversity and has four underwater mountains as well as three underwater canyons, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
It was presidentially recognized as a national monument in 2016.
Julia Marnin covers courts for McClatchy News, writing about criminal and civil affairs, including cases involving policing, corrections, civil liberties, fraud, and abuses of power. As a reporter on McClatchy’s National Real-Time Team, she’s also covered the COVID-19 pandemic and a variety of other topics since joining in 2021, following a fellowship with Newsweek. Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, she was raised in South Jersey and is now based in New York State.
Three marine creatures were seen from the sky off the coast of New England in October, according to the New England Aquarium.
Screengrab from the New England Aquarium on Facebook
In a “rare sighting” from the sky, three “deep-diving” sea creatures surfaced in the Atlantic Ocean in mid-October, the New England Aquarium said.
The aquariums said its aerial survey team spotted three True’s beaked whales, a species “rarely seen at the surface,” while above the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the coast of New England. The aquarium shared a photo of the unique sighting on Facebook.
True’s beaked whales are small- to medium-sized and can reach lengths of 15.5 to 17.5 feet, weighing up to 3,000 pounds, when they are adults, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They are one of several beaked whale species.
The whales live in the North Atlantic Ocean, as well as two locations in the Southern Hemisphere, NOAA reports online.
“There is little information on the abundance of True’s beaked whales worldwide,” NOAA says.
True’s beaked whales are known to dive as deep as nearly 10,000 feet while searching for food, according to NOAA.
Their diet mostly consists of squid, and sometimes fish, according to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation.
During the sighting of the True’s beaked whales, the New England Aquarium said its aerial team saw more than 700 marine animals, “including 402 common dolphins and seven fin whales,” over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
This large stretch of ocean, about 130 miles from Cape Cod, is rich in biodiversity and has four underwater mountains as well as three underwater canyons, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
It was presidentially recognized as a national monument in 2016.
Julia Marnin covers courts for McClatchy News, writing about criminal and civil affairs, including cases involving policing, corrections, civil liberties, fraud, and abuses of power. As a reporter on McClatchy’s National Real-Time Team, she’s also covered the COVID-19 pandemic and a variety of other topics since joining in 2021, following a fellowship with Newsweek. Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, she was raised in South Jersey and is now based in New York State.
Atlantic City casinos are recognizing the initiative in various ways
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the nine casinos in Atlantic City are uniting in support of the annual initiative that supports research and the early detection of the disease.
Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City is lit pink to recognize October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Most casinos in town are also recognizing the month that raises awareness and support for breast cancer. (Image: Casino Reinvestment Development Authority)
Since its founding in 1985 through a partnership between the American Cancer Society and the pharmaceutical division of Imperial Chemical Industries, today AstraZeneca, October has served as the national month to raise awareness regarding breast cancer. Atlantic City casinos are once again recognizing the month through a series of initiatives.
Breast cancer impacts families in every community, but thanks to advances in detection and treatment, survival rates continue to rise. Each October during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Atlantic City casinos stand united with our employees, guests, and the greater community to raise awareness and shine a light on this important cause,” said Mark Giannantonio, president of the Casino Association of New Jersey (CANJ) and Resorts Casino Hotel.
“Atlantic City casinos remain committed to supporting groundbreaking research, promoting early detection, and ensuring care for all those impacted by this disease,” Giannantonio added.
Pink Lights
Throughout the month, Atlantic City casinos will display pink lights atop their hotel towers and on their facades.
The color pink is associated with breast cancer awareness. In 1991, the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure began distributing pink ribbons to participants. Pink is also seen as a feminine and compassionate color.
Borgata, Caesars Entertainment’s three properties (Caesars, Harrah’s, and Tropicana), Ocean, Hard Rock, and Resorts all plan to light up their properties pink. At Golden Nugget, male staffers will wear pink and compete with one another to raise the most money for breast cancer research.
Hard Rock is selling a pink-colored cocktail all month long, with a portion of the drink’s proceeds supporting breast cancer. Caesars is running a similar pink cocktail special and has committed $1 of every drink sold to the American Cancer Society’s Men Wear Pink campaign. Resorts is also offering a pink cosmopolitan, with proceeds benefitting the American Cancer Society.
Golden Nugget says donated gaming vouchers will be given to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Resorts is donating its voucher buckets to the Men Wear Pink initiative of Greater Philadelphia.
Borgata and Caesars properties are additionally offering free on-site mammogram screenings for team members.
For a complete list of all Atlantic City casino breast cancer awareness activities, click here.
Breast Cancer Statistics
Among the most funded cancers, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States, except for skin cancers. Breast cancer accounts for about 30% of all new female cancers each year, the American Cancer Society says.
The organization says there are more than four million breast cancer survivors in the US, inclusive of current patients and those who have completed treatment.
The five-year survival rate for localized breast cancer, the lowest grade on the SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) scale, is better than 99%. However, the five-year survival rate for a Distant SEER diagnosis, meaning the cancer has spread to distant parts of the body such as the lungs, liver, or bones, is just 32%.
LET’S BRING IN FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST ERIC BURRIS DRY RIGHT NOW. WE WILL SEE A COUPLE OF POCKETS OF SHOWERS LATER ON TODAY. YOU KNOW, IT’S STILL WE’RE STILL FLORIDA. WE’RE STILL WATERS ON THREE SIDES OF US. YEAH, BUT LOOK AT THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. BECAUSE HERE’S ONE THING. WE DON’T HAVE 90S. IT’S ALL UPPER 80S FOR HIGHS. AND WHILE YES, THIS WEEKEND THERE’S A FEW SHOWERS, WE GO EVEN DRIER MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. AND THEN BY LATE NEXT WEEK, MODELS ARE SAYING WE’LL KIND OF RETURN TO A BIT OF A SUMMER PATTERN. SO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS GET GOING. BUT AT THIS HOUR, LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT THE LACK OF MUGGINESS. WE’RE IN A COMFY TERRITORY AND TEMPERATURES AROUND TOWN LOOKING ABSOLUTELY DYNAMITE. 71. THIS IS THE COOLEST. ORLANDO HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY AT LEAST SINCE JULY 1ST. 66 DEGREES IN OCALA. YOU WERE AT ABOUT 66 YESTERDAY, BUT IT DOESN’T MAKE IT FEEL ANY LESS INCREDIBLE. AND IT’S A SATURDAY 69 OUTSIDE IN LEESBURG AND EVEN ALONG THE COASTLINE, THINGS FEEL FANTASTIC, AT LEAST INLAND A BIT, RIGHT? IT’S 77 FOR PORT CANAVERAL, BUT 74 ON MERRITT ISLAND, 72 IN PORT SAINT JOHN. SO YOU HEAD INLAND. IT FEELS GREAT. VOLUSIA COUNTY, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. 69 DEGREES IN CHESTER, 70 DEGREES FOR VICTORIA GARDENS, DELAND. AND THEN BEACHSIDE, RIGHT. 79 AT THE INLET, 80 DEGREES BEACH SAFETY HQ, WHICH IS BEACHSIDE NEAR DAYTONA BEACH. RIGHT. SO OUTSIDE IT’S BEAUTIFUL. BUT THAT BREEZE COMING IN OFF THE OCEAN IS AT LEAST INFLUENCING US JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND LATER TODAY, THAT BREEZE COMING IN OFF THE OCEAN WILL INFLUENCE US. BRINGING IN COASTAL SHOWERS. FOR NOW, THEY’RE STAYING PUT OFF THE SHORELINE, BUT THAT WILL CHANGE. MOST OF THE MOISTURE IS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT ENERGY OFFSHORE. AND LATER TODAY WE’LL TAP INTO SOME OF THAT AND BRING IT ON IN HIGHS TODAY MID 80S. BEACHSIDE, UPPER 80S ACROSS THE INTERIOR, LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE OF 90. BUT IT’S A FRESH BREEZE TEN, 15, 20 MILES AN HOUR. SO THERE’S THAT BREEZE KIND OF PICKING UP ON SOME OF THAT MOISTURE, BRINGING IN SOME SHOWERS. SAME IDEA FOR US TOMORROW. BUT IS THIS STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT PULL AWAY FROM US? WE’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GRAB SOME DRIER AIR AND PULL THAT ON DOWN. SO THAT’S WHERE OUR WORKWEEK DRIES OUT A BIT. EITHER WAY THOUGH, MAKING PLANS FOR SATURDAY LOOKS GREAT. SEAWORLD. ASIDE FROM WATCHING SOME OF THOSE COASTAL SHOWERS TRY TO WORK IN, IT’S A COMFY BREEZE FOR US TODAY. EPIC UNIVERSE, IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT TO ENJOY, OPENS UP 10 A.M., STAYS OPEN UNTIL TEN. WE’LL BE WATCHING THE RADAR FOR A FEW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE WE’RE LOOKING GOOD. 40% COVERAGE EAST OF TOWN. REALLY? SAME IDEA TOMORROW. DRIER. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THEN THUNDERSTORMS RETURN THURSDAY. FRIDAY. COASTAL SEVEN-DAY FORECAST LOOKING GREAT AS WELL WI
NASA’s Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with an enormous subsurface ocean that may have conditions to support life.
The spacecraft launched at 12:06pm EDT Monday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida.
The largest spacecraft NASA ever built for a mission headed to another planet, Europa Clipper also is the first NASA mission dedicated to studying an ocean world beyond Earth. The spacecraft will travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometers) on a trajectory that will leverage the power of gravity assists, first to Mars in four months and then back to Earth for another gravity assist flyby in 2026. After it begins orbiting Jupiter in April 2030, the spacecraft will fly past Europa 49 times.
“Congratulations to our Europa Clipper team for beginning the first journey to an ocean world beyond Earth,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “NASA leads the world in exploration and discovery, and the Europa Clipper mission is no different. By exploring the unknown, Europa Clipper will help us better understand whether there is the potential for life not just within our solar system, but among the billions of moons and planets beyond our Sun.”
Approximately five minutes after liftoff, the rocket’s second stage fired up and the payload fairing, or the rocket’s nose cone, opened to reveal Europa Clipper. About an hour after launch, the spacecraft separated from the rocket. Ground controllers received a signal soon after, and two-way communication was established at 1:13pm with NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in Canberra, Australia. Mission teams celebrated as initial telemetry reports showed Europa Clipper is in good health and operating as expected.
“We could not be more excited for the incredible and unprecedented science NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will deliver in the generations to come,” said Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “Everything in NASA science is interconnected, and Europa Clipper’s scientific discoveries will build upon the legacy that our other missions exploring Jupiter — including Juno, Galileo, and Voyager — created in our search for habitable worlds beyond our home planet.”
The main goal of the mission is to determine whether Europa has conditions that could support life. Europa is about the size of our own Moon, but its interior is different. Information from NASA’s Galileo mission in the 1990s showed strong evidence that under Europa’s ice lies an enormous, salty ocean with more water than all of Earth’s oceans combined. Scientists also have found evidence that Europa may host organic compounds and energy sources under its surface.
If the mission determines Europa is habitable, it may mean there are more habitable worlds in our solar system and beyond than imagined.
“We’re ecstatic to send Europa Clipper on its way to explore a potentially habitable ocean world, thanks to our colleagues and partners who’ve worked so hard to get us to this day,” said Laurie Leshin, director, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “Europa Clipper will undoubtedly deliver mind-blowing science. While always bittersweet to send something we’ve labored over for years off on its long journey, we know this remarkable team and spacecraft will expand our knowledge of our solar system and inspire future exploration.”
In 2031, the spacecraft will begin conducting its science-dedicated flybys of Europa. Coming as close as 16 miles (25 kilometers) to the surface, Europa Clipper is equipped with nine science instruments and a gravity experiment, including an ice-penetrating radar, cameras, and a thermal instrument to look for areas of warmer ice and any recent eruptions of water. As the most sophisticated suite of science instruments NASA has ever sent to Jupiter, they will work in concert to learn more about the moon’s icy shell, thin atmosphere, and deep interior.
To power those instruments in the faint sunlight that reaches Jupiter, Europa Clipper also carries the largest solar arrays NASA has ever used for an interplanetary mission. With arrays extended, the spacecraft spans 100 feet (30.5 meters) from end to end. With propellant loaded, it weighs about 13,000 pounds (5,900 kilograms).
In all, more than 4,000 people have contributed to Europa Clipper mission since it was formally approved in 2015.
“As Europa Clipper embarks on its journey, I’ll be thinking about the countless hours of dedication, innovation, and teamwork that made this moment possible,” said Jordan Evans, project manager, NASA JPL. “This launch isn’t just the next chapter in our exploration of the solar system; it’s a leap toward uncovering the mysteries of another ocean world, driven by our shared curiosity and continued search to answer the question, ‘are we alone?’”
Europa Clipper’s three main science objectives are to determine the thickness of the moon’s icy shell and its interactions with the ocean below, to investigate its composition, and to characterize its geology. The mission’s detailed exploration of Europa will help scientists better understand the astrobiological potential for habitable worlds beyond our planet.
Managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California, NASA JPL leads the development of the Europa Clipper mission in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The main spacecraft body was designed by APL in collaboration with NASA JPL and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The Planetary Missions Program Office at Marshall executes program management of the Europa Clipper mission.
NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at NASA Kennedy, managed the launch service for the Europa Clipper spacecraft.
The past week hasn’t been the kindest to the electric vehicle industry. Now, it’s capped off with news that the EV startup Fisker is the subject of an investigation from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
reported that SEC officials sent several subpoenas to Fisker. The filing doesn’t specifically say what the subpoenas are asking for or looking into but it’s clear that the SEC has launched an investigation into the floundering EV maker that .
Fisker has been struggling to keep its head above water ever since last year’s disastrous rollout of its Ocean SUV that failed to score more than a few thousands sellers even though it produced well over 10,000 units. Following its Q4 earnings report last year that saw a gross margin loss of 35 percent, the car maker announced it would lay off 15 percent of its workforce the following March as it shifted to a direct-to-consumer sales strategy.
A Fisker spokesperson declined to comment on the matter to TechCrunch saying they could not “comment on the existence or nonexistence of a possible investigation.”
Fisker isn’t the only EV maker to suffer a noticeable setback. Tesla saw a major stumble with .
A moon shot to make Southern California an international leader in the “blue economy” is taking shape in San Pedro as a $30-million renovation of three historic waterfront warehouses nears completion.
AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, as the complex is known, is home to sea-centered businesses such as the headquarters of explorer Robert Ballard, who located the wrecks of the Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck. His research vessel the Nautilus docks there, as does Pacific Alliance, a vessel for farming mussels far out at sea.
On barges docked on AltaSea’s wharf, scientists from USC, UCLA and Caltech are developing methods of reducing ocean carbon dioxide and technology to scrub ships’ exhaust stacks. Other tenants in the former warehouses include startup firms that are building a new generation of remote undersea cameras and 3-D printers to build parts for offshore wind, wave and solar farms.
Jenny Cornuelle Krusoe, executive vice president and COO of AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
An aerial view of the Captura, a barge at AltaSea where crews monitor equipment used for pulling carbon dioxide from seawater.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
“AltaSea is education, research and business all working together,” said Jenny Krusoe, executive vice president and chief operating officer. The size and waterfront location, she added, make AltaSea “a unicorn piece of property that is basically made to be the mother ship for the blue economy.”
Mayor Karen Bass and others who played a part in AltaSea, including City Councilman Tim McOsker and Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka, are expected to officially open the facilities at a ceremony Wednesday.
AltaSea is bringing new purpose to a previously moribund wharf that once played a rich part in the evolution of Southern California.
In the early 20th century, Los Angeles merchants and city leaders set out to capture a share of the increased global shipping trade expected to pass through the Panama Canal, a link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans that opened in 1914. They created a municipal wharf on the waterfront of what has become the sprawling Port of Los Angeles, with a long stretch of warehouses where ships were loaded and unloaded into trains, carts and trucks by burly longshoremen.
The growth of containerized shipping after World War II gradually rendered City Dock No. 1 obsolete for moving goods, and the wharf was little used for decades. By 2011, advocates, including port officials,saw it for what it was: a choice 35-acre site for a research center and tech companies focused on sustainable uses of the world’s oceans.
A key part of the mission of the nonprofit enterprise is to create jobs with pioneering companies. Among them is the nonprofit AltaSeads Conservancy, the largest aquaculture seed bank in the United States. Like their terrestrial counterparts, aquaculture seed banks are meant to preserve genetic diversity in plant life for the future. AltaSeads is also advancing the use of kelp as an easily grown resource.
“It’s a super versatile crop,” said scientist Emily Aguirre of AltaSeads, that can provide food for humans and livestock while removing carbon from the atmosphere. “It can be also be used to fertilize terrestrial agriculture, and it’s fantastic because if you grow it out in the ocean, you’re not taking up any land.”
Michael Marty Rivera and Emily Aguirre of AltaSeads Conservancy monitor varieties of kelp in storage tanks.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Kelp is also a source of algae that cuts methane emissions from cows, Aguirre said, and has many other food applications, including reducing freezer burn in ice cream.
Eco Wave Power, an Israel-based company, is set to install the first U.S. onshore wave energy pilot station in the coming months on the port’s Main Channel, next to AltaSea. The system of floaters attaches directly to preexisting structures — like breakwaters, wharfs and jetties — and produces energy from the constant motion of the waves. Another AltaSea business, CorPower Ocean, uses buoys and hydraulic pressure for energy production.
Rustom Jehangir, founder and CEO at Blue Robotics, demonstrates his BlueROV2, a high-performance remotely operated vehicle that can be used for inspections, research and adventuring.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
The figurative whale for AltaSea so far is Ballard, who set up shop at the aged docks several years ago and has captured public interest as a deep-sea explorer and scientific researcher. It’s his headquarters and home to his research and development.
AltaSea has an array of solar panels on the roof bigger than three football fields that generates 2.2 megawatts, enough to power 700 homes annually and more energy than the entire campus will need when it reaches full capacity.
The BlueROV2 vehicle.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
To fund the wharf’s redevelopment, AltaSea received $29 million from the state, Port of Los Angeles and private donors. The funds paid for construction, installation of the solar panels and the future creation of a park.
AltaSea is one of multiple projects that are part of a two-decade process to clean up the air and water at the port and turn unused docks, wharves and warehouses into places where more people will want to work or visit, port officials said.
“Bringing people to our waterfront has been a hallmark of the Port of Los Angeles for decades,” Seroka said in 2020, and recent investments “will really bring us to the next level.”
Before the pandemic, about 3 million people came to L.A.’s waterfront annually for recreation, a tally port leaders hope to see double in the years ahead. To smooth the path of new development catering to visitors, the Port of Los Angeles is investing about $1 billion in infrastructure improvements over 10 years, Seroka said. Private developers building AltaSea and other projects will invest an estimated $500 million.
Taylor Marchment, the manufacturing R&D lead at RCAM Technologies, shows off 3-D concrete printing for offshore renewable energy.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
One of those projects, West Harbor, is a long-planned redevelopment of a 42-acre site that used to be home to Ports O’ Call, a kitschy imitation of a New England fishing village, built in the 1960s, that fell out of favor years ago and was razed in 2018.
Restaurants anchoring the dining, shopping and entertainment center will include Yamashiro, the second branch of a Japanese-themed Hollywood destination for locals and tourists. Another large restaurant will be Mexican-themed, with an over-water bar. There will also be a food hall and Bark Social, a membership off-leash dog park, bar and cafe. The complex is slated to open next year.
The waterfront developments represent improvements that San Pedro residents have been waiting decades to see, said Dustin Trani, whose family has been in the local restaurant business for nearly a century. Last year the chef opened Trani’s Dockside Station, a seafood restaurant situated between AltaSea and West Harbor, in part to capitalize on the expected influx of visitors.
“We’re on the cusp of a very big economic boom in this area that has not yet been seen,” Trani said.
Memorial Day weekend is almost upon us, meaning Southern Californians will soon gather for barbecues and flock to beaches to mark the unofficial start of summer.
In Los Angeles County, however, residents should avoid the water at certain coastal locations because the bacterial levels reached unhealthful levels when last tested, according to an L.A. County Department of Public Health news release.
The agency sent a warning Tuesday cautioning people against swimming, playing and surfing in these following ocean waters:
About 100 yards up and down the coast from the East Temescal Canyon Storm Drain at Will Rogers State Beach.
About 100 yards up and down from the lagoon at Topanga Canyon Beach in Malibu.
About 100 yards up and down the coast from the Pico-Kenter storm drain at Santa Monica State Beach.
The entire swim area at Mothers Beach in Marina del Rey.
About 100 yards up and down the coast from the public restrooms at Malibu Lagoon at Surfrider Beach.
About 100 yards up and down the coast from the Santa Monica Pier.
The entire swim area at Inner Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro.
This week’s caution follows a more serious incident in the county two weeks ago, when the discharge of about 14,400 gallons of untreated sewage into the ocean resulted in the closure of areas of Dockweiler State Beach, Venice Beach and the surrounding area, according to county public health officials.
People were advised to avoid the water and the sand from Ballona Creek to one mile north of Venice Beach and one mile south of Dockweiler. The beaches have since reopened.
Information on beach conditions is available 24 hours a day through the county’s beach closure hotline: (800) 525-5662. A map of affected locations can be found at PublicHealth.LACounty.gov/Beach/.
Southern California’s rivers and creeks once teemed with large, silvery fish that arrived from the ocean and swam upstream to spawn. But today, these fish are seldom seen.
Southern California steelhead trout have been pushed to the brink of extinction as their river habitats have been altered by development and fragmented by barriers and dams.
Their numbers have been declining for decades, and last week California’s Fish and Game Commission voted to list Southern California steelhead trout as endangered.
Conservation advocates said they hope the designation will accelerate efforts to save the fish and the aquatic ecosystems on which they depend.
“Historically, tens of thousands of these fish swam in Southern California rivers and streams,” said Sandra Jacobson, director of the South Coast region for California Trout, an organization that advocated for the listing.
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“Their numbers have dipped dangerously low due to impacts from habitat loss, fragmentation and urbanization,” Jacobson said. “This landmark decision provides critically important protections for this iconic species.”
The distinct Southern California population is one of eight varieties of steelhead trout in the state. They live in coastal waters and rivers from southern San Luis Obispo County to around the U.S.-Mexico border.
Steelheads typically grow to 2 or 3 feet and sometimes larger.
An adult steelhead trout in San Luis Rey River in northern San Diego County.
(California Department of Fish and Game)
The fish migrate upstream when winter and spring rains send high flows coursing through rivers and creeks. They travel to spawning habitats as far as 30 miles inland — as long as they don’t encounter a barrier along the way.
Unlike salmon, which are part of the same family, steelheads often spawn multiple times before they die.
Southern California steelheads were once caught by Indigenous people. In the early 20th century, anglers found that the fish were abundant in the Ventura and other rivers.
But over the past century, the Los Angeles River and other waterways were lined with concrete. Coastal marshes were hemmed in by development, and barriers and dams fragmented streams.
The Southern California steelhead population was declared endangered by the federal government in 1997. Reviews by federal and state agencies have found that the population has continued to suffer since then.
“The negative trend toward extinction has not reversed,” Jacobson said.
In a 2020 study, researchers found that there had been only 177 documented sightings of Southern California steelhead in the previous 25 years.
California Trout submitted a petition in 2021 urging the state to list the steelhead population as endangered.
Small numbers of fish continue to return to the Santa Clara and Santa Ynez rivers, as well as Malibu Creek, Topanga Creek and other streams from Santa Barbara to San Diego County.
Jacobson and other conservationists have been advocating for accelerating plans to remove obsolete dams that block fish, including Matilija Dam in the Ventura River watershed and Rindge Dam in the Malibu Creek canyon. They’ve also been seeking to expedite the removal of barriers on Trabuco Creek and the Santa Margarita River.
Other efforts to help steelhead trout include removing non-native species, reducing water diversions and groundwater pumping to ensure sufficient flows in streams and restoring watersheds’ natural ecosystems, Jacobson said.
“Southern steelhead are crucial indicators of watershed health,” Jacobson said.
She said restoring the “aquatic highways” the fish use to reach their spawning habitats will also bring benefits for people, including safeguarding sources of clean drinking water.
“I am hopeful for steelhead recovery,” Jacobson said. California’s classification of the population as endangered, she said, will help advance a state conservation plan and add urgency to the work of removing barriers in rivers.
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The steelhead trout that remain in Southern California face other threats, including warmer waters and more intense droughts and wildfires as a result of climate change.
“These are populations that are experiencing the warmest conditions, really on the leading edge of climate change effects. And then you layer on top of that just how densely populated Southern California is,” said Andrew Rypel, a professor of fish ecology and director of UC Davis’ Center for Watershed Sciences. “All of these steelhead streams in Southern California are extremely impacted.”
He said that with so many factors weighing against the steelhead trout, the additional protections could make a significant difference.
“It’s like the most challenging fish conservation issue I can imagine,” Rypel said. “How do you manage a whole landscape for fish conservation in the middle of one of the biggest urban areas in the world? It’s very challenging.”
This population of steelhead, he said, is effectively “up against the clock.”
Removal of barriers to spawning areas is key, he said.
“It’s a really cool fish. It’s a Southern California fish, and it’s up to the people of that region to watch out for it and to ensure that future generations are going to be able to watch this cool fish and protect it — and by way of doing that, protect the ecosystem.”
The U.S. Coast Guard is still investigating what caused the oil sheen off Huntington Beach in Orange County this week, as clean-up crews on Saturday morning fanned out across the coast.
The sheen — it’s still unclear, officials say, if it was caused by a leak or a spill — was first reported Thursday evening not far from the site of a massive spill in 2021. By Friday night, officials had skimmed most of the oil, or about 85 gallons, from the ocean.
Coast Guard spokesperson Richard Uranga said that a flyover of the area early Saturday morning “showed a lighter sheen on the water.”
Uranga described the cleaning efforts along the coast Saturday morning as “very light,” but urged people walking along the shore with children or pets to keep an eye out for tar balls.
The city of Huntington Beach said beaches remain open, but cautioned against picking up tar patties to dispose of them. If you see tar, the city said, notify a lifeguard.
Uranga said that investigators are still looking into what caused the sheen.
In a statement Friday, Amplify Energy Corp., which owns the pipeline that spewed at least 25,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean and along the coast in 2021, said they had “no indication that this sheen is related to our operations.”
“We will continue to cooperate with the U.S. Coast Guard and other relevant authorities,” the company added.
Officials from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s office of oil spill prevention and response said Friday that, so far, one oiled bird, a grebe, had been recovered.
The Coast Guard plans to conduct another fly-over inspection Saturday afternoon.
Two male Humpback whales were recently recorded having a homosexual encounter in the wild off the coast of Maui.
According to a new study by the Pacific Whale Foundation published in Marine Mammal Science, humpback whales have been studied extensively but documented instances of reproductive actions have been exceedingly rare. That is until some photographers – Lyle Krannichfeld and Brandi Romano – caught two male humpbacks engaging in sexual contact right below their boat 2 kilometers west of the Molokini crater off the coast of Maui on January 19, 2022.
They sent their photos to scientists who recently confirmed in a peer-reviewed study that the photos were confirmed to be one of very few documented instances of humpback penis extrusion and the very first documented instance of homosexual interactions between humpbacks.
“The sighting occurred when individuals aboard a private stationary vessel, located approximately two km west of the Molokini crater, saw two humpback whales approaching their boat. One whale was visibly thin and covered in whale lice, displaying signs of poor health and drawing the attention of the photographers,” said the Pacific Whale Foundation on their website. “During the encounter, a second whale engaged in an unexpected behavior—repeatedly approaching the first whale, using its pectoral fins to hold the injured whale in place, and initiating shallow, brief penetrations.”
The whales in question reportedly circled the photographers’ boat for a while, giving them ample opportunity to take their NSFWW (not suitable for whale workplace) photos. Scientists with the Pacific Whale Foundation hypothesized that since one of the whales seemed to be having health issues, this may have contributed to the behavior for whatever reason.
“The two whales circled the boat numerous times, allowing Krannichfeld and Romano the opportunity to carefully document the event by holding their cameras over the side of the stationary vessel (note: it is illegal to swim with or approach humpback whales within 100 yards in Hawaii and the vessel remained in neutral as the whales approached),” the Pacific Whale Foundation said. “The health disparity between the two whales adds a layer of complexity to this unique observation. One whale’s poor condition, possibly caused by a ship strike, may have contributed to the observed behavior.”
A male humpback whale with its penis inserted into the genital opening of another male humpback whale. Courtesy: Pacific Whale Foundation
The sexual encounter between the whales reportedly took place when one of the whales extruded its penis and penetrated the genital opening of the other whale. The penetrations lasted about two minutes at a time, according to the study, and lasted for about a half hour. When the encounter was over, the whale doing the penetrating took off right away (typical) and the sick whale hung out for a few minutes until swimming away as well.
“Upon reviewing the photographs, it was noticed that Whale A had a significant jaw injury, that likely impaired normal feeding behavior,” the study said. “It was also observed that Whale B had its penis extruded throughout the entire encounter and, at times, would penetrate the genital opening of Whale A, using its pectoral fins to hold Whale A.”
The study said that male humpback whale penis extrusions have been documented in the presence of other male humpbacks, but that this is the first time penetration has been documented. It has been previously theorized that the penis extrusions were acts of aggression towards the other males while competing for females during mating season.
Homosexual behavior is not particularly uncommon among members of the animal kingdom. It has been documented in dolphins, orcas, seals, walruses and several of my neighbors’ dogs. An entire book called Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity was published about the topic in 1999.
“The world is, indeed, teeming with homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered creatures of every stripe and feather. From the Southeastern Blueberry Bee of the United States to more than 130 different bird species worldwide, the ‘birds and the bees,’ literally are queer,” the book said. “On every continent, animals of the same sex seek each other out and have probably been doing so for millions of years. They court each other, using intricate and beautiful mating dances that are the result of eons of evolution.”
As part of the Smithsonian Science for Global Goals project, Smithsonian Science Education Center launches tenth freely available research guide for youth ages 11-18.
WASHINGTON, February 22, 2024 (Newswire.com)
– The ocean occupies 71% of Earth’s surface area and is critical to making Earth a habitable place for people. Life on a sustainable planet requires us to understand the central role the ocean plays in Earth’s temperature regulation, nutrient cycling and the water and carbon cycle.
The Smithsonian Science Education Center, in collaboration with its Smithsonian colleagues andthe InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), has developed Ocean! How can we create a sustainable future for the ocean?, a new community research guide for youth ages 11–18. Underpinned by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the guide aims to help young people use systems thinking to explore their relationship with the ocean.
As part of the Smithsonian Science for Global Goals project, Ocean! is the tenth freely available guide and includes research, activities, and perspectives from subject matter experts on various ocean topics. Within the guide, students explore current problems facing the ocean related to various types of pollution, ocean acidification, rising ocean temperatures, dwindling numbers of fish, and competition for coastal spaces. The Smithsonian Science for Global Goals guides integrate inquiry-based science education with social and emotional learning and civic engagement.
“Half of the world’s population live near a coastline, and everyone on the planet is deeply connected to the ocean in some way. This means that negative changes in our ocean will affect all of us,” said Carol O’Donnell, Director of the Smithsonian Science Education Center. “This new freely available guide gives young people everywhere the tools to discover, understand and act on complex concepts surrounding our ocean, and encourages students to apply what they learn to take action for Life on a Sustainable Planet.”
Ocean!, and the conceptual framework for all Smithsonian Science for Global Goals guides, was funded through a grant from the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation.
Under the umbrella of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), more than 140 national, regional and global member academies work together to support the vital role of science in seeking evidence-based solutions to the world’s most challenging problems. In particular, IAP harnesses the expertise of the world’s scientific, medical and engineering leaders to advance sound policies, improve public health, promote excellence in science education and achieve other critical development goals. See www.interacademies.org.
The largest of the four seamounts recently discovered by Schmidt Ocean Institute experts is 1.5 miles high and covers about 280 square miles.
Schmidt Ocean Institute image
A team of scientists investigating a subtle “bump on top of the ocean” off South America discovered a hidden mountain that stands 1.5 miles high, researchers say.
It’s one of four dead volcanoes found in January by the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) in the South Pacific from Costa Rica to Chile, according to a news release.
The seamounts range from 5,220 to 8,796 feet high and reign over a mysterious submerged world that is largely unmapped, experts say.
They were found as the crew investigated “gravity anomalies” that showed up on mapping technology as “an almost imperceptible bump on top of the ocean.”
The second of four seamounts recently discovered by the team on Schmidt Ocean Institutes R/V Falkor (too) while traveling from Costa Rica to Chile stands nearly 5,300 feet high. Schmidt Ocean Institute image
“Examining gravity anomalies is a fancy way of saying we looked for bumps on a map, and when we did, we located these very large seamounts,” hydrographic expert John Fulmer said in the release.
Images created by the scientists show the rugged 1.5-mile tall seamount covers about 280 square miles and sits 3,772 feet below the surface, the institute says.
The other three seamounts range from a classic cone-shaped volcano to something similar to the flat-topped Devil’s Tower in Wyoming, photos show.
Seamounts are submerged mountains largely believed to be “remnants of extinct volcanoes,” according to NOAA Ocean Exploration. To be classified as a seamount, the summits must tower at least 3,300 above the surrounding seafloor.
The towers are known to host an abundance of marine life, which makes them of interest to scientists.
“Typically, they are cone shaped, but often have other prominent features such as craters and linear ridges and some, called guyots, have large, flat summits,” NOAA says.
“Based on data … the number of seamounts that are at least 1,000 meters high is thought to be greater than 100,000. Despite their abundance, however, less than one-tenth of a percent of the seamounts in the world have been explored.”
The Schmidt Ocean Institute has discovered 29 seamounts, hills, and trenches while mapping “about 1.5 million square kilometers” of seafloor, officials say.
This story was originally published February 15, 2024, 7:34 AM.
Mark Price is a National Reporter for McClatchy News. He joined the network of newspapers in 1991 at The Charlotte Observer, covering beats including schools, crime, immigration, LGBTQ issues, homelessness and nonprofits. He graduated from the University of Memphis with majors in journalism and art history, and a minor in geology.
According to Fox 35 Orlando, 49-year-old Jason Brzuszkiewicz bypassed closed beach gates at Smyrna Beach in Florida on the morning of Tuesday, February 6.
Brzuszkiewicz was captured on video driving his Dodge Ram pickup truck onto the shore and into high-tide waters. According to the outlet, the man did so for over a minute.
Additionally, the footage reportedly captured him attempting to do a donut in the water.
The clip then ends with multiple medical response vehicles entering the scene.
More Information Regarding The 49-Year-Old’s Arrest & Charges
According to Fox 35 Orlando, The Volusia Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit notes that Brzuszkiewicz did not pay the toll fee to enter the location. Additionally, the affidavit alleges that the man informed authorities he “wanted to drive on the beach.”
The outlet reports that Brzuszkiewicz has been arrested and charged with failure to pay an access fee.
The 49-year-old was reportedly taken to the Volusia Branch Jail and detained on a $200 bond. Furthermore, his white pickup truck has been towed.
According to the Volusia County Recently Booked Facebook page, this is not the first time Brzuszkiewicz has been detained this week. Recently Booked reports that the man was also taken into custody on Sunday, February 4.
At the time, the 49-year-old was arrested for allegedly defrauding an innkeeper for less than $1,000.
Another Recent Incident In Florida
Earlier this month, another Florida man was put behind bars, as previously reported by The Shade Room. Michael Banks allegedly shot his mother and her friend after he revealed his desire to have an incestuous relationship with his 17-year-old daughter.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, Banks overheard his mother and friend discussing leaving their residence with the teen. It was later revealed that the mother was talking about kicking her son out when he turned violent.
The man killed his mother’s friend before injuring his mother and daughter with gunfire.
