Fog advisory in effect until 9 a.m. Friday
A dense fog advisory has been issued for the entire San Diego County coastline. Fog is already slowing traffic in San Diego and La Jolla. It will spread to Carlsbad ...
Dec 29, 2011, 4:15 p.m.
UCSD reveals surprise about rainbows
Researchers at the Jacobs School of Engineering learn that some rainbows form a bit differently than scientists long assumed.
Dec 29, 2011, 11:57 a.m.Memorial set for surf icon Sean Collins
Hundreds of surfers are expected to participate in a mass paddle out in Huntington Beach on Jan. 7 to honor Sean Collins, the pioneering surf forecaster who died unexpectedly on ...
Dec 29, 2011, 7:42 a.m.
SD to be as warm as Miami Thursday
The temperature will be almost 10 degrees above average Thursday in San Diego -- and many other spots locally -- as a high pressure system extends the region's recent warm ...
Dec 28, 2011, 8:03 p.m.
Temperatures headed back into the 70s
San Diego County will have seasonal weather Tuesday. But high pressure will send coastal temperatures up into the low 70s Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday's high in San Diego: 64.
Dec 27, 2011, 7:10 a.m.
Pioneering surf forecaster Sean Collins dies
Collins' forecasts and smart use of emerging technology helped popularize surf breaks from Swami's in San Diego County to Bondi Beach, Australia.
Dec 26, 2011, 6:07 p.m.
Watch 'Da Vinci' glow on moon at sunset
The darkened area of tonight's crescent moon will reflect light from Earth, a soft, subtle phenomenon known as the "Da Vinci glow" and "earthshine." The spectacle will occur at the ...
Dec 26, 2011, 10:14 a.m.
Strong waves hitting SD beaches
Christmas holiday ends Monday in San Diego County with waves in the 4' to 6' range at many beaches, and fast-moving rip currents. Coastal temperatures will be in the mid-to-upper ...
Dec 25, 2011, 8:22 p.m.
Warm weather to linger into Monday
Monday won't be as hot as Sunday. But skies will be clear and temperatures will be above average across much of the county.
Dec 25, 2011, 7:21 a.m.
Top 5 San Diego science stories of 2011
San Diego scientists had a big impact, from exploring the human body to exploring distant planets. A snap shot of five of the most important stories.
Dec 24, 2011, 7 a.m.
Frost advisory issued for coastal areas
The weather was beautiful Saturday. But Christmas Eve will be cold. The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for the western half of the county.
Dec 23, 2011, 3:07 p.m.
Christmas will be sunny and warm
The winds are fading and high pressure is building. The Christmas weekend will be mostly clear and warm, with highs reaching the low 70s Saturday in downtown San Diego.
Dec 23, 2011, 8:22 a.m.NZ quakes show up on SD seismometers
A series of seismometers located in and around San Diego County clearly recorded the series of quakes that occurred Thursday and Friday near Christchurch, New Zealand.
Dec 23, 2011, 2:47 a.m.
NASA image of huge storm in American Southwest
As San Diegans prepare for a Christmas on which the temperature will reach the low 70s, residents of the American Southwest and Southern Plains were simply hoping to get home ...
Dec 22, 2011, 9:40 p.m.
Watch cormorant devour squid off La Jolla
Renowned Scripps oceanographer Jules Jaffe provides a rare look of a cormorant feeding on market squid underwater. The video was taken this month in the La Jolla Shores Beach area.
Dec 22, 2011, 12:11 p.m.
40 mph winds slowing traffic on Interstate 8
Dry offshore winds are gusting more than 40 mph in East County, kicking up dust and making driving tricky on parts of Interstate 8 and State Routes 78 and 79. ...
Dec 22, 2011, 7:30 a.m.
65 mph winds to hit East County
Offshore winds will pick up before dawn Thursday and intensify through the afternoon, gusting as high as 65 mph in the Cuyamaca and Laguna mountains. Winds to last into Friday ...
Dec 21, 2011, 8:19 a.m.
You'll need suntan lotion this Christmas
A high pressure system will send temperatures into the low 70s on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in San Diego. Skies will be clear. Perfect time to try out that ...
Dec 20, 2011, 7:18 a.m.
UCSD turns bacteria into "blinking light bulbs"
UCSD scientists use genetic engineering to make lowly bacteria glow and blink on and off like a Christmas ornament.
Dec 19, 2011, 7:30 a.m.Salk rallies 34 Nobel laureates to oppose science cuts
Thirty-four Nobel Prize winners, led by Roger Guillemin of the Salk Institute in La Jolla, make a joint written appeal to President Obama to increase funding for the National Institutes ...
Dec 19, 2011, 7 a.m.