February 6, 2012 8:01 p.m.
A reactor at the San Onofre nuclear plant has cooled down enough for workers to install inspection equipment that may help find a leak among generator steam tubes.
February 6, 2012 2:40 p.m.
A tent city that's among the longest-lived Occupy protest encampments is coming down as part of a new wave of eviction orders against demonstrators aligned with the movement in communities including Miami, Washington and Pittsburgh.
February 6, 2012 1:33 p.m.
A rally on the steps of City Hall on Monday turned into a shouting match between Occupy Oakland organizers and a newly formed group of residents and downtown merchants opposed to tactics used by the protesters.
February 6, 2012 9:23 a.m.
Soldiers clashed with supporters of striking police in Brazil's third-largest city on Monday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at the feet of people trying to join officers occupying the Bahia state legislature building.
February 6, 2012 12:16 a.m.
Occupy Oakland protesters are planning more demonstrations against police and are pledging to fill city courtrooms during upcoming hearings.
February 5, 2012 10:20 a.m.
A Chicago college is offering a class on the Occupy movement.
February 5, 2012 8:19 a.m.
Authorities say 11 people have been arrested in Washington's McPherson Square since Park Police began clearing away tents from one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites.
February 5, 2012 12:08 a.m.
Dozens of Occupy Oakland demonstrators burned an American flag and marched through the streets Saturday night, a week after police fired tear gas to quell violent demonstrations and hundreds were arrested following a mass break-in at City Hall.
February 5, 2012 12:01 a.m.
Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation’s last remaining Occupy sites, with police clearing away tents they said were banned under park rules.
February 4, 2012 6:11 p.m.
Dozens of Occupy Oakland demonstrators burned an American flag and marched through the streets Saturday night, a week after police fired tear gas to quell violent demonstrations and hundreds were arrested following a mass break-in at City Hall.
February 4, 2012 2:54 p.m.
Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites, with police clearing away tents they said were banned under park rules.
February 4, 2012 8:58 a.m.
Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites, with police clearing away tents they said were banned under park rules.
February 4, 2012 8:01 a.m.
Woodland caribou, rarely-seen creatures that with their antlers stand as tall as a man, are struggling to survive in the United States, precariously occupying one remote area of the Northwest as a final toehold in the Lower 48.
February 4, 2012 6:51 a.m.
Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers have converged on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites and are inspecting tents there.
February 4, 2012 3:05 a.m.
Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites.
February 4, 2012 1:13 a.m.
Occupy Oakland protesters plan to take to the streets again this Saturday, exactly one week after a midday rally turned chaotic leading to hundreds of protesters being arrested hours later and a mass break-in of City Hall.
February 4, 2012 12:01 a.m.
Inspectors at the San Onofre nuclear plant will have to wait until the middle of next week to enter a reactor and search for a radioactive steam leak.
February 3, 2012 6:30 p.m.
Temperatures are still too hot -- at 105 degrees -- inside a San Onofre nuclear reactor for inspection crews to begin searching for the source of a radioactive steam leak that shut the plant down.
February 3, 2012 7:29 a.m.
Authorities say a worker fell into a reactor pool at the San Onofre nuclear power plant in San Diego County last week but he didn't receive a significant radiation dose.
February 3, 2012 5:46 a.m.
A judge has refused to lift an order barring two Occupy Oakland protesters from coming within 300 feet of Frank Ogawa Plaza and the vacant Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center.
February 3, 2012 1:17 a.m.
The integrity of some equipment installed in 2009 at Southern California's San Onofre Unit 2 nuclear plant is drawing concern after unusual wear was found on hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water.
February 3, 2012 12:01 a.m.
Concerns about unusual wear on generator steam tubes at the San Onofre nuclear plant emerged Thursday as the facility’s operators began tracing the source of a radioactive steam leak.
February 2, 2012 7:10 p.m.
Operators of the San Onofre nuclear plant north of San Diego may still be days away from resolving steam tube leak that shut down one of its reactors.
February 2, 2012 4:09 p.m.
California lawmakers say they have a lot of questions for utilities and regulators about windstorm outages and problems at the San Onofre nuclear power plant.
February 2, 2012 1:03 p.m.
In a written report, the Nuclear Regulator Commission describes the rapid sequence of events at the San Onofre nuclear plant after radiation alarms sounded.
February 2, 2012 12:19 p.m.
Unusual wear has been found on hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water at Southern California's San Onofre Unit 2 nuclear plant, raising questions about the integrity of equipment the company installed in a multimillion-dollar makeover in 2009.
February 2, 2012 noon
Federal regulators say unusual wear has been found on dozens of virtually new tubes that carry radioactive water at Southern California's San Onofre Unit 2 nuclear plant.
February 2, 2012 12:01 a.m.
San Diego’s chief financial officer questioned whether the city was being appropriately paid for a temporary name change of Qualcomm Stadium to endorse the company’s Snapdragon processor on the same day Mayor Jerry Sanders held a news conference touting the promotion.
February 2, 2012 12:01 a.m.
A steam leak within a newly replaced generator at the San Onofre nuclear plant is raising the prospect that small traces of radioactive gas may have reached the atmosphere, though without any significant danger to workers or the public.
February 1, 2012 9:13 p.m.
Police have released surveillance video they said shows Occupy demonstrators breaking into City Hall during the protests in Oakland Saturday night.
February 1, 2012 6 p.m.
San Diego has a commercial advantage with its port. That advantage cannot be met with a sports complex on the waterfront.
February 1, 2012 4:36 p.m.
San Diego’s chief financial officer questioned whether the city was being appropriately paid for a temporary name change of Qualcomm Stadium to endorse the company’s Snapdragon processor.
February 1, 2012 3:02 p.m.
Police have arrested six demonstrators while pulling down tents and posters at the Occupy Sydney protest site in Australia's largest city.
February 1, 2012 12:34 p.m.
The desire to fatten year-end bonuses motivated a Credit Suisse executive and two of his employees to conspire to hide the deteriorating condition of the U.S. housing market in 2007 to keep the value of bonds based on subprime mortgages artificially high, authorities said Wednesday.
February 1, 2012 8:42 a.m.
Small traces of radioactive gas from a leak at the San Onofre nuclear plant may have reached the atmosphere, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday.
February 1, 2012 12:49 a.m.
Operators of the San Onofre nuclear power plant in Southern California worked to diagnose a problem with a reactor that was shut down because of a possible leak, but officials stressed there was no imminent danger.
February 1, 2012 12:01 a.m.
A nuclear reactor at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station was being shut down on Tuesday night after sensors indicated a possible leak in its steam generator tubes, plant operator Southern California Edison announced.
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