Cinco de Mayo is a holiday observed on May 5 that commemorates the Mexican army's victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. It is not Mexico's Independence Day, which actually ...

As an internationally recognized school for the performing and visual arts—film, theater, art, dance, music and writing—the CalArts artistic philosophy places an emphasis on an exploration of ...

Major research universities in southern California, including California Institute of Technology (Caltech), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of Southern California ...

Akshaya Tritiya 2025: Akshaya Tritiya falls on the third day of the bright half of the Vaisakha month on which Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped.(Pixabay) Happy Akshaya Tritiya 2025: The Akshaya ...

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California's GDP now surpasses Japan's, making it the world's fourth-largest economy. Arizona's economy would rank 27th globally and 16th among U.S. states. California flexed its muscles in April ...

Celebrate the hard work of the teachers in your life and your community during Teacher Appreciation Week, which kicks off on Monday, May 5. Teacher Appreciation Week dates back to the 1980s, but ...

Twenty years in the making, the 2005 REAL ID Act is finally going into effect on May 7. The act, passed amid other increasingly tight security measures following 9/11, established that Americans ...

Tesla introduced “Dog Mode” to give peace of mind to pet owners who leave their precious cargo in their vehicle while handling short trips and errands. However, the pet-focused mode did nothing to ...

Hope Hauptman is an Assistant Project Scientist with the California Institute for Water Resources. She is a former member of the FEW-US Lab at UC Merced, where she conducted research on TCP and ...

To nobody's surprise, Tom Wilson has been in the middle of it all throughout the Washington Capitals' first-round series with the Montreal Canadiens. The power forward is a rare breed in today's ...