Peter Lonsdale, a professor and researcher of marine geology at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, died May 10, 2026, at the age of 78. Over more than five decades at Scripps Oceanography, he contributed to foundational developments in un... See more
Editor's note: This is the first column in a two-part series about a trip to the North Dakota Badlands. The second is slated to run Oct. 31.
Leave early. Follow Clairemont Avenue in the cool morning out of town then accelerate onto the 1-94 West on-ramp u... See more