Add Senator Barbara Boxer to the list of Californians that are concerned about the safety of San Onofre Nuclear generating station. Boxer has sent an open letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) asking for a probe into the safety of the plant in light of the recent leak and a worker falling into a pool of water laced with radiation. more ›

Neighbors of San Onofre's nuclear plant in San Clemente are demanding that their city install radiation monitors around town that are available to the public. The residents are on edge after a "tiny" leak was reported at the nuclear plant last month that prompted Southern California Edison to shut down the reactors. more ›

Does news that a "very, very low level'' of radioactivity made its way into the environment thanks to an equipment problem at nuclear reactor #3 at San Onofre worry you? Regardless, that's what seems to have happened this week, and today that troubled reactor is offline for a second consecutive day as crews work to make repairs. more ›

Who took home the Hurley Pro bacon strips? Reigning world champ Kelly Slater won, celebrating his 48th world tour victory plus a not too shabby reward of $455k. "All was right in the surf world," according to ESPN. more ›

The world's best surfers are ripping it up at San Onofre State Beach - Lower Trestles, one of the world's most famous surf breaks. The Hurley Pro surf competition commenced on Sunday and continues through Saturday. Winner takes the world title. more ›

Nudists are claiming that they are being harassed by park rangers in San Onofre, according to KTLA. In the buff beachgoers were banned from San Onofre State Beach and have since migrated their parts to other area sands. more ›

Federal regulators, concluding their first inspection of the San Onofre nuclear generating station following the events that unfolded at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, deemed the San Onofre nuclear generating station at "extremely low risk of a meltdown in an earthquake," reports the Daily Breeze. more ›

This is only a test. Repeat. Test. On Tuesday, Southern California Edison operators of the San Onofre nuclear plant will be starting a three-day, "radioactive release" simulation exercise to to "test the ability of the facility and local, state and federal agencies to respond to a radiological emergency," says a spokeswoman for the California Emergency Management Agency, reports the LA Times. more ›

After spending much of the week threatening the West Coast with radioactive thunderstorms should anyone dare turn the dial, CNN decided to recreate the geography of Caifornia, placing San Francisco a hundred miles or so from the Mexican border and throwing Los Angeles to the sharks, at the tip of a peninsula in Northern California that appears to be all but detached from the rest of the continent. more ›

Operators at Leslie Nielsen's favorite domed coastal facility, the San Onofre nuclear plant, are doing their best to reassure residents that the terrifying nuclear events currently unfolding in Japan will not happen here. Southern California Edison operates the station, and according to a spokesman, "the 84-acre generating station in the northern corner of San Diego County is built to withstand a magnitude 7.0 earthquake," reports LA Now. more ›

As many Americans are preparing to bid adieu to the season with Labor Day weekend, those of us lucky enough to live in this part of the country have several more weeks of warm weather to frolic in. Even so, there are some of you who have thought, “I should go to the beach this summer” and it’s still not too late. With the holiday weekend around the corner, we at LAist figured that you same-sex loving guys out there would appreciate info on where gaze upon gym-toned bods without fear (Lady-loving ladies, we’re open to a similar post just for you). more ›