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Santa Rosa Island Orcas near Santa Rosa Island. Santa Rosa Island (Spanish: Isla de Santa Rosa; Cruzeño Chumash: Wi'ma) [1] is the second largest of the Channel Islands of California at 53,195 acres (215.27 km 2 or 83.118 sq mi).
In 2014, California Assembly member Richard Bloom introduced the assembly bill 2140 known as the Orca Welfare and Safety Act. [7] In April 2014 there was a live hearing in the Committee of Water, Parks, and Wildlife where there was no initial decision and the bill was set aside for an interim study. [7]
As of the July 1, 2024 annual census conducted by the Center for Whale Research, there were only 73 individuals, down from 75 in the 2023 census. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] This number, however, does not account for the September 2024 birth of L128, bringing the unofficial number to 74 individuals. [ 7 ]
She was the park's dominant orca and she could be seen putting the other whales in their places including her own offspring. She was captured off the coast of Iceland on October 26, 1978, about the age of two. [83] Her name probably comes from the Russian word Kasatka (Russian: Кaсатка), a generic name for orcas. She was 17.7 feet (5.4 m ...
A map of evacuation orders and warnings for the Sunset Fire in California, as of about 4:50 a.m. PT on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Areas in red are under evacuation orders and areas in yellow are ...
On September 3, 2015, the park announced their tenth major thrill coaster, The Joker, which is a hybrid transformation of Roar. The conversion was performed by Rocky Mountain Construction . The coaster features a 100-foot height, a 78-degree drop, and three inversions including the world's first step-up under flip inverted roll.
A "Pineapple Express" weather system, or atmospheric river storm, moves towards the U.S. west coast in a composite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-West ...
A standard weather phenomenon along the northern and central California coast from late spring to early fall. May Gray / June Gloom : A characteristic weather pattern of late spring (May and June) in which a combination of inland heat, off-shore cool water, and prevailing wind patterns bring foggy and overcast weather to coastal regions.