3.9 offshore earthquake lightly shakes O.C.
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake occurred 9.3 miles beneath the seafloor south-southwest of Orange County at 6:43 a.m., generating seismic energy that was lightly felt in about a half dozen local cities, the U.S. Geological Survey says. The agency’s online “Did you Feel it?” feature says the quake, which started 9 miles southeast of San Clemente Island, was felt

Bet you can’t identify this photo
You’re soooooo not going to guess the specific content of today’s mystery photo. Even though you’re looking at something that’s very common. If the off chance that I’m wrong, I’ll give a copy of Andrew Chaikin’s wonderful book, “Voices from the Moon” to the first person who gets it right. You can put your answer in

Dry winds to stoke O.C. wildfire danger
Weak offshore winds are about to start blowing through northeastern Orange County, creating four days of increased wildfire danger in parched Southern California, says the National Weather Service. Forecasters also say it is possible that the county will go through November without receiving any significant rain. Santa Ana averages about 1.3” of precipitation in November, and so

In rarity, 2 warships visit Seal Beach at once
The bow of the USS Curts (38) is visible just ahead of the stern of the USS Gary (51). Image by Gary Robbins, The Register The Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station has such a small, shallow bay, it very rarely hosts more than one warship at a time. B

Meteor shower to peak overnight
Look toward Constellation Leo between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. Tuesday. Graphic courtesy of Astronomy.com The annual Leonid meteor shower will peak overnight, and astronomers say that people who are ideally located (the desert) should be able to see 20-30 meteors per hour between 1:30 a