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Canyon Spectral:ON CF 8 Electric Mountain Bike: Beginner-Friendly, Under K

Canyon Spectral:ON CF 8 Electric Mountain Bike: Beginner-Friendly, Under $5K

Published by skeptic

The Shimano XT/SLX drivetrain and brakes are popular across the eMTB market. You’re not getting the very lightest tech, but they are reliable workhorses. Suspension comes from a FOX 38 Rhythm fork and Float X shock, which, like the drivetrain and brakes, are classy performers. There’s 160 millimeters of travel up front and 155 mm at the rear, which gives good support for rough, technical descents, while remaining efficient on longer rides and over mixed terrain. Also included here is Canyon’s in-house iridium dropper post, a 30.9-mm internally routed unit with 125- to 170-mm travel, depending on your frame size. It’s solid, reliable, and easy to use, although I did find it fairly slow to return to position. It’s not a big deal, though. The DT Swiss HLN350 (15 x 110 30-mm) tires are very much in keeping with the rest of the bike—trusted eMTB options that, while not flashy, will perform well and last. The constituent parts all add up to a hugely impressive electric mountain bike that’s a heck of a lot of …

Prep sports roundup: Harvard-Westlake pulls out 5-4 baseball win over Sierra Canyon

Prep sports roundup: Harvard-Westlake pulls out 5-4 baseball win over Sierra Canyon

Published by Sam Flores

For more than three hours on Tuesday, the players from Harvard-Westlake, Sierra Canyon and the many baseball fans who showed up for free hot dogs, peanuts and drinks were treated to repeated drama, twists and turns. After Ira Rootman gave Harvard-Westlake the lead in the top of the seventh with a two-out, two-run single, Sierra Canyon loaded the bases with one out. Then came a botched squeeze play and fly out, allowing Harvard-Westlake (6-1) to escape with a 5-4 win in a Mission League opener. Sierra Canyon (5-2) left the bases loaded three times and stranded 12 runners. Milo Benattar of Sierra Canyon is excited after two-run home run. (Craig Weston) Milo Benattar hit a two-run home run for a 3-1 Sierra Canyon lead. The Wolverines tied it 3-3 in the sixth. Sierra Canyon took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single by Isaias Tirado. Determined to win, Sierra Canyon coach Tom Meusborn brought in one of his top pitchers, Sean Parrow, trying to close out the victory. But …

Restaurants to support in Malibu, Topanga Canyon and Pacific Palisades

Restaurants to support in Malibu, Topanga Canyon and Pacific Palisades

Published by Sam Flores

L.A.’s coastal and canyon communities are resilient and rebuilding since the Palisades fire destroyed nearly 7,000 structures, including some of the city’s most locally beloved and iconic restaurants. Those that survived the blaze have become even more vital as communal linchpins and gathering places of Palisades, Topanga and Malibu residents. In the Palisades, Sunset Boulevard snakes past swaths of burned-out lots, some punctuated by scaffolding and excavators beginning the rebuilding process. It winds past signs for road closures, park closures, business closures, and past signs that declare “REBUILDING TOGETHER” and “THEY LET US BURN.” Neighboring Topanga Canyon saw fewer destroyed structures than the Palisades but faces its own extended rebuilding. Powerline repairs and landslides blocked the canyon’s PCH entry for much of 2025, and this access point, when open, is often whittled down to a single lane. Restaurants, the weekly farmers market and other businesses regularly post to social media to raise awareness that “Topanga is open.” Farther north along PCH, Malibu restaurants are just beginning to recover. The scenic highway closed to nonresidents for …

I took 500 photos with the best Android camera phones at Grand Canyon – this model wins it for me

I took 500 photos with the best Android camera phones at Grand Canyon – this model wins it for me

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Adam Doud/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. One of the key components of a modern-day phone is the camera setup. Most phones have multiple cameras, and their quality can vary, which is why, when we get the opportunity, we like to take multiple phones out and shoot side by side.  While photos and photo quality are often subjective, it helps us determine which phones can really deliver, from a megapixel perspective. Also: I compared Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T 5G coverage on a road trip – and the winner surprised me So when Honor gave me the opportunity to shoot with the Magic 8 Pro in one of the most scenic places in the world — the Grand Canyon — I jumped at the opportunity, and I brought a couple of phones along with me. It was there at CES when I found myself at Maverick Helicopter Tours, just south of the strip, ready to cross two items off my bucket list (and get a little work done along the way).  Dana, our …

Hidden Martian deltas point to an ancient ocean covering half of Mars

Hidden Martian deltas point to an ancient ocean covering half of Mars

Published by Jenni Sidey

Three billion years ago, you could have stood on Mars and watched a river spill into a sea. That picture is still speculative, but new evidence makes it harder to dismiss. Researchers at the University of Bern, working with the INAF; Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, report that they have identified landforms near Valles Marineris that closely match river deltas on Earth. The features sit near the southeast portion of Coprates Chasma, part of the planet’s largest canyon system. The team argues these deposits mark where rivers once entered a standing body of water, likely an ocean. Their study appears in the journal npj space exploration. A coastline emerges from orbital images You have seen Mars described as dry and red. Yet orbiters keep revealing signs of earlier water, including minerals altered by water and layered sediments that hint at lakes. Valles Marineris, a canyon chain stretching more than 4,000 kilometers, has been a major target in that search. Map of Southeast Coprates Chasma’s promontory. (CREDIT: npj Space Exploration) In this work, the Bern-led group used …

Lost Archive Highlights a Growing Crisis in Media Art Preservation

Lost Archive Highlights a Growing Crisis in Media Art Preservation

Published by José Betancourt

When the fire reached Diana Thater’s home in Altadena last January, there was no time for triage. As she and her husband, the artist T. Kelly Mason, evacuated ahead of the flames, Mason grabbed what he could carry: a server and several hard drives. Thater took the cats. Everything else—decades of raw footage, master tapes, installation manuals, ephemera, paintings—was left behind in a temperature-controlled garage that burned to the ground. “It’s hard to live to be 62 years old and lose your entire life in one night,” Thater told the New York Times at the time. The loss was not just personal but professional. Much of her work, made since the early 1990s, exists at the intersection of video, sound, and installation, the kind of media whose survival depends on constant technological upkeep. While some of her post-2005 work had been digitized and survived on the drives her husband carried out, large portions of her earlier archive were never transferred. Those materials are gone. Related Articles A year later, as Los Angeles marks the anniversary of …

A guide to Topanga Canyon: What to do, see, eat

A guide to Topanga Canyon: What to do, see, eat

Published by Sam Flores

There’s still magic in Topanga Canyon. The fabled mountain community famed for its bohemian sentimentality and artistic mythos has, for decades, garnered a reputation as L.A.’s funky, hippie, commune-happy enclave that bridges Woodland Hills and Pacific Coast Highway. The notoriety is well-earned. A restorative drive through the canyon’s roughly 20-mile main road reveals art installations, roadside vendors and sun-dappled oak trees through twists and turns and vistas each more scenic than the last. It’s a drive worth making, especially now. After a particularly rainy season, multiple mudslides have blocked Topanga Canyon’s entry from PCH for more than a month. Shops, restaurants and other businesses that depend on visitors are struggling, with access more or less limited to Route 27’s northern entrance, in Woodland Hills. Get to know Los Angeles through the places that bring it to life. From restaurants to shops to outdoor spaces, here’s what to discover now. It’s a great time to explore the canyon and support its tight-knit community and natural beauty. According to linguist, author and Native American language specialist William …