Dean Fioresi is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. He covers breaking news throughout Southern California. When he's not writing about local events, he enjoys focusing on sports and entertainment.

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted and left miles of land looking virtually lifeless. Three years later, scientists tried a weird—and kinda adorable—recovery plan: bring in the gophers! That ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Gophers gymnastics team qualified for the Final Four championship for the first time in school history. "It's still hard to believe almost. I know it happened and I ...

It had to have been a strange feeling for the Gophers to see UCLA, the team that ended their season in the Sweet 16, lifting the national championship trophy. Every team, including the Gophers, ...

The NCAA college basketball transfer portal opened on Tuesday, and so far, we have yet to see the Minnesota Gophers pounce on any new talent. Of course, that doesn’t mean head coach Niko Medved and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock In the late spring of 1983, scientists set out to help restore the surrounding environment decimated by the ...

Brett Larson replaces Bob Motzko as head coach of the Gophers men's hockey program eight years after replacing him at St. Cloud State. Michael Russo for The Athletic MINNEAPOLIS — Back when Brett ...

The 2025-26 Minnesota Golden Gophers have already secured their spot in program lore, having earned the program’s first Sweet 16 berth in more than two decades. Anything further will require a whale ...

A new study reveals that an unconventional ecological intervention tactic is still providing benefits 43 years later. After the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens devastated the local environment, ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. – The University of Minnesota baseball team played their final U.S. Bank Stadium game of the 2026 schedule tonight, falling in a mid-week matchup to the North Dakota State Bison 7-4 ...

The Gophers men’s basketball team’s season isn’t over. The Gophers will play in the College Basketball Crown, an eight-team tournament that will be held April 1-5 in Las Vegas. The Gophers will face ...