Things are looking up for the El Segundo Blue Butterfly, an endangered species that flutter about a preserve located near Los Angeles International Airport: Their population has risen about 8 percent over the last year. more ›

Official population estimates released today in a state demographic report by the Department of Finance show that California's population growth continues at a slow rate and that L.A. County still boasts the most residents. more ›

Los Angeles, take a bow. According to an eyesore posted by L.A. Taco, you stand sprawl tall wide and proud as America's second largest city. While this news is hardly breaking, the city's growth history proves interesting to examine, even if the presentation makes it difficult. more ›

Detailed info from the 2010 U.S. Census was released today, and takes a closer look at population totals and demographic characteristics in California. The data was shared with the governor and leaders of the legislature in the state and can be used to realign federal, state and local legislative districts. Among the findings include the not-so-surprising confirmation that Los Angeles is the most populated county in the state, with a population of 9,818,605, and a gain of 3.1 percent since 2000. more ›

The city of Los Angeles grew by more than 44,000 persons in 2009, a new Department of Finance report says. That puts the second largest U.S. city's population near 4.1 million, still much smaller than New York City, which is over 8 million. more ›

We've grown large, but our rate of growth has slowed down. Compared to last year, the state's growth plateaued at 1.1%, but in counties like Riverside and San Bernardino--those two saw growth drop to a whole point or more. Los Angeles added 43,000 new residents (our total now is 4,065,585) while the state grew by 409,000 total. Still some cities saw a greater growth rate than average: Palmdale grew bw 3.5% and Pasadena by 2% giving them populations of 151,348 an 150,185, respectively. more ›

As Los Angeles gears up for the 2010 census, a recent USC study has found that California's adult population will soon shift from a majority of non-natives to natives,. which has political, educational and economical implications. They are products of the school system, for better or for worse," said one of the principal study authors who pointed out that natives would more likely vote in higher taxes to see a better return in education funding. more ›

You can't fight the funk: scientists are just beginning to discover some of the more insidious effects of creeping global warming, which is about to put polar bears on the endangered species list -- and wild Alaskan salmon may be next. Alaskan fisheries, long been overflowing with magnificent salmon supplies, are now threatened with a sticky situation: warmer waters in the northern climes are breeding yucky bacteria called Ichthyophonus hoferi --or, Ich. The bacteria, while harmless to humans, makes the salmon mushy and unappetizing, as well as resistant to crucial preservation methods like drying. From the LA Times: more ›