Climate & Environment

The government backs using this chemical. LA County residents say it's hurting their community

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against a medical sterilizer using ethylene oxide include cancer patients in the city of Maywood, as well as residents who’ve lost loved ones. The company denies wrongdoing.

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Your SoCal weather report for Thursday, July 18: Extreme heatwave starts tomorrow

Temperatures will steadily increase by 2 to 5 degrees each day for the remainder of the week.

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The results are in: Some of the best and worst beaches are in SoCal

Annual report shows the most and least polluted beaches across Southern California.

A yellow rectangular sign with grey duct tape on the border. The sign reads, in black letters, "WARNING. Avoid water contact activities due to high bacteria levels," and repeats the phrase below in Spanish. There is a white triangle with a figure swimming and a line crossed through. The sign is on the brown sand in the beach, with the blue sky and the Santa Monica Pier in the background.

Dry lightning threatens to start new fires as extreme heat returns

Temperatures could reach 116 in Palm Springs.

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LA launches heat awareness campaign. Here are ways to stay cool

The campaign aims to reach people most vulnerable to the health impacts of extreme heat.

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Your SoCal weather report for Wednesday, July 17: Southland will see excessive heat over next few days

Temperatures will steadily increase by 2 to 5 degrees each day for the remainder of the week.

No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. South Bay is actually home to a little red fox population

Experts and observers say although these foxes with their long snouts and bushy tails aren’t native to the South Bay, they’ve become a part of the culture.

A red fox sniffs the right ear of another red fox while another fellow observes.

California’s wildfires are burning far more land so far this year than in 2023

Cal Fire Chief Joe Tyler said the agency and its partners are equipped with with fire trucks, bulldozers, and newly introduced Blackhawk helicopters that can fly at night.

Two people in yellow fire shirts and dark overalls walk on a dirt path toward a fire engine

Your SoCal weather report for Tuesday, July 16: Cooler weather today but heatwave begins tomorrow

The cooling trend ends today as the next heatwave starts tomorrow with a possibility of extreme heat for inland areas later this week.

A geothermal map of SoCal in shades of orange, green and yellow with white numbers over different cities.

Visiting a national park? Here’s how you can pay homage to the tribal land it’s on

National parks are often seen as pristine wilderness — but that land once belonged to native tribes.

A ground-level view of a field of yellow flowers along the landscape in fromt of a green roadway sign as the sun shines down. The flowers are in the foreground of the image and a mountain range is in the backround. The sign gives distances to places along the 190 East, including Death Valley

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