Climate & Environment

When Fourth of July fireworks are over, what is LA breathing?

Air quality is uniquely terrible after all those official and illegal fireworks are detonated to celebrate Independence Day. What exactly is in the air and what should you do about it?

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A firework sparkles silver, yellow and orange at sunset, with trees and hills framing the image.

Six months after the fires, are LA beaches safe?

A nonprofit has run tests on sand and water samples and reports that risks to human health appear to be low.

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A beach, with the ocean along the right and sand on the left. The sky is a little gray and hazy, but a distant coast can be seen in the background. The remnants of what appears to be a burnt structure is sitting on the sand on the far left of the photo.

Low clouds bring slight cooling to SoCal

Temperatures will be a couple degrees cooler today in SoCal compared to earlier this week.

SoCal National Parks are recruiting campsite volunteers. Here's how to apply

Campsite hosts can live inside the parks for several months to help visitors with resources and more.

The outdoor entrance sign to Joshua Tree National Park.

One of the biggest obstacles to building new housing in California has now vanished

In a legislative battle a decade in the making, lawmakers just exempted infill urban development from the California Environmental Quality Act. That’s a big deal.