Climate & Environment

Rainfall is expected to arrive in L.A. until the afternoon.

Rain clouds gather over downtown skyline in Los Angeles

Long Beach ‘Fixit Clinics’ can help you repair broken household items

Last year’s round of clinics were able to serve about 200 people and divert nearly 2,000 pounds of waste from landfills.

A room full of men and women of all ages. A white foldable table is set up closer to the camera, with two people seated behind it, including a man in blue jeans and a black t-shirt. Another man wearing a blue t-shirt and jeans is leaning over the table, which is covered in tools and electrical equipment.

Sunny skies ahead of another winter storm coming to Southern California

Highs in the 70s and sunny skies today before rain comes to SoCal in the afternoon.

A man takes a photo of a giant replica of a Dodgers foam finger.

Hours before planned Palisades' public reopening, Bass reverses course

Reopening of the Palisades was scheduled for 8 a.m. Sunday. But on Saturday night, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said checkpoints will remain in place, after she secured additional law enforcement resources from Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Pacific Coast Highway during day. A crane, workers, and many cones are in the middle of the road. Burned remains of buildings are on the left, with a view of the burned hillside in the middle of the frame.

Malibu’s ocean life isn’t safe from fire, and the worst effects are yet to come

Marine biologists prepare to study damage from debris flows, nutrient imbalance and toxic contaminants.

Smoldering ruins on pillars that are set into the ocean.

Large black bear lured out from under Altadena home with rotisserie chicken, peanut butter, other treats

The 525-pound male was relocated to the Angeles National Forest after being found in the crawl space of the evacuated home.

A close up of a brown bear from around the hips up. He's looking directly into the camera and sitting in a brown enclosed metal cage.

Black families were disproportionately affected by the Eaton Fire, UCLA report finds

An aging population of homeowners also complicates recovery of a historic Black community.

A man with dark skin ton wearing a gray sweatshirt and camo pants stands on the sidewalk next to a burned down property with cars that have melted due to the fires.

SoCal water use falls to new low partly due to more efficient appliances

There's been a 45% decrease since the 1980s, according to the latest report.

A concrete channel receives water cascading down a mountain side.

More houses are being built in wildfire-prone areas. Los Angeles has a plan to stop

Before the wildfire that destroyed thousands of homes, Altadena was already debating a tense question: should new housing be built in places that could burn?