Climate & Environment

Your SoCal Weather Report For Thursday, Oct. 19: It's The Hottest Day Of The Week, With More Morning Fog

Today is the peak of the warming trend, then a cool down to come.

A geothermal map of Southern California in shades of red, orange and yellow indicating warm temperatures.

Find Earthquake Prep Overwhelming? Here’s An Easy To Digest Guide

It doesn’t have to be complicated.

An image of damaged apartments in Northridge after the earthquake in 1994 with National Guard members sitting in front on the sidewalk.

For the Great ShakeOut, we visited a quake simulator to experience magnitude 7.0

The Great ShakeOut returns on Oct. 16, 2025. If you have the MyShake app, you'll get an alert at that time. If you don't have the app, what are you waiting for?

Another Deep Sea Fish Washes Ashore In Crystal Cove State Park

For the second time in the last three years, a rarely seen Pacific Footballfish washed ashore at Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Beach.

A dead, dark-colored fish is seen on the sand after washing ashore with it's large mouth agape.

California Outlines 15 Steps To Eliminate Odors At Chiquita Canyon Landfill

Above average rainfall this year has resulted in odor incidents in landfills across the state.

An aerial image shows roads around a brown space with green hills at the outer areas.

Your SoCal Weather Report For Wednesday, Oct. 18: Foggy Morning, Sunny Afternoon

We're looking at another warm week — here's what you need to know.

A geothermal map of Southern California in shades of yellow, orange and red indicating the high heat.

21 Species Have Been Declared Extinct, The US Fish And Wildlife Service Says

The species, including birds, mussels and a bat, have been moved off the threatened and endangered list. They join 650 other species that have gone extinct in the U.S.

The historical range of the Bachman's warbler included Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

How decades of environmental woes have hurt, and mobilized, Southeast LA

In Southeast L.A., as well as Boyle Heights and unincorporated East L.A., community members have organized against the stench of dead animals, and other environmental problems, for years.

A triptych with three photos, starting on the left, a Latinx masculine presenting person with short dark hair and beard wearing a shirt that's half black and half turquoise, the sky is behind him as he stands on bleachers, in the center, a Latinx gender neutral presenting person with short dark hair, glasses, and a black T-shirt stands in the street in near a sidewalk, and on the right, a Latinx masculine presenting person with hair tied in a bun, a beard, and a black shirt stands in a doorway.

As US Wildfires Pollute The Skies, A Loophole Is Obscuring The Impact. Can It Be Fixed?

Everyone agrees it’s time to change the Clean Air act's exceptional events rule, but has different solutions

Helicopters with water buckets dangling fly over a forest covered in thick smoke

Major US Science Group Lays Out A Path To Smooth The Energy Transition

The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine says putting equity at the center of climate and energy policy will help speed along necessary fossil fuel emission cuts

Hundreds of active oil wells sit in densely populated and mostly low-income neighborhoods in Los Angeles. A new report details why equity should be central to climate and energy policy in the U.S. to address historical practices.

Nearly 400 Acres Of Redwood Forest Saved From Logging

Nearly 400 acres of Redwood forest is now protected from logging.

Trees along the Russian River are reflected in the water on October 18, 2014, in Monte Rio, California. The banks are overtaken by wild grass. The skyline is mostly filled by tall dark green trees.

California Now Has a State Bat

California will have a new state animal in 2024.

a cluster of small light brown bats hang upside down

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