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A slightly warmer day on tap, with highs in the mid 70s and blustery conditions.
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Highs in the lower to mid 70s for today.
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More than 120 starving pelicans have been rescued in last month.
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A warming trend will unfold through Wednesday.
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With rivers across the West running low, utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions.
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Inside the effort to standardize the design of returnable containers.
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Environmentalists warn that a California Democrat’s bill “drives a bulldozer” through the state’s new law that protects imperiled Joshua trees from commercial development.
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Why are we seeing overcast skies in the morning? Blame May Gray conditions.
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Coyotes are in the middle of raising their babies, which should last until September.
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Maybe in 2025? Although, 2022-23 was a La Niña year and look at what happened.
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A facility in Vernon has reached a $400,000 settlement with air quality regulators.
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More morning fog before we see afternoon sun.
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President Biden expands the mountain range’s national monument status, creating more green space access to vulnerable communities.
The Interior Department released its plan to open up federal waters off California’s coast to oil drilling, setting up a direct confrontation with Sacramento on energy and climate change.
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Nice weather will last into Saturday. Come Sunday, another storm system awaits.
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The region’s first holistic urban tree management plans are in the works.
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Whatever Valentine's day plans you have, you can count on today's weather being on your side.
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The climate crisis is destabilizing cliffs and making landslides more likely, an expert says.
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Sets are often discarded after productions, with thousands of tons of materials going into dumpsters each year. Now art directors and their allies are pushing for a more sustainable approach.Listen 5:13
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Sunny day ahead with temperatures in the 60s, but brace yourself for more rain in coming days.
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California sea otter populations have rebounded in recent decades. New research finds that by feasting on shore crabs, these otters are helping to protect their coastal marsh habitat against erosion.Listen 3:54
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Sunny day ahead with temperatures in the 60s.
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How scientists are using an unexpected organism — sea sponges — to refine climate projections.
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The resulting costs to society could be as high as $8 billion.
