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A slightly warmer day on tap, with highs in the mid 70s and blustery conditions.
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The Santa Monica Mountains Fund is giving away narrow leaf milkweed, which is one of the only plants that monarch butterflies lay their eggs on.
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Today marks the official start of summer and the Southland is in for a heatwave.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has never responded to deadly or damaging extreme heat. Environmental groups and labor unions are asking for that to change.
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Forecasters have extended a red flag warning for parts of the Southland affected by the Post Fire until 6 p.m.
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After a short break from wildfire smoke, it may come back tonight.
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L.A. city is looking to expand resources for libraries that serve as “cooling centers” in the hottest neighborhoods.
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The Post and Hesperia fires both started Saturday, kicking off wildfire season in the Southland. On Sunday, a small brush fire in the Hollywood Hills near Pilgrimage Bridge was quickly knocked down.
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Forecasters issued a red flag warning as gusty winds continue to impact Southern Ventura County mountains to the 5 Freeway corridor until 3 p.m.
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Aiming to store more water and protect the public, legislators are negotiating with the governor to restore $50 million to help repair 42 aging dams throughout the state.
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El Niño has been rough. Its departure could be even rougher.
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After 23 years and nearly $900 million, EarthCARE is poised to provide an unprecedented look at how clouds and aerosols shape, and respond to, climate change.
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The Post Fire and Hesperia Fire started on Saturday and quickly grew overnight, kicking off wildfire season in the Southland. On Sunday, a small brush fire in the Hollywood Hills near Pilgrimage Bridge was quickly knocked down.
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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The fire is fully out but the cleanup is complicated and involves something known as "Gorilla-Snot."
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Without something to shoo them away, the seagulls at SoFi Stadium and YouTube Theater would be a nuisance and a danger to flights out of LAX.
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"It's a trillion tons of ice," as one expert told NPR. Now the largest iceberg in the world, A23a, is on the move after decades of being grounded on the seafloor.
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New EPA rules require oil and gas companies to slash climate-changing methane from their operations.
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The multi-million dollar Caltrans stormwater drainage upgrade will also help a salmon species swim to their habitat in the Santa Monica Mountains.
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Today will be the coolest day for the next 7 days as a warming trend begins Saturday.
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More than $90 million will be invested in building around 3,000 shelters across the city.
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This year's United Nations climate summit is being held in the petroleum-dependent United Arab Emirates. Delegates began by approving a landmark fund to pay for climate losses.
