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Expect the warmest and windiest day of the week.
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Officials expect the emergency-use vaccine to partially protect the critically endangered species from the deadly avian influenza virus.
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We're looking at another warm week — here's what you need to know.
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Across the US, local governments, lobbyists and industry have spent millions to get wildfire pollution excluded from the record. People like Robert Shobe pay the price
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We're looking at another warm week — here's what you need to know.
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A new government report finds that September was the hottest in the agency's 174-year global climate record. Climate change and El Niño are driving the heat.
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Wildfires cause billions in home damage every year. Now, insurers no longer want to take on the risk.
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Major investigation shows local governments are increasingly exploiting a loophole in the Clean Air Act, leaving more than 21 million Americans with air that’s dirtier than they realize. California leads the nation it its use.
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First pushed through by the Republican senator and climate denier Jim Inhofe, the rule has become a "regulatory escape hatch" for states that want to meet federal air-quality standards.
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The area is a longstanding concern for fire experts because it has just a handful of narrow roads to evacuate thousands of residents.
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A number of wild predators have fallen prey to poisoned rats
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A Cal State LA study looks at how the historic practice of redlining contributed to modern biodiversity in our local bird populations
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The Inyo rock daisy has been registered as a threatened species in a region prone to mining
Landfills are the second-largest source of methane emissions in California. That’s why the California Air Resources Board took action to monitor and capture landfill gases.
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Todays highs will be in the upper 70s, low 80s more inland and the valleys.
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Today and tomorrow will be the warmest days of the week.
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Only a few small demonstration projects off the West Coast have harnessed the power of waves and tides. Costs are high and hurdles are challenging.
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Shopping at local small businesses and for fair trade products can lessen your impact on people and the planet.
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Answering that question shows just how tricky it would be to drop meat altogether.
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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.
