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A slightly warmer day on tap, with highs in the mid 70s and blustery conditions.
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Did flooding ruin your floors? Or mudslides damage your backyard? If you lost $10,000 or more in market value, you could qualify for a temporary tax cut.
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Images from across the Golden State show how the storm systems have transformed our mountains into winter wonderlands.
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Soak in this warm day before the next storm system moves in, bringing much cooler temps starting tomorrow.
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Cloudy skies and light showers today, more rain expected by the end of the week.
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Climate change and pesticide use play a big part in their dwindling numbers, but habitat loss is the biggest factor in their decline.
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Extreme wildfires have destroyed about one-fifth of all giant sequoia trees. To safeguard their future, the National Park Service is planting seedlings that could better survive a hotter climate.
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Scattered showers and a look ahead to more rain by the end of the week.
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Aerosol pollutants have masked the effects of global warming. Without them, the U.S. is about to get a lot wetter.
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A new report finds that one in four people in the U.S. are breathing unhealthy air as rising temperatures and bigger fires create a "climate penalty."
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For children living near U.S. highways, a transition to zero-emission electric vehicles will mean reduced exposure to dangerous exhaust.
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A lot of it runs out to the ocean, but we do manage to capture hundreds of thousands of acre-feet a year.
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The state's parks department is working with stakeholders, including the military, to rebuild the San Onofre road, but no timeline has been given.
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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"Really inefficient engine technology is, pound for pound, more polluting than cars and trucks."
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It helps that most of it is underground.
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When the driest place in North America and one of the hottest places on Earth becomes a desert oasis complete with a lake, it's impossible not to take note.
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The leaders represented diverse faiths from local Indigenous Acjachemen spirituality to Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and others.
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Today is another warm day with chilly nighttime lows. This weekend, a cooling trend begins.
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We're looking at a quiet weather pattern for the rest of the week with warm daytime highs and chilly nighttime lows.
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An air quality alert has been issued for the Inland Empire and the area surrounding the Santa Ana mountains.
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Watering must be done between 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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The Red Flag Warning has been extended through 2 p.m. today.
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There's a red flag warning through tonight.
