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A slightly warmer day on tap, with highs in the mid 70s and blustery conditions.
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Displaced Altadena residents grieve and support their neighbors as they wait in line for mail.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a plan to provide $2.5 billion in relief to communities damaged by the Los Angeles fires ahead of President Donald Trump’s Friday tour of the Pacific Palisades.
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The president excluded Gov. Newsom from plans for his visit to fire-ravaged Los Angeles today, but the governor showed up on the tarmac anyway, and the two said they would cooperate.
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President Trump took first trip of his term on Friday to North Carolina and California, visiting communities grappling with recovery from natural disasters.
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The library is looking for donations of native plant seeds that can help restore the ecosystem.
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The City Council this week approved taking money from other infrastructure projects to help pay for dewatering wells.
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Firefighters had to battle multiple fire that cropped up heading into what forecasters say could be a rainy weekend.
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Trump apparently wants to override new Biden-Newsom rules that have widespread support among Southern California cities and some Central Valley farmers.
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New Imperfect Paradise episode looks into the region's fire management practices.
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Big Bear’s internet famous bald eagle couple is getting another shot at parenthood.
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Around 38,000 people are under evacuation warnings after the fire quickly grew to more than 10,300 acres.
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Should you sell? Do you pay the mortgage if everything was lost? LAist has answers.
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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An LAist investigation found toxic heavy metals in samples of fire retardant collected from the Palisades, Eaton and Franklin fires. Here's what that means.
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More diversity in climate tech is good for business and society, but there's a long way to go to move the needle.
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It’s reasonable to wonder how neatly the lessons from ancient societies apply to today.
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The Caribbean Sea's mountainous star coral doesn't spawn its same heat tolerance in its offspring
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The plants and mulch within five feet of a home pose a major risk for spreading wildfire. California now has the tricky task of convincing homeowners to get rid of the greenery.Listen 3:47
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California cities can ban synthetic turf under a law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed. He rejected a bill to ban PFAS in fake lawns.
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Today's weather is a few degrees cooler. If you happen to be at the beaches, stay safe out there — high surf to come.
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The multimedia art exhibit traces the region's complex evolution from agriculture to military base to vast rows of warehouses.
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Blame it on a ‘time configuration glitch.'
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Gas stoves emit potentially harmful pollutants, but utilities and their trade group avoided regulation with tactics perfected by the tobacco industry to cast doubt on science showing health problems.Listen 4:50
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Today is the peak of the warming trend, then a cool down to come.
