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Expect the warmest and windiest day of the week.
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The moon blocked 70% of the sun over Southern California. We have the pics.
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The historical storm dumped record rain onto the park in August, causing flooding and road damage. Now it's ready for visitors.
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The company, Baker Commodities, Inc., was the focus of a recent LAist investigation that found widespread community complaints about odors.
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It's going to be cooler today through Saturday but come Sunday, another warming trend.
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The Santa Ana winds are back and so are cooler temperatures for midweek.
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Baker Commodities, Inc. — a company that was the focus of an LAist investigation into hazardous odors — says that the photos contain trade secrets and should be sealed.
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A city committee postponed a final vote on a draft power plan for where the city will source its energy by 2030.
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The Santa Ana winds are back and so are cooler temperatures for midweek.
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The Santa Ana winds are back and so are cooler temperatures for midweek.
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The effort shows how local action matters, but there's still a long way to go to achieve the city's goals.
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This week will be 5-10 degrees cooler than last week, with patchy fog in the mornings and night.
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To talk about the current state of climate disinformation, we checked in with three NPR reporters who have reported on climate, disinformation and the media.
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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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.
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It doesn’t have to be complicated.
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The Great ShakeOut returns on Oct. 16, 2025. If you have the MyShake app, you'll get an alert at that time. If you don't have the app, what are you waiting for?
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For the second time in the last three years, a rarely seen Pacific Footballfish washed ashore at Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Beach.
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Above average rainfall this year has resulted in odor incidents in landfills across the state.
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We're looking at another warm week — here's what you need to know.
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The species, including birds, mussels and a bat, have been moved off the threatened and endangered list. They join 650 other species that have gone extinct in the U.S.
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In Southeast L.A., as well as Boyle Heights and unincorporated East L.A., community members have organized against the stench of dead animals, and other environmental problems, for years.
