Climate & Environment

Expect a warm up this week as we head into fall.

Rooftop solar and battery storage helped these retirees ride out recent power outages. Why isn’t it more widespread?

We have more solar than we can use during the day, but recent policies have slowed adoption of batteries to hold onto that power when the sun goes down.

An older white couple stands in front of a light blue house on a sunny day. The man wears a black baseball cap, blue tshirt and black shorts and has a light grey mustache and short beard. The woman, right, has a short bob of grey hair and wears a blue flower patterned 3/4 lenght shirt and blue jeans.

Trump or no Trump, California is worried about its climate rules

The Supreme Court is a threat to California’s climate rules no matter who wins the election.

The U.S. Supreme Court building in shadow. Blue sky and clouds behind the building. There are concrete steps in the foreground. Eight of the 24 marble columns can be seen in this front facing shot of the building.

More schools than ever are serving vegan meals in California. Here’s how they did it

Credit environmentally conscious students — and a handful of state funding programs.

A student with short black hair has his back to the camera as he sits at a cafeteria table eating a school lunch. The student is wearing a brown camouflage style long sleeved shirt, There is a white milk carton with blue lettering on it sitting in the middle of the student's food tray.

South LA needs more tree cover, but residents say it’s more complicated than just planting them

Many stakeholders in South L.A. are excited about getting more trees in the ground, but new research from USC highlights residents’ views on where and how that should happen.

Two people are walking on a dirt hiking trail that is fenced in on both sides, with shrubs, trees and native plants lining the paths.

You're not dreaming, trees are producing more sap this summer

Go for it, take a wild guess on why.

NOAA's annual winter forecast is here. These are the weather predictions for your area

Large swaths of the South and the East Coast are favored to see warmer-than-average temperatures, while the Pacific Northwest has greater odds of cooler-than-normal conditions this winter.

Dangerously gusty fire weather to stick around into the weekend

The Santa Ana winds have returned, and with them, elevated risks of fire.

Red flag warnings issued for much of Southern California amid fire danger

The warnings are in effect until Saturday evening as gusty winds take hold.

LA County urged to look into fears that Chiquita Canyon landfill caused cancer

Lawmakers say that seven people living near the landfill have developed cancer in the past six years.

Dirt, debris and liquid collect on top of a plastic tarp on a hill side. The blue sky is visible in the backdrop.

Another cloudy day with gusty winds this afternoon

A sunny, warmer weekend is in the forecast.

More local dengue is popping up in LA County. Here’s a look at the treatments being done to curb it

We rode along on a recent aerial spraying treatment in El Monte to get a sense of how officials are responding to the local outbreak in the San Gabriel Valley.

A wide view look at a white moving truck as it drives into an intersection at night with a machine on the truck bed spraying insecticide into the air.

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