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A slightly warmer day on tap, with highs in the mid 70s and blustery conditions.
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The rehabilitated pelicans will fly free Wednesday after recovering at San Pedro’s International Bird Rescue.
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The National Weather Service has several heat advisories for parts of the Southland.
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Start hydrating. A heat dome is arriving in the Southland.
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A warming trend continues and desert communities should prepare for excessive heat come Wednesday.
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We're kicking off this month with excessive heat for the high deserts
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The L.A. Zoo is the first zoo in the nation to participate in Argentina's breeding program to reintroduce the giant otter species to the Iberá National Park.
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Being a "steward" of the land isn't enough for Native peoples.
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Recent lawsuits say Arrowhead, Evian, Poland Spring, and other water bottlers are deceiving customers.
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California’s statewide food waste law is also leading to more investment in local composting.
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Shaking was felt as far away as Arcadia, with no reported damage.
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When an NPR reporter heard a startling loud metallic noise in her house, she was about to get an interesting lesson in animal behavior.
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The same solar region that brought an outburst of night-time beauty in early May is coming back around. But things have changed, a space weather expert tells NPR.
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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The largest single-employer strike in U.S. history could frame worker power as a climate solution.
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Utility-scale solar farms spreading rapidly across the desert Southwest are stressing the region’s already overtaxed groundwater and communities are beginning to push back.
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Saturday was record breaking. Sunday's going to more of the same, with temperatures cooling around Tuesday.
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As nights warm and droughts intensify, past models predicting fire behavior have become unreliable. So California is working with analysts and tapping into new technology to figure out how to attack wildfires. Gleaned from military satellites, drones and infrared mapping, the information is spat out in real-time and triaged by a fire behavior analyst.
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Looking for Family-Friendly Volunteer Opportunities in Los Angeles? Check Out These Outdoor Options.From native garden cleanups to harvesting surplus produce, here are 10 kid-friendly volunteer opportunities that will get you and your family outside.
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It's one of four fires burning in the area.
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Forecast for Death Valley: 127 on Saturday, 129 on Sunday.
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Relatively few people use the city's "augmented" cooling centers.
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The new forecast was released Thursday.
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The National Weather Service is launching a new extreme heat scale to better convey the dangers of extreme heat in a changing climate.
