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Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters.
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Most areas will stay in the mid-60s, but the Valleys will see highs in the low 70s.
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Environmentalists say it’s past time for California water officials to halt Los Angeles’ diversion of Mono Lake’s tributaries. But L.A. officials insist that water is a tiny but vital part of the city’s water supply.
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It's going to be cool and cloudy this morning throughout Southern California.
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Purple nutsedge has me spiraling. How to not make the same mistakes I made.
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A wet winter allowing more hydropower as well as new battery storage and solar resources being brought online has state officials cautiously optimistic for keeping the A/C and lights on this summer.
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Today will stay in the 60s for most parts of L.A., so keep a jacket or sweater on hand.
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Metro and Amtrak service on the train tracks below the building was cleared to resume Friday.
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Meet P-113, P-114, and P-115! These mountain lion kittens are just a few weeks old.
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Congressional investigators say the use of a regulatory loophole to erase smoke pollution from the official record is on the rise.
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Don't plan on pool parties for the three-day weekend (yay?).
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Our winter weather could see the biggest impacts.
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A hotter-than-normal summer is expected. The city is launching a public awareness campaign to warn of the health impacts of extreme heat, while upping its number of cooling centers, among other things.
Researchers found that in drier years, larger animals are more likely to head closer and closer to where people live.
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California’s electric rates are among the highest in the country. Three big power companies propose charging fixed rates based on income, saying low-income customers will save money. Critics doubt it’ll work.
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An excessive heat warning is out for the Antelope Valley starting today.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has proposed "critical habitat" designations in Southern California.
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The National Weather Service forecasts significant heat for the weekend.
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Outdoor workers have legal protection in extreme heat, but that's not the case for indoor workers, who can be just as susceptible to heat illness and even death. Enforcing the rules remains an issue.
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Clear skies, sunshine, and a couple of excessive heat warnings for the deserts remain until Saturday.
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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.
