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A slightly warmer day on tap, with highs in the mid 70s and blustery conditions.
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Dangerous red flag warnings expire Wednesday.
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A red flag warning for the Inland Empire, Orange county last until Wednesday morning.
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The California E-Bike Incentive Project aims to expand access to electric bikes.
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Crews have been making steady progress on the Franklin Fire in Malibu Canyon since the red flag conditions subsided.
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We're monitoring extreme fire weather conditions this week.
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An international court will decide what nations owe to future generations
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California’s efforts to electrify trucking so far has prioritized swapping out old trucks for shiny new electric ones. But that doesn’t always have to be the case.
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A new study projects biodiversity threats if global warming speeds up. Under the most extreme scenarios, about one in three species could be facing extinction by the end of the century.
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As warmer weather and a bout of Santa Ana winds come to Southern California, the National Weather Service is warning of an elevated risk of fire weather conditions until Wednesday.
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Don't despair just yet.
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Friday and Saturday to be the warmest days of the week.
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Wildfires, fireworks, and fireplaces can have a serious impact on air quality in SoCal.
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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Skies will be partly cloudy before leading to sunshine in the afternoon. Today's highs in the valleys are going to be in the 80s.
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After widespread, bipartisan criticism, the governor revised his budget proposal to bring back $40 million to restore San Joaquin Valley floodplains.
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The warming trend will last well into next week, with temperatures staying in the 70s and 80s.
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This afternoon’s temperatures will reach the 60s at the beach and 70 downtown.
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A new study says that Australia’s 2019-2020 bushfires were so massive that they could have helped kick off our recent run of La Niñas.
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The cooler weather is due to a low pressure system moving across the area. It could also bring showers to the mountain regions.
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"Zero emission" vehicles are a lot different from your old internal combustion engine, and Southern California community colleges are aiming to bridge the skills gap.
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The future of farming in California is changing as the planet warms, altering the rain and heat patterns that guide which crops are grown where. “We’re adjusting for survival,” one grower said.
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Highs will be in the mid-60s in the L.A. basin today, and around 70 in the coastal valleys. The Riverside area will be sunny with a high in the low 70s.
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After firing its current CEO, the board of the clean energy agency has appointed an interim CEO with extensive experience in community choice energy.
