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A slightly warmer day on tap, with highs in the mid 70s and blustery conditions.
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Their plights inspire ambitious projects to undo some of the damage.
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Beginning Thursday, the region will see comfy temperatures in the upper 70's.
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Fossil fuels are still a large source of electricity, but California has made progress with renewables while keeping the lights on.
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The next blue supermoon will not happen until 2032, but supermoons occur more frequently.
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Expect warming today and tomorrow, but another cooling trend by midweek.
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Just like an impromptu hangout can as fun as a formal gala, even an informal green space can provide the benefits you'd get from an official park.
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The summer games can't compete with rising temperatures. Here's what that means for the future of the Olympics.
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How one milkweed plant turned into a yearlong investment and fostered an unexpected community.
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Climate change is a major driver. But the economic principle of “winner’s curse” can lead to higher prices and less participation in insurance markets due to a lack of information on wildfire risks, University of California researchers say.
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The method of using dogs' superior sense of scent toward conservation projects has been gaining ground in the United States.
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There is a moment of awe that washes over you when you step into a forest. Century-old trees tower above, sunlight twinkling through them. Birds tweet. Spiders weave their elaborate webs. The smell of pine needles fill the air.
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The Imperial Irrigation District will receive hundreds of millions in federal funds to further cut water use.
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.
