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Expect the warmest and windiest day of the week.
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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.
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Black mustard plants are invasive, ubiquitous and difficult to control.
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Two locations along the Arroyo Seco trail will be undergoing construction to help make the trail more accessible to hikers.
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How climate change transforms our reproductive lives, from menstruation to fertility to pregnancy.
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We're in for slightly cooler weather this weekend before temperatures warm up next week.
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A rule approved Thursday could expand solar access and help lower utility bills for renters and people who can’t put solar on their own rooftops.
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The Catalina Island Conservancy announced they’ve scrapped that plan to manage the mule deer at a special meeting of the L.A. County Fish and Wildlife Commission.
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May Gray continues this week even as temperatures warm up.
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The feisty female, named sea otter 841, has been spotted near Santa Cruz after taking a break from bullying people in the Pacific Ocean.
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As Wayfarers Chapel Is Disassembled, A Costly Rebuild And Unending Land Movement Loom On The HorizonCrews are knee deep in carefully disassembling and storing pieces of the chapel as the land beneath the structure continues to move at an alarming rate.
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May Gray continues this week even as temperatures warm.
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The MWD — which supplies water to 19 million people in the Southland, including cities such as L.A., Long Beach and Torrance — received $99 million.
Landfills are the second-largest source of methane emissions in California. That’s why the California Air Resources Board took action to monitor and capture landfill gases.
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No more eateries in those areas can serve up single-use plastics or Styrofoam. There are some exceptions.
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Most of the region from Los Angeles and Orange County to the Inland Empire will see light, scattered drizzling across the area this week.
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The owls have all but completely disappeared from coastal Southern California.
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The rules passed by the state Air Resources Board are the first of their kind — anywhere — and will likely have ripple effects, particularly in Southern California communities that have some of the dirtiest air in the nation.
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Usually about half of our water supply comes from the L.A. aqueduct. This year it’ll be about 100% through summer.
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There's an unprecedented amount of rebates and tax credits available to electrify at home. Here's your guide on how to access that money.
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The fire was at first reported to have begun as a controlled burn, but U.S. Forest Service officials later said it was not.
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Trucking companies say the deadlines for converting big rigs, delivery trucks and other heavy vehicles are unachievable and will cause “chaos and dysfunction” of California’s economy. The move is designed to clean communities’ air, especially near ports, warehouses and freeways.
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It's partly because the sun’s approaching solar maximum.
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With the change in seasons comes more risk of fire and flood. And the climate crisis is making it all more extreme.
