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A slightly warmer day on tap, with highs in the mid 70s and blustery conditions.
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The hottest days of the week are here.
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The L.A. County Board of Supervisors approves changes to some landfill rules to allow wildfire debris to be sent to sites in Calabasas, Sylmar and Lancaster.
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Thanks to $17 million in Measure A competitive grants, this marks the largest expansion in the Regional Park and Open Space District’s 31-year history.
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President Biden promised billions in funds to farmers and others to not take water from the Colorado River. President Trump is halting some of those funds, leaving questions about the river's future.
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Get comfortable with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s across Southern California.
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Debris cleanup threatens to take down trees that could recover.
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Even the region's coastal communities are going to bake.
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Green groups say it’s a “clear admission” that the plastic ones aren’t recyclable.
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California’s new Low Carbon Fuel Standard has been stalled because it lacks ”clarity.”
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Ash and fire debris have raised risk of flooding downstream.
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After the storms, we’re getting a better idea of how the January wildfires affected the coastline.
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Santa Ana winds to affect the wind prone corridors in L.A. and Ventura counties.
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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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.
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California's year of endless storms has seeded superblooms of wildflowers and provided a boost to some of the state's endangered ecosystems.
