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A slightly warmer day on tap, with highs in the mid 70s and blustery conditions.
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Californians, your newest state symbols are the native big berry manzanita and the giant garter snake.
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The National Weather Service says the storm will likely pass over northern L.A. County early next week.
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The report is quite critical, documenting how systemic problems endangered the lives of firefighters and the public.
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From asthma to psychological distress, wildfires take a toll.
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SoCal Edison says it will announce its compensation program sometime this fall.
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Any showers or thunderstorms will likely be for the afternoon.
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The release comes the same day federal prosecutors charged a man in connection with starting an earlier blaze that became the Palisades Fire.
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Fires can smolder underground for months. "It really is more common than I think people realize,” a fire scientist says. “It just doesn’t usually reignite another fire."
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The Palisades Fire erupted on Jan. 7 and went on to kill 12 people and destroy more than 6,800 homes and buildings.
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Remnants from Hurricane Priscilla could bring showers and thunderstorms to the region Thursday.
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All disasters are chaotic, but an LAist review of reports produced after two wildfire incidents found similar shortcomings and similar recommendations about how to fix them.
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PG&E and Southern California Edison are routinely late to hook up new solar panels, squeezing owners financially. Will they be punished?
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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An LAist investigation found toxic heavy metals in samples of fire retardant collected from the Palisades, Eaton and Franklin fires. Here's what that means.
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Since October, 007 has handled more than 60 tons of garbage — more than is typically washed to the ocean in a single year.
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When mountain residents realized county resources wouldn't reach them for a week or more, neighbors banded together to help each other out.
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We have the latest on damage and clean up from the heavy rains, winds and tornadoes that hit the region this week.
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March should be one of Southern California farmworkers' busiest months. Instead, they say their hours have been slashed drastically due to flooded farms and destroyed crops.
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The National Weather Service confirmed the extraordinarily rare weather events.
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Southern California's latest winter storm is on its way out.
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Cutting greenhouse gas emissions rapidly and immediately will save lives, livelihoods and ecosystems around the world, scientists say. And there are lots of ways to go about it.
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The National Weather Service forecasts high winds and treacherous driving conditions in the mountains.
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The National Weather Service forecasts a cold winter storm bringing snow to mountain passes.
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It’s scary and tragic when collapses happen, but we’ve built a whole lot of homes on hills that are being slowly eroded by the sea.
