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A slightly warmer day on tap, with highs in the mid 70s and blustery conditions.
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At the Port of Los Angeles, the ocean’s waves area creating renewable energy in a pilot project by the company Eco Wave Power.
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The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve the Moon Camp project’s tentative tract map and environmental impact report.
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Lawmakers, oil industry leaders and environmental justice groups are meeting behind closed doors to try to reach a deal to extend California’s landmark cap-and-trade program.
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Temperatures will cool gradually this week.
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The waste was likely dumped alongside barrels of DDT discovered in recent years. Its chemical makeup has changed the types of organisms that live on the ocean bottom.
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If approved, the more than 62-acre project would include 50 housing lots and a marina less than a mile from Jackie and Shadow's famous nest overlooking the lake.
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Southern California Edison fire safety power shutoffs are affecting more customers than ever. Why?
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Known as A23a, the iceberg is breaking apart and melting in the warmer waters of the South Atlantic Ocean.
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California's state parks are calling on the public to take photos of the iconic butterflies to help with research.
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When lightning strikes are abundant, so are wildfires — some in remote places across the state. Scientists warn there may be more in the future.
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Temperatures will continue to cool down through Saturday.
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Monarch butterflies are on a path to extinction, but there is a way to support them — and maybe see them in your own yard — by planting milkweed.
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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A new atmospheric river set to arrive as soon as Monday could worsen already severe flooding, as the extra rain and snowmelt threaten to overflow rivers and streams at lower elevations.
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As storms melt snowpack, managers released water to prevent reservoirs from overflowing and flooding Central Valley towns — and that sends water into the ocean. The warm rains melt snow that ideally would last into spring and help with water deliveries.
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Forecasts put much of the state at risk for flooding over the next 1 to 7 days — although most of that danger is north of Los Angeles.
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Even California communities accustomed to serious winters are struggling to deal with the consequences of continued extreme weather.
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National Weather Service reports rain is expected to return Thursday — with the heaviest showers north of L.A.
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It was so nice to see white sprinkled on the hills around our valleys.
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In his initial climate budget proposal, the governor has cut about $561 million from local coastal resilience projects. Legislators, cities express concerns.
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National Weather Service reports rain will make its way into Southern California starting Thursday.
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There’ve been a few unprecedented weather events recently.
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A new UC Berkeley study says there's been a 40% decline of L.A.'s bird species in the last century due to hotter temperatures and urban development.
