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Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters.
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Today's highs will be in the 80s, some spots will still see highs in the lower 90s.
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The National Weather Service forecasts a cooling trend ahead.
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The state budget has committed $2.5 million to the project. But that's just one step in a long process.
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Now that electric cars are mainstream, higher-income Californians will no longer qualify for state subsidies. Lower-income buyers could get up to $12,000.
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After flames destroyed 1.3 million Joshua trees in Mojave National Preserve, biologists began replanting seedlings. But many have died, and now another fire has torched more of the iconic succulents.
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Everything you need to know about that tropical storm heading up from Mexico and its effects on Southern California beaches.
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A breed-and-release program is reviving a population of native southern mountain yellow-legged frog in local ponds and streams.
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Local governments are advocating for a statewide standard.
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Everything you need to know about distant Hurricane Jova and it's effects on Southern California beaches.
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'Zombie' Landfills Emit Tons Of Methane Decades After Shutting Down. Here's Why That's A Big ProblemLandfills, one of California’s largest sources of the greenhouse gas methane, emit the planet-heating gas for decades even after they shut down.
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AQMD ordered short-term fixes to reduce odors and the landfill owners have to put together a committee to determine a long term solution.
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The National Weather Service forecasts a slow warming trend for the weekend.
Researchers found that in drier years, larger animals are more likely to head closer and closer to where people live.
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UCLA plans on developing paint that actually helps keep buildings cooler.
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After heavy snowfall left cows in northern California stranded and starving, officials launched an unusual rescue mission.
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One in five Sierra Nevada conifers are no longer compatible with the environmental conditions around them, raising questions about how to manage the land. Researchers say it may get worse.
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Starting at 8 a.m. Tuesday resident living in burn scar areas of the Alisal and Cave fires must leave the area. Another atmospheric river is expected to bring heavy rainfall and dangerous conditions.
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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.
