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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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Fourteen teams of young engineers will compete to see who can build the most sustainable home.
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The Woolsey wildfire devastated most of Paramount Ranch's Hollywood heritage in 2018. Human-driven climate change is demanding difficult decisions about what to preserve in the rebuilding process.
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The California senator fought for conservation, but drew criticism for rebuking the Green New Deal.
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We're looking at a cloudy, cool, wet and breezy weekend.
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Today's weather provides ripe conditions for fire weather in some parts of Southern California. Expect low clouds at night.
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The coastal area affected extends from Palos Verdes Peninsula to Huntington Beach.
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Today's weather provides ripe conditions for fire weather in some parts of Southern California.
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The tiny fragments that tires release into the environment are yet another reason to reduce car use.
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Similar to grief circles or other types of peer-support groups, these informal gatherings help people work through the emotional distress of living in a climate emergency
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Bell Canyon residents started training and preparing on their own after witnessing the power and speed of the Woolsey Fire.
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Avoid going into the water or eating fish from the lake.
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Sunny days this week with a cool temperatures expected on Thursday.
Researchers found that in drier years, larger animals are more likely to head closer and closer to where people live.
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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.
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We asked six climate experts what questions you should ask yourself whenever you come across something claiming to be a "climate solution".
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Caltrans officials said Sunday: "Keeping people off our roadways helps our operations continue to move forward."
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Large swaths of the U.S. have faced an intense winter storm over the past several days. In Southern California, authorities said it may take a week to clear roads in some mountain communities.
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The second of two hearings takes place on Wednesday, March 15.
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San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus said it could be a week before residents can get out of their homes and down the mountain.
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From the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains to the northern Sierra Nevada, a lot of California is buried in snow. But as the climate crisis drives increasingly severe weather, dangerous flooding is more likely.
