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A slightly warmer day on tap, with highs in the mid 70s and blustery conditions.
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A new study addresses the question, concluding that climate change increased the likelihood of the fires and boosted the amount of land that burned.
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About 5,000 more plants will be installed this fall, officials say, blanketing what will become a nearly 1-acre wildlife habitat.
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You may be able to see the Orionid meteor shower from darker pockets of the Southern California suburbs, but the desert and mountains will offer the best viewing.
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Most survivors of January's fires face a massive gap in the money they need to rebuild, and funding to help is moving too slowly or nonexistent.
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The annual mosquito season is ending, but some problematic breeding water sources may have been refilled.
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Caribbean fruit flies have been detected around Montebello, prompting California’s first quarantine for the species in 40 years.
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A new survey shows most Eaton and Palisades fire survivors face major obstacles to rebuild.
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Homeowners in fire hazard zones may have to remove bushes, hedges and flowers within 5 feet of their houses — even as extreme heat becomes more dangerous.
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People in and around recent burn scars should be alert to the risk of debris flows. Typical October weather will be back later this week.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory leadership says the cuts amount to 11% of the workforce.
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Illegal harvesting of plants in the wild is leading to extinction for some species, experts say.
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A project in Orange County is working to seed and harvest native Olympia oysters, which help stabilize shorelines.
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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California sends toxic soil to landfills in Utah and Arizona, including sites near Native American reservations. Will lawmakers step in to keep the waste in state?
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The latest on conditions as another, weaker winter storm moves through Southern California.
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This weekend's rampant snowfall left mountain communities stranded as cleanup crews work around the clock to free up the major roadways.
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The difference between Feb. 10 and Feb. 26 is quite startling.
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Not all of this rain goes to the ocean, but increasingly unpredictable and intense storms driven by climate change are making stormwater capture more difficult.
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A plane loaded with scientists and their equipment has been flying through frozen skies this winter, sampling cloud particles to improve predictions of which storms will wreak havoc on the ground.
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Some of the same climate activists who helped birth the Orange County's Clean Energy Agency now wonder if it can be saved. This is your guide to why it matters.
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As the skies cleared Sunday, many Southern Californians made their way to see the snow themselves.
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Now we get a brief break in the skies before a much milder storm moves in later Sunday.
