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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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You might not want to bother making plans to travel over major mountain passes for at least the next few days.
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It’s got to do with where the air is coming from.
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High winds, high surface, snow and ice at unusually low elevations. Buckle in.
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Congressmember Nanette Barragán, who represents a large part of North Long Beach, helped secure the federal funding. She says half of L.A.'s population lives in neighborhoods without access to parks and open spaces.
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It’s rare to see a storm like this, which could bring snow to places it’s not normally seen.
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Stay indoors, avoid thunder, steer clear of moving water, and prepare an emergency kit.
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Suspending environmental rules would mean more water for agricultural purposes, but could endanger already threatened delta species.
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Local authorities said aerial searches are also affected. Sands set out for a solo hike on Mount Baldy on Jan. 13 and never returned.
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The National Weather Service is warning Southern Californians that it will be "the coldest storm of the season, and possibly of the last several years."
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In the face of a drier future, that iconic piece of Americana is on its way out in Southern California.
