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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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It’s been quite dry until now.
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The National Weather Service has issued flood watches for portions of Southern California.
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Projects are already in the works.
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The high heat of California wildfires transformed a benign metal into a toxic form, new research finds. Exposure to high levels of hexavalent chromium is linked to increased rates of lung cancer.
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A large sediment removal project has been completed, just in time for upcoming rain.
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The National Weather Service has issued flood watches for parts of L.A. County.
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It takes a lot of tinkering.
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Everything you need to know about the storms coming this week.
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Pasadena and other cities in the Southland have banned the use of noisy and smelly gas leaf blowers. These small machines are significant polluters, but many small businesses are struggling as a result of the transition.
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Eighteen California children say the EPA fails to recognize the unique physical and mental impacts climate change has on kids.
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Pomona first passed the moratorium in 2022. Its city council this week failed to extend the ban.
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Heritage Elementary School and Legacy Magnet Academy are scheduled to reopen next week following asbestos testing at schools and the removal of hangar doors.
Researchers found that in drier years, larger animals are more likely to head closer and closer to where people live.
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An LAist investigation found toxic heavy metals in samples of fire retardant collected from the Palisades, Eaton and Franklin fires. Here's what that means.
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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.
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Doing just a couple of things now could help you better recover after the disaster.
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Lancaster and Fullerton saw their coldest overnight temperatures.
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Here’s everything you need to know about coyotes in Los Angeles County.
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Nature is great. Except when it's biting you.
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The $1 billion in funding so far has mostly helped clear a backlog of water infrastructure efforts by cities and L.A. County, but new green space lags.
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Trees destroyed by wildfire can no longer provide shade for snow, and all the burned material left behind turns the snowpack dark and absorbs more sunlight. Those two factors drive the snow to melt much faster and earlier.
