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Expect the warmest and windiest day of the week.
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The 5th annual Hollywood Climate Summit brings together creatives and climate experts.
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Desert communities will continue to see temps in the triple digits.
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Crews will now assess the grounds for safety, next steps.
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A few degrees cooler for the valleys and coast, but otherwise not much has changed since Sunday.
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Will a massive warehouse make or break the small unincorporated community of Bloomington?
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Turns out growing crops on the Red Planet is a lot like growing food on a climate-ravaged Earth.
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Scenes from a Jackie and Shadow fan party in Big Bear.
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Truckloads of soil and boulders made an unlikely journey to downtown Los Angeles, where they will help restore a historic park and join a living art and environmental experiment.
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A new UCLA study helped show that L.A. has a long way to go before it reaches its goal of zero net loss of native biodiversity by 2050. But there are ways Angelenos can help.
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Temperatures could get up to 106 in inland desert areas and 95 in the foothills and valleys.
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Today marks the official start of summer and the Southland is in for a heatwave.
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The event is part of the 2024 Outdoor Adventure Days, which also features free kayaking, birding, and other activities in the San Bernardino Mountains.
Landfills are the second-largest source of methane emissions in California. That’s why the California Air Resources Board took action to monitor and capture landfill gases.
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If you live near a steep, mountainous area that’s burned some time in the past few years, you need to prepare for debris flows when it rains.
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Over the last year and a half, almost four dozen Cal Fire firefighters have suffered from heat illness during training, and since 2003 five have died.
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Fall is the best time of year to tear up your yard and plant sustainable foliage. Start planning!
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As temperatures rise, California's once-groundbreaking heat-safety rules haven't kept up.
