Climate & Environment

Six months after the fires, are LA beaches safe?

A nonprofit has run tests on sand and water samples and reports that risks to human health appear to be low.

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A beach, with the ocean along the right and sand on the left. The sky is a little gray and hazy, but a distant coast can be seen in the background. The remnants of what appears to be a burnt structure is sitting on the sand on the far left of the photo.

Low clouds bring slight cooling to SoCal

Temperatures will be a couple degrees cooler today in SoCal compared to earlier this week.

SoCal National Parks are recruiting campsite volunteers. Here's how to apply

Campsite hosts can live inside the parks for several months to help visitors with resources and more.

The outdoor entrance sign to Joshua Tree National Park.

One of the biggest obstacles to building new housing in California has now vanished

In a legislative battle a decade in the making, lawmakers just exempted infill urban development from the California Environmental Quality Act. That’s a big deal.

Two men wearing hard hats and long-sleeved bright orange shirts bend over to work on the wood frame roof of a housing complex under construction.

June Gloom conditions to continue for SoCal, but fire risk remains

The low clouds will come back this morning, bringing temperatures down a few degrees across the region.

An aerial photo of the city of Los Angeles and beyond. In the foreground is the dark green capped Griffith Observatory, in the distance is the downtown L.A. skyline.

Big Bear’s July 4th fireworks show will go on despite concerns from bald eagle fans

Visit Big Bear, the event co-organizer, said it’s deeply committed to balancing the desires of the local community with the natural environment.

Two brown-feathered bald eaglets are standing in a nest made of twigs and branches overlooking a large blue lake.

Volunteer historians are racing to record the stories and voices of Eaton Fire survivors

The Altadena Historical Society, responding to the loss of photos and heirlooms, launches an oral history project for fire survivors.

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An older woman with dark brown skin, and short curly dark hair looks through papers on a table under fluorescent lighting in a small room.

Nearly 1,000 LA fire property owners who chose to clear debris themselves are overdue

Thirty percent of overdue properties didn't receive the necessary permit to even begin removal.

A man in a white protective coverall and helmet watches a bulldozer move on a property destroyed by fire.

Pollution from wildfires can contaminate our water for up to 8 years, study finds

An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after a wildfire.

A man in a yellow jacket and brown hat examines a burned landscape after a wildfire with a valley and reservoir in the distance.

Controversial climate rule, which could raise gas prices, about to go into effect

No immediate hike in gas prices will occur. But Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature fear the effects of the clean-fuel program.

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