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LA approves initial $5 million to help Boyle Heights residents, businesses recover from Lineage fire
The approved funding is part of a larger $10.5 million proposal by Councilmember Ysabel Jurado aimed at recovery and street cleaning.
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Person with ‘history of sleeping on the job’ held critical role during Eaton Fire, complaint allegesAn L.A. County employee makes the allegation in a whistleblower complaint and in interviews about the response to the deadly fire. County officials dispute the allegations.Listen 29:16 -
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Millions of Americans live near industries that pollute their neighborhoods and harm their health. A federal bill authored by Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva aims to help rectify the issue.
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To help firefighters work without disruption, the Los Angeles County Fire Department has teamed up with the L.A. branch of the FBI.
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For decades, it was impossible to say that a specific weather event was caused, or even made worse, by climate change. But advanced research methods are changing that.Listen 4:17
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Smoke from planned and unplanned fireworks displays made air quality dangerously bad across most of the Southland.
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Jared Blumenfeld, the state's Secretary for Environmental Protection, said the designation could bring in millions of federal dollars to clean up what he calls "one of the most toxic lead-contaminated sites in the country."
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The bill is being lauded by many as the nation’s most comprehensive law to phase out single-use plastics and packaging.
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The Supreme Court’s decision to limit federal environmental protection rules will have little-to-no effect on California’s carbon-reduction policies, according to experts — and state leaders say they are doubling down on their climate commitment.
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Thursday is International Asteroid Day, an annual event intended to raise awareness about potential hazards asteroids pose to our planet.
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Investment from the government and private sector are changing the trajectory of the aging U.S. nuclear fleet and spurring development of new nuclear technology.
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Los Angeles taps Marta Segura, the director of the city’s climate emergency mobilization office, as its first heat officer. The first Latina to hold such a position in the country, Segura will work across city departments on an early warning system while developing cooling strategies.
