Audience-funded nonprofit news
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
-
Listen Listen
Climate & Environment
Jonathan Rinderknecht has pleaded not guilty to arson, among other crimes related to the destructive and deadly January fire.
Listen
0:46
Sponsored message
More Stories
-
But we're looking at a dry weather pattern developing for the rest of the week.
-
Officials are asking home gardeners and local farms to stay vigilant this spring gardening season.
-
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is looking to hurricane country for ideas on wildfire resistance.
-
The spill was caused by a sewer line in Costa Mesa blocked by "roots and grease."
-
EPA announced plans to reorganize the agency, moving science-focused staff into different roles and reducing the overall number of employees.
-
Rain is coming to SoCal this weekend. Here's what you need to know.
-
Arroyo Hondo Preserve in Santa Barbara is now home to the next generation of trout from Topanga Creek.
-
The $250 million, which would fund about 500 electric trucks at the ports of L.A. and Long Beach, remains frozen as a legal dispute plays out.
-
The city needs between 2 million and 5 million cubic yards of sand to restore its thinning shorelines.
-
Another round of rain coming to SoCal this weekend.
-
SoCal temperatures have dropped slightly to mid 60s at the beaches and mid 70s for inland areas.
-
L.A. County Supervisors send message to all property owners to clear fire debris from remaining properties.
Forecasters expect the heaviest rain Friday into Saturday night
Support your source for local news!
In case you missed it
-
911 recordings obtained by LAist shed light on why and how emergency planning continues to leave people with disabilities behind. -
LAist investigates illicit dumping at three Antelope Valley sites. -
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.
More Stories
-
The action followed months of attempts to reduce the number of livestock attacks, including diversionary feeding, use of drones and 24/7 field presence.
-
The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation's most sensitive wilderness areas.
-
Debate continues about zone zero, the California rules nearing the finish line that would regulate what can be planted and stored within 5 feet of millions of homes.Listen 0:44
-
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife seized what they say appears to be at least nine rhino horns and thousands of pieces of elephant ivory from an L.A. County business.
-
Regulations on gas storage facilities have been tightened since the detection of the 2015 Aliso Canyon leak. But residents remain worried about long term health effects.
-
A new study addresses the question, concluding that climate change increased the likelihood of the fires and boosted the amount of land that burned.
-
About 5,000 more plants will be installed this fall, officials say, blanketing what will become a nearly 1-acre wildlife habitat.
-
You may be able to see the Orionid meteor shower from darker pockets of the Southern California suburbs, but the desert and mountains will offer the best viewing.
-
Most survivors of January's fires face a massive gap in the money they need to rebuild, and funding to help is moving too slowly or nonexistent.Listen 3:45
-
The annual mosquito season is ending, but some problematic breeding water sources may have been refilled.
