Climate & Environment

Strong Santa Ana winds and critical fire weather conditions to continue

A red flag warning for the Inland Empire, Orange county last until Wednesday morning.

A tall, mature tree is laying horizontally across a paved city street. Brush and debris litter the road, and a couple of parked cars can be seen beneath the fallen branches.

Franklin Fire in Malibu: Containment is now at 89%, 48 structures damaged or destroyed

Crews have been making steady progress on the Franklin Fire in Malibu Canyon since the red flag conditions subsided.

The bones of a burned home, with several firefighters in bright yellow gear walking around the space. Ash, wood, and brick can be seen on the ground as two fireplaces remain standing, sticking up into the sky.

Gusty, damaging winds expected later tonight for LA county mountains and valleys

We're monitoring extreme fire weather conditions this week.

Watch Duty gets close-to-real-time information by listening in to the radio communications of firefighters on the front lines. In remote areas where radio signals are weak, Watch Duty has started setting up its own transmission towers to help with firefighting efforts and to give its staff reporters a way of listening for updates.

The world’s biggest climate case begins in The Hague

An international court will decide what nations owe to future generations

A brown and beige colored building with a tall tower on the left and a smaller tower on the right. The architecture is Neo-Renaissance. There is a green grass in front of the building

This LA company gives old polluting trucks new, electric life

California’s efforts to electrify trucking so far has prioritized swapping out old trucks for shiny new electric ones. But that doesn’t always have to be the case.

An older white man wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt and glasses works on the chassie of a medium-duty truck in a brightly lit warehouse space.

How many species could go extinct from climate change? It depends on how hot it gets

A new study projects biodiversity threats if global warming speeds up. Under the most extreme scenarios, about one in three species could be facing extinction by the end of the century.

Two Kea birds, Arthurs Pass South Island New Zealand. The species is listed as threatened in that country and climate change is among the reasons their numbers are in danger.

Red flag warning starting Monday as fire weather and Santa Anas return

As warmer weather and a bout of Santa Ana winds come to Southern California, the National Weather Service is warning of an elevated risk of fire weather conditions until Wednesday.

A firefighter stands with his back to the camera in a field with smoking debris.

California's initial water allocation forecast is just 5%

Don't despair just yet.

Water flowing through an aqueduct with snow capped mountains off in the background.

Warm and dry weather this weekend

Friday and Saturday to be the warmest days of the week.

People walk along a dirt trail on a brown and green hillside, shown from a wide view. The Griffith Park Observatory can be seen in the background.

Why we see unhealthy air over the holidays

Wildfires, fireworks, and fireplaces can have a serious impact on air quality in SoCal.

A close up of a wooden log burning orange in a fireplace.

Slingshot spiders rely on good vibrations to catch supper

The tiny ray spider uses launches its web to grab its prey out of the air. Though common practice in the superhero world, this ability is actually unusual in spiders.

The ray spider is about the size of a grain of sand, yet it weaves a web with a twist to help it catch its prey.

California's first wireless charging road is coming to UCLA. Here's how it'll work

As part of an almost $20 million grant, UCLA will install the state's first electric charging roadway that will allow its BruinBus fleet to charge on the go.

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