Climate & Environment

SoCalGas shuts off service to 135 Rancho Palos Verdes homes indefinitely

The company says that accelerated land movement has made the continued use of gas lines in certain areas unsafe.

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Map: How big is the Park Fire? Use this tool to overlay it atop where you live

The Park Fire just pushed California’s wildfire season into overdrive and a new map shows us its movement. It has grown rapidly since it started near Chico on July 24. Within two days, the blaze had consumed some 178,000 acres, then it doubled the next day.

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Your SoCal weather report for Monday, July 29: Cooler weather

Cooler weather today, but come Wednesday, expect a small warming trend.

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New raptor rescue helps owls, hawks, and other birds of prey fly free in LA County again

The rehabilitation facility, a first for the L.A. County Department of Parks and Recreation, hopes to adopt at least 200 animals each year.

Los Angeles County’s first raptor rescue is now open at the San Dimas Nature Center.

Amazingly, forests are still sucking up as much carbon as they were 30 years ago. But there’s a catch

Besieged by logging, fires, and pests, this global balancing act might not last long.

Four men in t-shirts and short stand around the trunk of a narrow, green tree. The tree is in a forest with brown leaves on the ground and other leaves in the distance. One of the men is using a measuring tape to determine the tree's circumference.

‘Wood vaulting’: A simple climate solution you’ve probably never heard of

Forests throughout the West are overgrown and full of flammable vegetation, fueling wildfires and carbon emissions. Could burying it help solve the problem?

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Earth just sweltered through the hottest day ever recorded

And 2024 is on track to be the hottest year, too.

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The massive Park Fire in California has already scorched an area larger than LA

The Park fire near Chico Calif. has burned over 350 thousand acres since starting Wednesday.

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Here's who is most at risk from wildfire smoke and how to protect yourself

As fires continue across the Western U.S. and Canada, here's how to protect yourself from smoke

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How to stay rattlesnake safe every summer

In California, we are in the thick of rattlesnake season. Here are some quick tips to stay safe.

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California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West

California's largest fire this year, to date, continues to grow as fires spread throughout the West.

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Planting non-native trees isn’t ideal — but sometimes it makes sense in LA

The nonprofit TreePeople always prefers to plant native trees when possible, but sometimes non-native trees win out because of greater adaptability to droughts and high temperatures.

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