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The Interior Department released its plan to open up federal waters off California’s coast to oil drilling, setting up a direct confrontation with Sacramento on energy and climate change.
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Cool today, slightly warmer over next few days.
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After rising for years, the number of residential installations in the city of Los Angeles began to drop in 2023. The city isn’t subject to recent changes in state incentives, but other factors may be contributing to the decline.
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Another cool day is on tap for the region.
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As extreme weather becomes more frequent, so too have post-disaster contractor scams like excessive billing and shoddy repairs.
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UCLA researchers have found that hydrogen sulfide emissions at the Salton Sea are at elevated levels and can cause serious health effects to those that live near the lake.
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Scientists report that they may have found Martian minerals that on Earth are formed by microbes in oxygen-free, muddy environments. But they say other explanations are possible, too.
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Temperatures will cool gradually this week.
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At the Port of Los Angeles, the ocean’s waves area creating renewable energy in a pilot project by the company Eco Wave Power.
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The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve the Moon Camp project’s tentative tract map and environmental impact report.
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Lawmakers, oil industry leaders and environmental justice groups are meeting behind closed doors to try to reach a deal to extend California’s landmark cap-and-trade program.
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Temperatures will cool gradually this week.
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The waste was likely dumped alongside barrels of DDT discovered in recent years. Its chemical makeup has changed the types of organisms that live on the ocean bottom.
Well-meaning city dwellers forgo permits and official procedure to rewild urban areas across the country. In downtown L.A., artist Doug Rosenberg is trying to push the grassroots movement forward.
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California and other states and counties are using a legal strategy that took down Big Tobacco, hoping to make fossil fuel companies pay for damage they have long denied. But many obstacles remain.
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Now all eyes turn to the third egg to see if it develops a pip, the first hole an eaglet makes as it emerges from its shell.
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At this point, California is set to have a near-average Sierra Nevada snowpack, and at least three more storms this season will likely give it a necessary boost.
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If you were affected by the January wildfires and haven't put in for federal assistance yet, the clock is ticking.
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The governor has proposed spending climate bond money dedicated to wildfire mitigation in various ways.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration houses key groups like the National Weather Service. Experts warn the consequences of employee cuts could be drastic.
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The hottest days of the week are on their way out.
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Officials say the report, released Thursday, is the first comprehensive analysis of the true cost of the wildfires.
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The hottest days of the week are on their way out.
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More than 40 sea lions have shown up on the beach with signs of neurotoxin sickness.
