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The report concludes that the water supply was too slow, not too low, and even a functioning reservoir likely wouldn’t have stopped the Palisades Fire.
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Thanks to $17 million in Measure A competitive grants, this marks the largest expansion in the Regional Park and Open Space District’s 31-year history.
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President Biden promised billions in funds to farmers and others to not take water from the Colorado River. President Trump is halting some of those funds, leaving questions about the river's future.
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Get comfortable with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s across Southern California.
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Debris cleanup threatens to take down trees that could recover.
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Even the region's coastal communities are going to bake.
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Green groups say it’s a “clear admission” that the plastic ones aren’t recyclable.
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California’s new Low Carbon Fuel Standard has been stalled because it lacks ”clarity.”
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Ash and fire debris have raised risk of flooding downstream.
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After the storms, we’re getting a better idea of how the January wildfires affected the coastline.
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Santa Ana winds to affect the wind prone corridors in L.A. and Ventura counties.
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To help homes survive more intense disasters, FEMA has been developing recommendations for stronger building codes. The Trump administration has pulled them back.
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A windblown dust and ash advisory ends by noon.
Philanthropic funds helped purchase a burned lot that used to have 14 rental units. Supporters hope the project can be a model for rebuilding equitably for renters.
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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.
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Large swaths of the South and the East Coast are favored to see warmer-than-average temperatures, while the Pacific Northwest has greater odds of cooler-than-normal conditions this winter.
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The Santa Ana winds have returned, and with them, elevated risks of fire.
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The warnings are in effect until Saturday evening as gusty winds take hold.
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Lawmakers say that seven people living near the landfill have developed cancer in the past six years.
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A sunny, warmer weekend is in the forecast.
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We rode along on a recent aerial spraying treatment in El Monte to get a sense of how officials are responding to the local outbreak in the San Gabriel Valley.
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Today will be a few degrees cooler than yesterday.
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It's finally sweater weather.
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Over 4,500 square miles of ocean will be protected off the California coast. It will also be managed in partnership with the Indigenous groups that fought to create it.
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The spill closed nearby beaches and harbors, and prompted the controversial cancellation of the city's annual airshow.
