Climate & Environment

Lead levels are still too high inside and outside the Exide cleanup zone, study finds

As a study out of UC Irvine finds excessive lead near Vernon, advocates want retesting and an expansion of the clean up zone.

A look at the large battery processing facility through a gap in a chainlink fence. Five of the building's smoke stacks are in view.

Join air-quality field trips in Boyle Heights and East LA and take home a free tree

Residents will see how air-quality sensors are installed across the Eastside.

A small group of people listen to a man in a yellow safety vest holding a tablet talk on a sidewalk. Some take photos with their phones. Behind them are parked cars on a street with trees and small buildings.

The LA fires may be leading to more coyote sightings this year

Biologist says fires upend coyote territories, leading to multiple packs.

Two coyotes walk in a park in the late afternoon sun.

Rain in the forecast later this week as temperatures drop

Incoming rain could bring temperatures down to the mid 60s.

A person is walking on a paved dirt path and holding the leash of a brown dog. The grass extends beside them with several trees lining the path. A skyline is rising behind them and beneath a blue sky with clouds.

Sibling ‘bonking’ and upcoming naming contest: Chick-ing in on Big Bear’s famous bald eagle nest

The two new chicks are a welcome sight for fans of the popular YouTube livestream after Jackie and Shadow’s first eggs of the season were breached by ravens.

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Two tiny gray fuzzy bald eagle chicks are trying to sit up straight in the bottom of a nest of sticks. The head of an adult eagle is leaning down into the nest to feed the chicks from it's orange beak.

These maps show exactly where the West might burn this summer

April’s national wildfire forecast shows that nearly the entire Western U.S. will face an above-normal risk of wildfires at some point in the next four months.