Emily Guerin

Brown needs a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to extend the state's signature climate policy through 2031. The legislature is supposed to vote today.

Mayor Eric Garcetti has a goal of lowering the city's temperature three degrees by 2035 through a combination of reflective pavement, more trees, and less heat-absorbing rooftops.

A bumper crop of grass, now withering under searing temperatures, coupled with millions of dead trees has increased the threat of fire in the Sierra Nevada.

People in Wilmington, South LA have been complaining for years of health problems from living alongside oil wells. Now the city will study whether to shut them down.

For the 40 percent of Californians who live in multi-unit apartment buildings, it's very difficult to own an electric vehicle.

The rural West just got its biggest pay-out ever from the federal government under the PILT program. But it could be short-lived: President Trump wants to cut PILT funding by 17 percent.

The stoplight-colored Air Quality Index is updated hourly, and lets you see how bad the air pollution is in your area.

The air district is warning everyone to avoid exercising outdoors mid-day, but especially children and the elderly.

The move will cut greenhouse gas and smog-forming emissions, but agency staff say following through depends on whether the technology is ready.

To meet ambitious clean air goals, the ports of L.A. and Long Beach are proposing to overhaul their truck fleets for a second time. But this time they have to win back the trust of skeptical drivers.

Federal officials say the new rule was redundant, expensive and not based on science. Environmentalists disagree.

The 29-year old transgender street dancer loves to "put her gender out there" so people have to question their biases. KPCC watched it happen to one man.