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Emily Guerin
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Former Correspondent, LAist Studios
Stories by Emily Guerin
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You have questions and we have years of experience answering them.
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California's building codes aren't keeping up with the severity of our wildfires.
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California's wildfire building codes weren't designed for the modern megafire era.
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It's the third-driest year since record-keeping began in 1877.
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If you were hoping Hurricane Rosa would drench Southern California, we're sorry to disappoint you: the L.A. area is only going to get clouds and a sprinkle of rain. Still, enjoy the change of pace: hurricanes are exceedingly are rare here, because the atmosphere in Southern California is very stable, making it hard for storms to form, and the water is too cold.
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The Air Resources Board could require every transit agency in the state to phase out fossil-fuel powered buses by 2040.
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The developer says he can protect the homes and residents.
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A new LADWP program would let renters buy solar electricity from shared panels installed on city buildings, and lock in low rates.
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Hint: follow the money.
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Environmental activists from Los Angeles say the governor hasn't done enough to clean up the places where they live and breathe.
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Nearly three-quarters of the new oil wells drilled in California in the past 7 years were in low income communities of color, according to a new analysis. Those numbers are helping fuel a campaign to get Governor Brown to ban new oil wells in the state before he leaves office.
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Why? An invasive mosquito is spreading throughout Southern California that's far more aggressive than our native mosquito.