Emily Guerin

It's not just people -- plants are also getting scorched by extreme heat across Southern California.

Wilted marijuana plants, sunburned impatiens, dead leaves on avocado trees. What's gonna happen when heat waves get even worse?

Arsonists set around 200 wildfires a year in California. Why do they do it?

And it's only going to get hotter.

The Trump Administration is moving to weaken the Endangered Species Act. That's the law credited with bringing back grey wolves and peregine falcons from the brink of extinction. Here in California those proposed changes might not matter.

A new study found that air pollution in Joshua Tree and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks rivals Los Angeles. Both parks are downwind of the most polluted air basins in the country: Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley.

Sunday will be Croatia’s first time ever playing in the World Cup finals. One of the largest Croatian-American communities in the country is in San Pedro, where on Sunday, an entire street will be shut down around the Croatian American Club to accommodate the crowds.

You may have heard the good news about climate change here in California. New data shows the state met ambitious goals for cutting carbon emissions ahead of schedule -- by four years.

A new study finds that California's signature climate program may be inadvertently worsening air pollution in low-income, communities of color

Scientists predict that with climate change, we’ll be seeing more extreme heat, wildfires, and sea level rise. And that’s going to stress out our electricity grid — and cause more power outages —unless we're better prepared.

More than 75,000 people lost power during this weekend’s heat wave. And 5,000 still don’t have it back, as of Monday night. So how, exactly, do heat waves causes power outages?

Is it a river? A sewer? A flood control channel? A place to film awesome drag racing scenes? A tool of gentrifiers to raise property values? What's the deal with the L.A. River, and why should I care about it? Let's find out.