Erin Stone
Before coming to LAist in late 2021, I covered topics such as mental health, domestic violence and environmental issues for newspapers in Texas, Arizona and northern California. I turned my focus to climate coverage after reporting on the devastating impacts of rising sea levels on communities in the remote Sundarbans islands in India.
Having grown up in Southern California, I remember a time when wildfires weren’t a year-round problem and it was pretty rare for summer temperatures to climb above 100 degrees for more than a few days.
Today, we face a very different reality, where the impacts of the climate crisis are the subject of daily headlines at home and around the world. It may be a global problem, but the climate emergency is experienced locally.
My mission is to equip you with information and connections to help you understand, cope with, and prepare for the changes being brought by our shifting climate.
To do this, I want to amplify community-driven solutions, break down complex science and policy in an accessible manner, and provide practical reporting that helps you navigate this issue in your daily life. I want to answer your questions and help give you a sense of agency as we face this global crisis together.
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Labor and environmental groups say wealthy corporations are using these initiatives to overturn laws. -
There's no formal or regular process to monitor slide-prone coastal bluffs.
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The city has seen some of its best tourism numbers in recent weeks, on par with numbers before the pandemic.
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Like for hurricanes, there's a scale for atmospheric rivers. But it may be a while before it's the norm.
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The president's trip is his first to the L.A. area since October. Listen to his remarks and get details about road closures and his trip.
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From the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains to the northern Sierra Nevada, a lot of California is buried in snow. But as the climate crisis drives increasingly severe weather, dangerous flooding is more likely.
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The eastern Sierra Nevada, which supplies much of the Southland's water, has benefitted the most from recent storms, but that doesn't mean conservation rules will end.
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Not all of this rain goes to the ocean, but increasingly unpredictable and intense storms driven by climate change are making stormwater capture more difficult.
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Renewable sources will lower electricity generation costs in the long run, but how much energy you use isn't all that goes into your bill.
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In the face of a drier future, that iconic piece of Americana is on its way out in Southern California.
