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Overdose prevention, addiction treatment and police spending are among the projects local California governments have greenlit so far using opioid settlement cash.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on her new memoir, Guster and friends at Dynasty Typewriter, a climate talk with L.A. Review of Books and more.

Two new papers find threats that climate models haven't accounted for, including a tipping point under the ice.

Beavers were once abundant in North America. Bringing them back could be have serious climate benefits.

As tracks heat up, they expand and buckle. That's forcing rail operators to adapt as the climate warms.

Doherty was a child actor, most notably on Little House on the Prairie. She was in Heathers in 1988, which is a bright spot on any résumé. But she became an icon as Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210, one of the biggest hits of the early '90s and the spark for many teen soaps that came later.

A rare mashup of elements in the atmosphere caused this morning's thunderstorm.

Like a protective parent, one galaxy looms high over the other, seemingly peering down at its neighbor.

A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company’s internet satellites in an orbit so low that they're doomed to fall through the atmosphere and burn up.

Artist Bill Viola has died. The trailblazing creator of monumental video works died Friday at his home in Long Beach, Calif., of complications related to Alzheimer’s disease. He was 73.

Richard Simmons was instantly recognizable in his short shorts, sparkly tank tops and frizzy hair.

The Independent Shakespeare Co. has returned to the old LA Zoo in Griffith Park for another summer season of free outdoor performances,