Climate

A broiling heat wave is headed to Southern California this week, bringing what is expected to be the hottest temperatures of the summer to a region that has already endured …

Sept. 3, 2024 5 AM PT Hi, I’m Russ Mitchell, a staff writer on The Times’ climate team, filling in for my colleague Sammy Roth. I was a teenager in …

Southern California was bracing Monday for a heat wave expected to bring triple-digit temperatures to much of the region this week. Driven by weak offshore winds and a heat dome …

Every year in Sonoma County, steelhead trout and coho salmon return to spawn in creeks along the Russian River that are fed by groundwater. Environmental advocates have long urged the …

On the heels of an environmental study that found lead-tainted water in public housing developments in Watts, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has called on the city’s housing authority and …

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. —  It’s 4 p.m. in Joshua Tree National Park and the air temperature is hovering around 99 degrees — relatively mild for an August afternoon. But at ground …

A lot more people are visiting Joshua Tree National Park these days. Maybe you’re one of them? In 2021, ranger Anna Marini formalized the park’s Preventative Search and Rescue Program, …

“Is this a bowl of … moldy tofu?” I hold the green-furred cubes my 17-year-old daughter had left in our fridge at arm’s length and scowl at her as she …

SACRAMENTO —  Gov. Gavin Newsom called California lawmakers into a special session Saturday after Assembly Democrats pushed back on his request to approve new requirements on oil refineries in the final …

California lawmakers have approved a bill that could help strengthen regulations on the use of paraquat, a powerful weedkiller associated with Parkinson’s disease and other serious health issues. Assembly Bill …