Climate

A Tesla manufacturing plant in California has come under fire from local air regulators who say the electric carmaker has frequently released illegal amounts of air pollution. The Tesla manufacturing …

Because of declining salmon populations, California has canceled fishing in rivers for a second year. Here, state biologists collect young spring-run chinook salmon in Deer Creek in October. (Peter Tira …

California will receive more than $35 million in federal funding to help address the scourge of abandoned oil wells that are leaking dangerous chemicals and planet-warming methane in areas across …

As researchers increasingly rely on wastewater testing to monitor the spread of bird flu, some are questioning the reliability of the tests being used. Above, the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant …

Those who want to see wolverines reintroduced to California were dealt a setback this week. Proposed legislation to explore what it would take to reintroduce the rugged and elusive apex …

A nasty storm is brewing over the meteorological heart of Los Angeles. A decision by government forecasters to relocate downtown L.A.’s official weather observation station from USC to Dodger Stadium …

Efforts by animal activists to get allegations concerning a longtime coyote trapper in Torrance before L.A. County prosecutors have paid off — though it remains to be seen whether legal …

The Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday killed a highly watched bill that would have required legislators to study and review a controversial new electric charge recently approved by the Newsom …

Lots of people enjoy laughing at billionaires — but it wasn’t just any billionaires who were the targets of Esteban Gast’s comedic jabs last week at the Crow, an intimate …

VATICAN CITY —  Gov. Gavin Newsom accused former President Donald Trump of “open corruption” in a speech Thursday at a climate summit of Catholic officials and international leaders, elevating his criticism …