Climate

Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is so green right now it’s hard to believe it’s in the middle of the desert. I recently spent a few hours hiking through the oasis, …

PARIS —  Recording-breaking winds in France and across much of Western Europe left at least four people dead and injured several others as Storm Ciaran charged through the continent overnight and …

SHAVER LAKE, Calif.  —  There’s something eerie about this forest in the southern Sierra Nevada. Tangles of bony branches obscure the ground. Dead trees stand gray and bristly. An aura …

Two beloved giant sequoias scorched in a prescribed burn at Calaveras Big Trees State Park last year now appear likely to recover. The damage to the ancient trees — named …

LONDON —  France, England and countries across western Europe are bracing for what meteorologists warn could be some of the highest wind speeds the region has witnessed in decades as Storm …

Crews are making progress on the 2,487-acre Highland fire that exploded in Riverside County this week, burning at least 15 structures and spurring evacuations for about 4,000 people in and …

Environmental activists in Bakersfield have won an initial victory in their legal fight to keep water flowing in the Kern River, which for many years was reduced to a dry, …

Central Coast environmentalists are celebrating ExxonMobil’s recent decision to scrap plans to replace miles of pipeline through Santa Barbara County, key to revitalizing a local network of petroleum energy production …

As officials continue to sort through the wreckage of last week’s devastating hurricane in Acapulco, new images show the scale of the disaster. Hurricane Otis arrived in the early morning …

At least three structures were destroyed and six others damaged as a wildfire continued to burn in Riverside County on Tuesday morning. The Highland fire began around 12:37 p.m. Monday …