Climate

A heat wave is expected to push temperatures in Southern California this week into the triple digits, increasing the risk of fire danger and heat-related illness in the region. The …

What if solving the climate crisis were easy? What if there were a single technology — or a single policy or lifestyle change — that could bring an end to …

As an urban runner, V. Kelly Turner is always looking for some shade. She doesn’t want to overheat. Most weekday mornings, her usual route takes her down the shadiest stretch …

AVALON, Calif. —  A plan to use helicopter-mounted sharpshooters to kill nearly 2,000 invasive mule deer roaming the mountains of Santa Catalina Island has ignited a storm of protest among residents …

Federal offices were flooded with applications to place solar mirrors across the arid flatlands of southeastern California, but Sen. Dianne Feinstein was not going to let that stop her from …

California has entered fall amid notably moist conditions that have left some wondering whether this year’s fire season has officially fizzled. The state has seen about 276,000 acres burn so …

What’s more important: Tearing down dams that have decimated rivers and driven salmon and other fish toward extinction? Or letting those dams stay up, so they can keep producing carbon-free …

With temporary pay hikes for federal wildland firefighters set to expire in the coming weeks, union officials are warning that the 15,000-member workforce could face a mass exodus if Congress …

When city approval of a proposed $350 million skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles was on the line, project manager Hamid Behdad knew he had to give in to the last-minute …

COSTA DA CAPARICA, Portugal —  Sofia Oliveira was 12 years old when catastrophic wildfires in central Portugal killed more than 100 people in 2017. She “felt it was now or never …