- — Trump targets paper straw purchases by federal government — and won't stop there
- An executive order from President Trump will negate a Biden initiative that required federal procurement offices to purchase paper straws in lieu of plastic.
- — What it's like for Californians caught in the Patagonia forest fires
- A journalist from California is caught in the wildfires in Patagonia, Argentina, at the same time L.A. faces the same challenges. Here's what she's learned.
- — California loves Dungeness crab. But concerns over whale safety put industry in peril
- California's Dungeness crab industry is under increasing regulation because of concerns over whales getting entangled in fishing gear. With a truncated season and sharp limits on gear, crabbers wonder whether the fishery can survive.
- — New H5N1 bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy worker as new data show changes in virus
- A dairy worker in Nevada has reportedly been infected by the killer variant of H5N1 bird flu; analysis shows changes in new strain that makes it more lethal in mammals.
- — Could balloon-like water tanks help fight L.A.'s fires? A new concept is touted as a solution
- Could balloon-like water tanks help California prepare for fires? Some call an energy company's "Water Trees" a game-changing solution to store water where needed to fight fires.
- — Cal Fire's updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
- Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in jurisdictions where the state will apply stricter fire-safety building requirements.
- — Finally we know where toxic ash from the L.A. wildfires could end up
- Here are the landfills that could take toxic waste from the L.A. wildfires in the coming weeks — many have not accepted hazardous materials in the past.
- — Meet the New Owners in Whispering Pines
- At least 22 parcels totaling more than 100 acres in and around Whispering Pines area within Joshua Tree National Park have changed hands since 2021, spurring concerns among neighbors over potential development.
- — Column: Slow the spread of fire? 'We have to get rid of the palm trees'
- Structures, rather than vegetation, served as the primary fuel for spreading flames, but fire-resistant landscaping helps. It's time to get rid of the palm trees.
- — Record-breaking rain lashes California, with two people killed during storm in Sonoma County
- After a relatively weak storm expected to arrive in L.A. late Thursday, forecasters say a potentially more powerful storm could hit around Valentine's Day.
- — Long Beach aquarium spotlights 'real animals, real birds, real fish' with new report card
- On Thursday, the Aquarium of the Pacific released its first Marine Species Report Card, detailing the population trends of 30 coastal California species.
- — Opinion: Metro needs to stop making traffic — and climate disasters — worse
- A plan to widen the 605 and other freeways will increase, not help, congestion. That's bad for Angelenos and our environment.
- — Deadly version of H5N1 bird flu spills over into Nevada dairy cattle
- A version of the H5N1 virus that has killed one person and severely sickened another has been detected in milk samples collected from Nevada dairy herds.
- — Biden struggled to bring the American Climate Corps to life. Then Trump killed it
- President Biden struggled for years to get the American Climate Corps off the ground after Congress chose not to fund it. On his first day, Trump swiftly killed it with an executive order.
- — Scientists search for answers after gray whale washes ashore in L.A., bitten and underweight
- After a 38-foot-long female gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler Beach, scientists look for a cause of death: 'Each mortality has a story to tell.'
- — Opinion: Why no water system is built with capacity for fires like Palisades and Eaton
- Think of a community water system as a local coffee shop that usually sells 300 cups a day. A shop like that just couldn't fulfill an unexpected order for 40,000 cups.
- — Cal Fire's predictions didn't foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it's changing its fire-hazard maps
- The vast majority of homes destroyed in the Eaton fire were outside of Cal Fire's "very high" fire hazard severity zones, yet a newer approach by an independent company had found Altadena had "severe" wildfire risk.
- — EV demand stalls out in California as automakers face zero-emission sales mandate
- Aside from Tesla, no other major manufacturer will meet the state's 35% threshold for zero-emission vehicles in the 2026 model year, a trade group leader says.
- — The water unexpectedly released from dams on Trump's order didn't help farms or L.A.
- The Trump administration abruptly sent water flowing from two California dams. The action could leave less water in dams for the summer, when farmers typically use it.
- — As global plastic production grows, so does the concentration of microplastics in our brains
- New study: As global plastic production grows, so too does the concentration of microplastics in our bodies.
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