The state water board knows California is facing a hotter, drier future, but it's letting urban utilities ignore appropriate 'water budgets' for a decade or longer.
The California Restaurant Assn. and Berkeley have agreed to a settlement halting enforcement of the city's ban on natural gas appliances after a lengthy legal battle.
The federal government has proposed a plan to shoot 500,000 barred owls to save another owl species that inhabits California. Foes say it's a reckless plan.
Researchers suspect that starvation may have killed half off all gray whales off the Pacific Coast of North America. What happened to their food source?
Concerns about the endangered desert pupfish delay Colorado River conservation plans in Imperial Valley
Another storm will bring more rain to most of Southern California this weekend, with officials warning of a moderate risk of significant flooding.
Blistering global temperatures have one NASA scientist warning: 'We could be in uncharted territory.' Others aren't so sure.
Beavers create unburned islands where plants and animals can shelter from megafires, research has confirmed. A movement is afoot to reintroduce the rodents to the state's waterways.
A potentially significant storm could arrive in Southern California this weekend, a rarity for this time of the year, the National Weather Service says.
A woman was rescued from the L.A. River as powerful bursts of hail hit areas including Santa Monica, downtown L.A., Pasadena, Monrovia and Covina.
This is the third geomagnetic storm to reach G4 status during the current 11-year solar cycle, which began in 2019, officials said.
Reservoirs have been drained as the nation's largest dam removal effort advances on the Klamath River, and an effort to restore the watershed is taking root.
Lighting at some local Los Angeles landmarks will go dark from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday in observance of Earth Hour, an annual event promoted by the World Wildlife Foundation.
Gusty winds and rainy conditions will continue across Southern California this weekend, with intermittent showers expected through Sunday morning.
The Department of Water Resources doubled its forecasted allocation from 15% to 30% due to strong winter storms, the agency announced Friday.
Ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and actor Jane Fonda joined Gov. Gavin Newsom and environmentalists calling to uphold the state's oil drilling restrictions.
Cal/OSHA has voted to adopt new heat illness prevention standards for indoor workers, despite the objections of state finance officials.
When conventional farms are bordered by organic crops, conventional growers use more pesticide to keep insects at bay, study says.
The challenge in Mexico City, built amid lakes by the Aztecs, had long been getting rid of water, not storing it. Now its taps are running dry.
A U.S. EPA rule would require car manufacturers to increase sales of electric vehicles while cutting carbon emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles.
Among the Napa Valley luminaries whose county records have been subpoenaed in a secretive federal probe are the owners of Hall Wines, Caymus Vineyards, Alpha Omega, The Prisoner a and the list goes on.
California regulators adopted a plan to keep more water in tributaries of the San Joaquin River to help struggling fish. A court has upheld that decision.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks topped the list of national parks with the unhealthiest air in the country, followed by Joshua Tree National Park.
The study, sponsored by the freight truck industry, adds to concerns over government mandates. But government officials say the move away from fossil fuels will have economic benefits.
The recent rains have made 2024 a fabulous year for flowers a just in time for spring garden tours around Southern California. Here's a list of intriguing tours.
A new report from CalPIRG reveals that that almost no Amazon packaging gets recycled. Instead, it ends up in a landfill.
Last year's York fire has sparked discussion about how to deal with conflagrations in the Mojave National Preserve.
California is unlikely to meet its landmark greenhouse gas reduction goals unless it can increase emission reductions threefold, according to a new study.
Environmentalists are calling for federal intervention after 4,000 threatened fish were killed by pumps operated by the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project.
The average American throws out three times more trash today than in 1960, and what we squander is killing us. But we can choose differently.
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