Health officials recommend avoiding swimming at these Los Angeles County beaches
As Los Angeles County enters the peak of a scorching heat wave this week, public health officials are warning residents…
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Two wildfires are moving toward communities in Sierra and Fresno counties
As much of California suffers from a scorching heat wave, wildfires in the Tahoe and Fresno areas have forced residents…
Rare snowfall forecast for August in California's Sierra
An unusually strong early-season cold front moved through Northern California on Friday, bringing with it the possibility of a rare…
Editorial: Too many children return to schools without air conditioning
As the Los Angeles Unified School District prepares for the first day of school on Monday, it’s unclear whether students…
LA lawns waste water, but artificial turf is even worse
Let's start with common sense: covering the Earth with plastic carpets is a terrible idea. And yet we continue to…
Los Angeles to open five cooling centers
The City of Los Angeles will open cooling centers in South Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley and the East…
A 66-mile drive to and from Los Angeles: Clouds, intense heat and hail?
In Southern California, we're used to driving in time-bending times, and seeing estimated arrival times get longer rather than shorter…
Paris weather highlights Olympics' vulnerabilities to climate change
PARIS — The thermometer read 95 degrees, but on the beach volleyball court, with all that bright white sand, the…
Botanical coincidence or climate omen? A banana tree in Seoul raises questions
SEOUL — As a math teacher, Oh Young-rock used to joke to his students that one day South Korea's temperate…
A “long-term” heat wave will once again scorch the interior of California
Another prolonged heat wave has begun across California and much of the West, and is expected to bring several days…