Wildfires hit California and Nevada, prompting evacuations and power outages
by Wildfires in California spread quickly Tuesday as firefighters battled strong winds, dry conditions and a heat wave that sent temperatures soaring into the triple digits …
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Landslides are destroying multi-million dollar homes in California, and they’re getting worse
The landslides deep beneath the million-dollar row houses in Rancho Palos Verdes moved at near-glacial speed, until they weren’t. This affluent coastal city in Southern …
The California city has been at risk of landslides for years, and the slide may not be stopped
Rancho Palos Verdes, a coastal community in the Los Angeles area, could be described as a geological ticking time bomb. The wealthy city sits atop …
An earthquake hit Southern California in a week. Does that mean ‘The Big One’ is coming?
In the last few days, there has been one earthquake after another in Southern California. A 3.6 in Ojai on May 31st. Two of similar …
El Niño goes away, but La Niña could bring dry conditions back to California
After a year of dominance, El Niño’s fury has ended — but its climate counterpart, La Niña, is hot on its heels and could signal …
A string of earthquakes shakes Southern California. Are they telling us something more?
Several small earthquakes have rocked Southern California recently. They created a small tremor but nevertheless they left behind psychological shocks in a region whose seismic …
Like water sloshing in a giant bathtub, El Niño begins an inevitable retreat
A few weeks ago, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology declared that the Pacific Ocean is no longer in an El Niño state and is back …
How to take a photo of the eclipse without damaging your phone
Tatiana Kalish of El Segundo watches a partial solar eclipse at the California Science Center in Los Angeles in 2017. Another partial eclipse will be …
How a California farmer is helping build a sustainable Black-led agricultural revolution
Dennis Hutson (right) jointly bought the land for TAC farm with his sister and brother-in-law Kayode Kadara (left).Jo Ann Baumgartner Dennis Hutson has found ways …