A confluence of factors is making wildfires worse. Among them: increasingly dramatic swings between wet and dry conditions in ...

California lawmakers propose legislation that could allow vicims of the devastating Southern California wildfires to sue oil and gas companies.

Below Mount Jefferson and McKenzie Pass is a massive storehouse of water three times the size of Lake Mead, say Oregon researchers.

When it comes to paying homeowner insurance claims, USAA companies fare poorly, at least by one rating agency’s measure. In 2023, according to Weiss Ratings, United Services Automobile Association and ...

Prolonged droughts and extreme winds fueled one of the worst wildfires to ever strike Los Angeles County. The fires are contained, but rebuilding the region will take many years and billions of ...

Los Angeles will take most or all of its allotment of water from Mono Lake through March, disappointing local environmentalists and conservation experts after raising hopes that more water would ...

In concept, the public supports battery-powered cars, windmills, and solar farms to shrink California's carbon footprint. But some also see a downside.

State efforts to expand use of electric vehicles and renewable energy are getting pushback from affected communities.

Sammy Roth is a climate columnist for the L.A. Times and talks to Lisa McRee about what these rollbacks mean for California.

A 525-pound black bear caused quite a stir in Altadena after it was found in the crawl space under a home that had been ...

However, a new study in Nature finds that climate change is accelerating the destabilization of animal populations worldwide. Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz; Rutgers ...

The European Union's drive to simplify rules will not weaken the bloc's climate change goals, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. EU says drive to simplify will not weaken ...