California EV drivers could lose their carpool lane privileges in September
For the last two decades, more than a million motorists who have slapped “clean air vehicle” decals on their electric and hybrid cars have been free to cruise in carpool ...
Tag: Climate & Environment
At Mono Lake, visitors witness the stark toll of L.A.’s water use
LEE VINING, Calif. — At a trailhead surrounded by sagebrush, a naturalist welcomes a group of visitors to Mono Lake beside a sign that reads “Oasis in the Desert.” Guide Ryan Garrett, ...
The start of California’s fire season has moved up 6 weeks since 1990 thanks to climate change
You are not imagining it. Fire season in California is indeed starting earlier and lasting longer in virtually every region of California than it did two decades ago, researchers have ...
EPA eliminates $7-billion rooftop solar grant program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced that it will eliminate a $7-billion grant program designed to help low-income households install solar panels on their homes. The “Solar for ...
California Supreme Court sides with environmental groups in rooftop solar case
The California Supreme Court sided with environmental groups in a Thursday ruling, saying that state lawyers were wrong in their claim that the Public Utilities Commission’s decision to slash rooftop ...
SoCal heat wave peaks Thursday, but sweltering temperatures will last for days
The worst of Southern California’s ongoing heat wave is expected to land Thursday, but relief is not yet in sight. Temperatures will remain toasty over the weekend, and another hot ...
Homeowners say the Army Corps and its contractors mishandled L.A. fire debris cleanup
After January’s wildfires reduced thousands of homes in Altadena and Pacific Palisades to heaps of ash and rubble, wildfire survivors hoped federal disaster workers would give them a fresh start ...
Thousands without water in Granada Hills and Porter Ranch as DWP makes emergency repairs
About 9,200 households in Granada Hills and Porter Ranch were without water on Wednesday after the Los Angeles Department of Water Power announced that emergency repairs were underway at a ...
Rental units in unincorporated L.A. County must stay cool under new law
Los Angeles County will soon require landlords in unincorporated parts of the county to keep their rental units 82 degrees or below to protect vulnerable tenants from the impacts of ...
Wild pigs’ flesh turning ‘neon blue’ in California. Authorities are sounding the alarm
Dan Burton has trapped hundreds of wild pigs for clients of his wildlife control company in Salinas, but even he was startled when he cut one of them open and ...
