How we tested the soil in Altadena and Pacific Palisades
Over three days in late March, four Los Angeles Times environment reporters and an editor fanned out across the Eaton and Palisades burn scars to collect 40 soil samples from ...
Tag: Climate & Environment
The L.A. wildfires left lead and other toxins in the soil of burn zones. Here are their health risks
The Eaton and Palisades fires released mountains of hazardous material as flames chewed through old homes layered with lead paint and asbestos, kitchen cabinets filled with cleaning solutions, and cars, ...
Fate of California’s auto standards will come down to Senate battle
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives took a trio of votes this week targeting California’s decades-old authority to enforce its own environmental standards, setting the stage for a significant standoff in the ...
House Republicans vote to remove California fish from endangered species list
House Republicans passed a measure Thursday that would repeal the government’s decision to place California’s longfin smelt, a finger-sized fish, on the endangered species list. House members passed the resolution, ...
Bill to slash rooftop solar incentives weakened by Assembly committee
An Assembly committee backed away on Wednesday night from a controversial provision in a proposed bill to end solar credits for 2 million owners of rooftop solar systems, saying it ...
State will deliver more water to Southern California this year via State Water Project
Southern California cities can expect to receive 50% of their full water allotments this year from the aqueducts of the State Water Project, up from 40% last month, as runoff ...
‘It’s a huge loss’: Trump administration dismisses scientists preparing climate report
The Trump administration this week summarily dismissed more than 400 scientists and other experts who had begun to write the latest National Climate Assessment report, informing them by email that ...
Edison told the government that Calderon was an ‘executive.’ Now it claims she wasn’t.
Southern California Edison has repeatedly insisted that its former government affairs manager, state Assemblywoman Lisa Calderon (D-Whittier), was never an executive with the company. But that’s not what Edison told ...
After the Eaton fire, Altadena dirt was sent to Tujunga. Then came the backlash
Residents in the rugged enclave of Tujunga became suspicious in January after dirt-filled trucks began inundating their neighborhood streets, dumping their loads on nearby county-owned property. Their inquiries revealed that ...
This California town has a breathtaking waterfall — and no legal way for the public to get there
DUNSMUIR, Calif. — Less than a half a mile from the city limits of this Northern California railroad town is a natural wonder so enchanting that locals compare it to geologic features ...
