"At the height of the Los Angeles fires in 2025, millions of residents were exposed in a 24-hour period to toxic lead levels from smoke that were 80 times higher than the typical background level, according to a new study."
"Utilities, developers and technology companies have spent tens of millions to pass Prop 45, which fast-tracks “essential” projects by limiting public and environmental review."
"Nearly a third of local agencies running Central Valley levees have kept up “unacceptable” maintenance, some for years, and the state hasn’t stepped in."
"In what one environmental law expert described as “a dangerous ultimatum,” the Trump administration said it would strip California of its authority to protect its coastline unless state regulators agreed to more than a dozen “corrective actions” that would benefit close allies of the White House, according to the draft findings of a controversial federal review."
"Proposition 45 would ease development of a wide range of projects, including some fossil-fuel facilities and possibly AI data centers."
"Strong Santa Ana winds that fueled a rash of wildfires in Southern California have abated, and crews were turning a corner Sunday on the blazes that closed highways, damaged a military base and destroyed multimillion-dollar homes. But an incoming storm system could pose new risks for the region as crews continue to brace for more wild weather this fall."
"The high court reversed a California man's victory against Monsanto over the agricultural giant's failure to warn of Roundup's cancerous risks, dooming similar cases in the future."
"Tens of thousands of people in California were without electricity Thursday as utilities tried to reduce the risks of hot, windy weather that could blow over power lines and spark wildfires."
"Team works to restore the sunflower sea star as 95% of these key underwater ecosystems have been decimated along the Pacific coast in past decade"
"The drumbeat of monster hurricanes in the Pacific has broken a record for nasty long-lasting storms east of the international date line, turbocharged by nature’s supersized El Niño, scientists said."
