California’s Delta is in poor ecological health, scientists say
California’s biggest rivers converge in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the waterways and wetlands forming an ecosystem where…
If you’re worried about affordability, worry about climate change
Jan. 8, 2026 6:30 AM PT To the editor: As 2025 officially becomes one of the three hottest…
How the Trump administration sold out public lands in 2025
Last February, I climbed into a Jeep and rumbled up a rocky shelf road that took me high…
Atmospheric river storm causes flooding across Southern California | Floods
NewsFeed A powerful winter storm has unleashed torrential rain across Southern California, triggering flash flooding and mudflows and…
How L.A. artists are processing the climate crisis
Before I moved to L.A., I’d spent pretty much my entire professional life working for New York-based publications.…
California’s Gavin Newsom slams Trump absence at COP30 climate conference | Climate Crisis News
One of the most notable absences at this week’s United Nations Climate Change Conference reflects the leadership of…
The surprisingly divisive world of California wildlife policy
When I tell people what I cover for the Los Angeles Times, they’re delighted. A typical response is,…
Water utilities perform better where voters can pick their leaders
How democratic is your water utility? Does everyone who is registered to vote get to choose their leaders…
The state’s wildfire policy long overlooked SoCal. Now it’s course correcting
At last month’s meeting of the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force in Redlands, Director Patrick Wright…