The mountains and foothills of Los Angeles County are in “extreme drought” conditions, about 36% of the county, explained Pugh. That’s one category shy of hitting the highest level, “exceptional drought,” and three higher than the lowest, “abnormally dry.” The rest of the county is in severe drought.

Rising housing, energy and insurance costs could force Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature to spend more money helping Californians live on a warming planet.

The Great Lakes water supply lured Jamie Beck Alexander and her family to Duluth. Alarmed by three consecutive, destructive wildfire seasons in California, Ms Alexander, her husband and two young children piled into a camper van and drove across the country to Minnesota in 2020.

As the narrative of the Southern California wildfires has shifted to identifying the causes behind what could prove to be the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history, a common refrain has emerged on social media that seeks to dismiss the role scientists say climate change played.

The 2025 wildfires in Southern California underscored the importance of having well-trained firefighting teams and readily available resources for rapid response.

Wildfires in Los Angeles are being driven by climate change, not political mismanagement, and California’s leaders have taken meaningful steps to address the issue, but the sheer scale of

By 2020, as a result of California s recent extreme environmental and social policies the state lost 4 3 million acres to wildfires

I received this letter on the second day of the Palisades Fire, the largest of five fires burning in Southern California: “You stupid republcans (sic) have denied climate change — and now you want to blame democrats? You are an anti intellectual idiot.

Today, the Los Angeles Times is launching Boiling Point, a podcast about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Yes, that’s the same name as this newsletter. I hope you’ll subscribe and listen.

State water restrictions, fueled by historic drought and climate change, have taken a toll on Southern California golf courses in recent years.

"Climate change is increasing the overlap between extremely dry ... most year-to-year variability between wet and dry conditions. "As you move down into Southern California, that variability increases even more," Julie Kalansky, climate scientist and ...