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September 27, 2021 at 12:02 pm

Earth-monitoring satellite launches from California

The latest in a series of U.S. satellites that has recorded human and natural impacts on Earth’s surface for decades has been launched into orbit...

September 16, 2021 at 8:11 am

California wildfires threaten famous giant sequoia trees

Firefighters have wrapped the base of the world’s largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they try to save a famous grove of gigantic old-growth...

September 15, 2021 at 12:07 pm

Sequoia National Park’s giant trees at risk as fires grow VIEW

Fire crews moved to ramp up the battle Wednesday against two expanding forest fires threatening Sequoia National Park’s giant sequoia trees and infrastructure

An anti-vaccine mandate protester holds a sign outside the front windows of the Los Angeles Unified School District, LAUSD headquarters in Los Angeles Thursday Sept. 9, 2021. The Los Angeles board of education voted Thursday to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend in-person classes in the nation’s second-largest school district. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) CADD427 CADD427

September 9, 2021 at 9:40 pm

Los Angeles schools mandate vaccines for students 12 and up

The Los Angeles Unified School District has ordered that students age 12 and older must be vaccinated: deadline is Oct. 31 for those in sports...

September 9, 2021 at 7:43 am

Los Angeles requires COVID-19 vaccine for students 12 and up VIEW

The Los Angeles board of education has voted to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus if they attend in-person classes...

Los Angeles County firefighter Kevin Reid, right, and captain Donald Bailey battle the Caldor Fire off Highway 89 west of Lake Tahoe, California on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/TNS) 25820917W 25820917W

August 31, 2021 at 10:49 pm

Weather slows California wildfire, but flames keep moving VIEW

Flames raced across treetops and through drought-stricken vegetation as firefighters scrambled to keep a growing California wildfire from reaching a resort city at the southern...

August 19, 2021 at 9:02 pm

National forests closed as California wildfires surge VIEW

Millions of acres of national forest in Northern California are being closed because of dangerous fire conditions that already have sent a score of blazes...

Detective Steve Hobb searches for possible victims at Cache Creek Mobile Home Estates where the Cache Fire leveled dozens of homes on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Clearlake, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) CANB104 CANB104

August 18, 2021 at 9:00 pm

California wildfires destroy homes; winds hamper containment VIEW

A small wildfire that swept through a mobile home park and left dozens of homes in ashes is the latest in a series of explosive...

A home burns on Jeters Road as the Dixie fire jumps Highway 395 south of Janesville, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. Critical fire weather throughout the region threatens to spread multiple wildfires burning in Northern California. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) BKWS307 BKWS307

August 17, 2021 at 5:33 am

Fueled by winds, largest wildfire moves near California city VIEW

Pacific Gas & Electric says it has begun shutting off power to about 51,000 customers in 18 Northern California counties to prevent wildfires

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FILE – In this July 1, 2021, file photo visitors wear masks as they walk in a shopping district in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. A rapid and sustained increase in COVID-19 cases in the nation’s largest county requires restoring an indoor mask mandate even when people are vaccinated, Los Angeles County’s public health officer said Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) LA405 LA405

July 15, 2021 at 9:02 pm

Mask mandate back on in Los Angeles as virus cases rise

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County residents will again be required to wear masks indoors, regardless of their vaccination status, while the University of...