Jacob Margolis
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Three wildfires are burning in southern California, threatening tens of thousands of structures, prompting evacuations and degrading air quality.
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After a mild fire year in 2023, California's early fire season of 2024 has had a busy start. A persistent heatwave is making conditions more challenging for wildland firefighters.
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An atmospheric river continues to bombard California, leading to power outages and flooding in different parts of the state.
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Once on the path to extinction, East Pacific green sea turtles in L.A. are coming back in a major way – right in the middle of suburbia. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 15, 2023.)
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Once on the path to extinction, East Pacific green sea turtles in L.A. are coming back in a major way – right in the middle of suburbia.
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An oil spill off the coast of Southern California is sending globs onto the shores of Orange County. Environmental authorities are trying to protect a sensitive marshland in the oil slick's path.
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Farmworkers, construction workers and firefighters are dying from excessive heat on the job. The federal government has no heat standard to protect them, and climate change is making things worse.
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First responders in Los Angeles County are gathering at a staging area at Hansen Dam to coordinate how to keep the fires from creeping into neighborhoods.
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It was the only part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that came back from the moon. Designing, testing and building it was a monumental task, according to two engineers who were part of the effort. -
Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., announced Tuesday that they will make one last attempt to reach the Mars rover Opportunity though they are not expecting a response.
