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More intense future wildfires, fueled by further climate change, could lead to 70,000 deaths from smoke exposure a year, according to a new study.
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Teenage girls are apprentices teaching visitors about birds and animals that make their home here on the hillsides of Cabrillo National Monument. -
KPBS Midday EditionA new energy storage project rolling out across the county aims to add more emissions-free energy to California’s electric grid. -
The San Diego Zoo is bringing a float to the Rose Parade in Pasadena for the first time in more than 20 years. -
California's mountain snow holds 160% of the water it normally does at the end of December. That's according to officials from the state Department of Water Resources, who measured the snowpack on Thursday in the Sierra Nevada. -
Heavier precipitation is expected Wednesday through Thursday, with some mountain areas likely to get up to a foot of snow while widespread showers douse the rest of the area. -
The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday that Southern California shoreline segments affected by an oil spill have been returned to their original condition. -
The latest winter storm due in Tuesday tonight is expected to bring chilly temperatures countywide and significant snowfall in the mountains, the National Weather Service said. -
The piney smell of Christmas trees will soon be gone in many homes as decorations get put away. Christmas tree recycling locations are available throughout the county. -
The latest chilly winter storm dropped varying amounts of rain on San Diego County before clearing, with another storm expected Monday, the National Weather Service said. -
The sheen was detected Wednesday about a mile offshore from Bolsa Chica State Beach, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Office of Spill Prevention and Response. The source of the sheen was unknown.
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