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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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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday declared one of Southern California's rarest butterflies — the Hermes copper butterfly — as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The agency also designated 35,000 acres in San Diego County as protected critical habitat. -
The wet weather pattern will begin to affect Southern California Tuesday night and bring rain and high-elevation snow through Thursday. -
The solar energy and environmental groups fight to keep new rules from gutting the state's active solar energy industry. -
Southern California Edison has agreed to more than half a billion dollars in fines and penalties related to five wildfires. -
The San Diego City Council approved 33 updates to the Land Development Code. -
Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that Amplify Energy Corp. and its two subsidiaries that operate oil rigs and a pipeline off Long Beach were charged with a misdemeanor for illegally discharging oil. -
The reservoir is the largest of seven water storage projects scheduled to receive funding from a 2014 voter-approved bond. Environmental groups oppose the project. They say it would take too much water out of the Sacramento River and harm endangered species of salmon. -
The storm brought the first measurable rain to the county since October, when the region experienced some mild showers. -
Negotiators for California, Arizona and Nevada are expected to sign an agreement Wednesday to voluntarily reduce their use of Colorado River water. -
Cleanup is under way after a powerful storm swept through California, setting rainfall records in the drought-stricken state.
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