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Native blue-eyed grass becomes San Diego's official flower

San Diego has a new official flower, following the City Council's unanimous vote today to replace the non-native carnation with the native western blue-eyed grass.

A roaster holds coffee beans ready to be ground. The cost of raw, or green, coffee has soared following a drought in top-grower Brazil.

Coffee prices are higher than ever. Here's what it means for your cup

Droughts in top coffee-growing countries have shrunk the supply of beans. Supermarket brands like Nescafé and Folgers have already raised prices — but the world keeps drinking more and more coffee.

Oil wells in the Kern River Oil Field near Bakersfield. Oil and gas companies would have to pay into a climate superfund if the state enacts the legislation.

Should polluters pay? California’s climate ‘superfund’ plan may have stalled

Proposed legislation hasn’t moved out of the state Assembly or Senate, raising questions about how far California will go in its efforts to make oil and gas companies pay for climate damage.

A close-up view of the wooly devil, a new species and genus identified in Big Bend National Park in Texas.

Meet the 'wooly devil,' a new plant species discovered in Big Bend National Park

The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist.

A pedestrian walks in the rain Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Los Angeles.

Californians brace for flooding in areas torched by wildfires

The rain has intensified in California, where an atmospheric river is expected to bring heavy downpours, winds and flooding to areas ravaged by wildfires.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an event in San Francisco on Nov. 9, 2023.

California sues to stop Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that Trump lacks the authority to impose the sweeping 10% tariff on all imports.

Workers secure a net to prevent mudslides over the burned side of a mansion in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.

Rain helps Southern California firefighters but sends ash and mud flowing down hillsides

Rain is easing after Southern California’s first significant storm of the season brought weekend downpours that aided firefighters but caused ash, mud and debris to flow across streets in wildfire-burned areas.

CalFire firefighters work to clean up the final hotspots of the Bunnie Fire in Ramona, August 8, 2023.

Elevated fire risk through Thursday for San Diego County mountains and valleys

School districts in Ramona and Julian have canceled Wednesday classes.

Berta Cáceres in the Rio Blanco region of western Honduras where she, COPINH (the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras) and the people of Rio Blanco have maintained a two year struggle to halt construction on the Agua Zarca Hydroelectric project, that poses grave threats to local environment, river and indigenous Lenca people from the region. She gathered with members of COPINH and Rio Blanco during a meeting remembering community members killed during the two year struggle.

Water For Life

Premieres Wednesday, April 23, 205 at 11 p.m on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, April 27 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 and Monday, April 28 at 7 a.m. on KPBS 2. The film tells the dramatic story of three community leaders in Latin America who resisted government and corporate plans to divert critical local water resources to mining and hydroelectric projects.

Elijah's Triumph

Devastating droughts, floods, skies of fire, murderous crowds, and a prophet's lone footsteps through a land of uncertainty and self-doubt. Mendelssohn's oratorios certainly skirted the line between opera and sacred music, but his depiction of the prophet Elijah is unique in its epic dramatic power. Music Director and Chorus Conductor Arian Khaefi leads the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus in a performance of Mendelssohn's monumental Elijah. Visit: Elijah's Triumph La Jolla Symphony & Chorus on Instagram and Facebook

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