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It's been 14 years since they were last in the MLB playoffs, but on Wednesday the San Diego Padres face the St. Louis Cardinals in a playoff series completely upended by COVID-19.

Two major cyclones and a prolonged drought in 2019 are a reminder that Mozambique's residents are on the front lines of climate change. And they do not have all the resources they need.

In May, NOAA will release its once-a-decade update for the 30-year weather averages that local meteorologists use. In many places, it will mean far fewer days that are "above normal."

A drenching storm that brought California much-needed rain in what had been a dry winter is winding down after washing out Highway 1 near Big Sur and burying the Sierra Nevada in heavy snow that left a skier dead.

State officials hope a restoration project along the southern edge of the Salton Sea steers the region away from an ecological and public health disaster.

Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. Explore the life and times of author L. Frank Baum, the creator of one of the most beloved, enduring and classic American narratives "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Baum never lost his childlike sense of wonder and eventually crafted his observations into a magical tale of survival, adventure and self-discovery, reinterpreted through the generations in films, books and musicals.

Extreme heat and drought conditions have caused hundreds of fires to spark throughout the country, many of which have been burning for weeks.

The Padres were the only active MLB team without a no-hitter, and it came in their 8,206th regular season game.

Even as pollution emissions declined from other sources including vehicle exhaust and power plants, the amount from fires increased sharply, said researchers at Stanford University and the University of California, San Diego.

Undocumented migrants trekking on foot and packed into vehicles are heading north from the southern border in greater numbers. Some are dying along the way, and Border Patrol agents are frustrated.