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Moderate weather and well-timed rainstorms in much of California combined to curb the acreage and structures burned.

Democrats plan to spend $20 billion to help rural communities address the climate crisis. There's little sign the infusion of money will reshape politics in areas that traditionally vote Republican.

Ferocious wildfires are burning in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters. Officials and scientists cited climate change as a factor.

Cleanup is under way after a powerful storm swept through California, setting rainfall records in the drought-stricken state.

A new report looks into the cost of water in San Diego and offers analysis of why rates are so high.

In November 1922, seven land-owning white men brokered a deal to allocate water from the Colorado River, which winds through the West and ends in Mexico. One hundred years on, the future of the Colorado River is uncertain.

California Republicans have their sights and money set on controller candidate Lanhee Chen in their quest to recapture statewide office.

Fires on grasslands and rangelands may not capture as much coverage but can be just as landscape-altering as forest fires. Plus, they can spread more rapidly, and in some cases, cause more damage than fires in forested areas.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warning that the world is "on a highway to climate hell" and urged the two biggest polluting countries, China and the United States, to work together to avert it.

Vice President Dina Boluarte was sworn in Wednesday as Peru's next president after Congress voted out President Pedro Castillo shortly after he dissolved the legislative body.