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New coronavirus infections soared again in Australia on Friday to a record of more than 32,000 driven by the highly contagious omicron variant and a recent relaxation of restrictions in many areas.

Residents who fled the Alisal Fire west of Santa Barbara have been allowed to return home

San Diego County is expected to receive .01 to .05 inches of rain Tuesday. Heavier rainfall, approximately .25 to .50 inches, is expected on Thursday over Valley Center and Alpine.

Unreliable agency data limits wildfire prevention accountability.

California would pay farmers not to plant thousands of acres of land as part of a $2.9 billion plan to let more water flow in the the state's rivers.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has further fueled already high food and energy costs, hitting the poorest people hardest.

Mayor Todd Gloria says an update to the city's Climate Action Plan will include a goal of offsetting all the city's greenhouse gas emissions.

The war there is responsible — and makes it difficult just to assess the scale of displacement. Details are in a new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.

A new study says the current climate crisis is a "severe threat" to the safety of younger generations, who will experience far more extreme climate events such as heat waves, wildfires and floods.

NPR's Scott Simon shares the story of twins born 15 minutes apart, one just before midnight on Dec. 31, 2021, and one just after, and what their birth years might mean in the future.