Los Angeles Times staff writer Hayley Smith has won a 2025 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award, a contest that recognizes ...

A federal appeals court has paused a California law that requires companies making more than $500 million a year to report ...

As summer gets underway, climate scientists have a warning: The season could be a scorcher, and children could be particularly at risk to the dangers that presents. Summer has become hotter in most ...

An explosion erupted mid-deck on a burning ship at the Port of Los Angeles on Friday evening, disrupting power and crane ...

Going into United Nations climate negotiations, it appears the talks may do more than just focus on implementing past ...

Quantavia Smith, who was often homeless for a decade, now has a studio apartment in Los Angeles with easy access to public ...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is asking the Supreme Court to pause new California laws expected to require thousands of ...

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While the national government remains slow to deal with climate change, many cities have been moving ahead. Why the difference? Well, cities tend to be more homogenous politically, which makes any ...

Altadena, CALIF — More than three months after 16,251 homes and other buildings were destroyed in the Eaton and Palisades fires, rebuilding has begun. Now that burned debris has been removed from lots ...