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June marked the planet's 12th consecutive month of global warming at or above 1.5 degrees Celsius — the international benchmark for avoiding the worst effects of climate change. latimes.com/environment/st…

'It will change your life.' Ultramarathon runners embrace pain of Western States 100 latimes.com/sports/story/2… by Kevin Baxter 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 📷: Brian van der Brug

These California counties endured the nation's longest streaks of excessive heat latimes.com/california/sto… by Grace Toohey & Sandhya Kambhampati

Two takeaways from looking at data on CA journalism: - Ten major news websites including Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and O.C. Register have seen at least a 35% drop in total unique visitors since Jan. 2021 - Sacramento saw the state's largest drop in journalism employment since 2013

Buried around 700 pages into Project 2025 is a call to demolish NOAA and the National Weather Service — some of the nation’s most dependable resources for tracking weather, combating climate change and protecting the public from environmental hazards. latimes.com/environment/st…

"Deadpool & Wolverine" is coming off a huge opening weekend, earning $211 million. Last week, I wrote about what it means for Marvel that these two characters are finally joining the MCU: latimes.com/entertainment-…

Will global warming turn L.A. into San Bernardino? Map models climate change in 60 years latimes.com/environment/st… by Hayley Smith Lorena Elebee

If global warming continues unabated, what will L.A. feel like in 2080? Surprisingly, about like San Bernardino. And San Francisco in 60 years could feel like you're down at the Mexican border. Story by Hayley Smith with nice graphics by Lorena Elebee latimes.com/environment/st…

July was California's hottest month on record. Average global temperatures also saw its two hottest days ever last month. latimes.com/california/sto…

A heated debate is brewing over a proposed bill to abolish California's wildfire hazard severity maps. Supporters say it will create more consistent safety standards; opponents say it will increase housing development in fire-prone areas. Story here: latimes.com/environment/st…

Increasingly extreme heat is contributing to more deaths in California, but getting data on how many is slow laist.com/news/climate-e…

For years, L.A. has been incorrectly reporting which earthquake-vulnerable buildings have been retrofitted and which haven't. L.A. Mayor Bass asked the department to hire an independent auditor & automate their manual work: latimes.com/california/sto…

Half Their Land Burned in a Decade: The California Counties Constantly on Fire nytimes.com/interactive/20…

"Matt Pearce, president of the Media Guild of the West, criticized the plan in emails with union members in recent days, calling it a 'total rout of the state’s attempts to check Google’s stranglehold over our newsrooms.'" latimes.com/california/sto…

We looked at the latest FEC filings and found South Asian donors gave almost $2.4 million to Vice President Kamala Harris Harris in the first days of her campaign Los Angeles Times : latimes.com/politics/story…

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Google's proposed framework to avoid regulation in California isn't supported in its current form by a single organization representing journalists and news workers. Read about the growing opposition to Google's draft deal: mediaguildwest.org/news/journalis…

The last of the four dams have been breached, and the Klamath River is flowing freely in its channel for the first time in more than a century. Gina Ferazzi latimes.com/environment/st… Los Angeles Times

As California swelters, climate officials declare Summer 2024 the hottest on record latimes.com/environment/st… by Hayley Smith