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Lessons from Yosemite, a decade after the Rim fire
In 2013, a wildfire tore through Yosemite National Park. Its slow recovery can teach Angelenos what to expect in the wake of the Eaton and Palisades fires of 2025.
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Portillo’s Tests Out Breakfast at Five Chicago-Area Locations
OK, not quite, but nonetheless, Portillo’s, the national chain that began in Chicago’s suburbs and is now owned by ...
Trump’s ‘tiny’ fish, a ‘giant faucet’ and ‘beautiful water flow’
Trump’s whopper of a fish tale has its roots in a tour given by politically connected farmers in California’s Central Valley.
Trump administration seeks to narrow Endangered Species Act by redefining ‘harm’
On Wednesday, the Trump administration proposed changing the definition of "harm" in the bedrock environmental law, which ...
Proposed rule change on endangered species triggers alarm for environmentalists
Birds are among the most vulnerable. Since humans arrived, 71 birds have gone extinct, according to the state Department of ...
A New Record for California’s Highest Tree
A UC Davis professor's pleasure hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the ...