Multiple wildfires stoked by severe winds continue to blaze throughout Los Angeles County, killing at least two people and forcing the evacuation of more than 80,000 residents.
Possibly descended from horses brought to California by Spanish colonists, the wild Coyote Canyon herd once lived in rural eastern San Diego County. Now, a small nonprofit is trying to rewild them before the unique animals disappear forever.
California’s first winter snowpack survey of 2025 showed the snowpack at 91% of the average to date and 37% of the average on April 1, when the Sierra snowpack is typically at its peak.
Climate scientists say increasing global temperatures have driven soil moisture in the Southwest below a critical point, creating a positive feedback loop of hotter and drier conditions.
The threatened tariffs on imports from China, and the possibility of a strike at the East and Gulf Coast ports next month, have sent record volumes of imports through the West Coast ports.