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Saltwater toilets, desperate wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island battles against drought
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRaymond Valdez, 8, pours cool seawater on his head to rinse off the sand at the beach in Avalon....
Column: Has a UC Riverside researcher created the Holy Grail of drought-tolerant lawns?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJim Baird, UC Riverside researcher and lawn evangelist, at a test field to evaluate turf specimens...
Tearing out her lawn was like therapy after a year of illness and grief
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSeriina Covarrubias replaced her lawn with California natives and other plants to honor her late...
Opinion: A wet winter began to replenish Mono Lake. L.A. should let it be a lake again
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMono Lake rests under the snowcapped peaks of the Eastern Sierra Nevada. Advocates want L.A. to stop...
America's latest drought is a sign of things to come
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDrought. Illustrated | Getty Images, iStock In May, precipitation was below average from California to Texas, and with summer temperatures on the rise,...
California is moving to outlaw watering some grass that's purely decorative
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA pedestrian crosses a median as traffic passes along San Vicente Blvd. in Brentwood in May 2022....
116 degrees at night: Death Valley's extreme heat goes off the charts from climate change
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMarie David of France drinks water to keep hydrated at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley on Sunday....
State refuses request for more water in communities with high wildfire risk
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Woolsey fire destroyed multiple homes in 2018. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times) State...
This tribe was barred from cultural burning for decades — then a fire hit their community
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA tree stump smolders in a moonscape created by the Oak fire in Mariposa County. (Luis Sinco / Los...
This $5 Million L.A. Home Epitomizes Midcentury-Modern Design and California Cool
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSouthern California, particularly Palm Springs, has a high concentration of midcentury-modern homes....