Beth Pratt

The South Coast Air Quality Management District extended a smoke advisory for Los Angeles due to multiple wildfires.

Spring is usually peak poppy season for Southern California, but limited winter showers dampened the flower species’ chances.

Weeks after the Eaton Fire in Altadena, injured wildlife is showing up around the disaster area. The singed animals include everything from birds to bobcats.

Since the Palisades Fire, many surfers have avoided the breaks from Malibu to El Porto. But stubbornness and new water quality reports might change that.

Former wildland firefighter Kelly Ramsey’s new memoir is about the mental and physical cost of being on the frontlines of California’s largest blazes.

Evacuation-related expenses might be covered by home insurance. Get a copy of your full policy and keep all related records and receipts.

This year’s toxic algal bloom off the coast is the longest and deadliest ever seen in Southern California. Will sea lion and dolphin populations recover?

“Severance” on Apple TV+ mirrors the experience of medical procedures done on split-brain patients, which was first developed in the 1960s at Caltech.

Business for animals in the entertainment industry — and their trainers — is drying up, as jobs move away from California and onto computers.