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Beachgoers enjoy the sunshine near the pier in Huntington Beach, California, on Friday, Sept, 4, 2020.

2020 ties 2016 as hottest year on record

January 14, 2021 at 5:16 p.m.

Global warming pushed temperatures to near-record levels in 2020, in effect tying 2016 as the hottest year on record, according to data released Thursday by U.S. science agencies. Last year's...

Kids do flips off the lifeguard tower while others relax on the sand on the last day of open beaches in Huntington Beach, Calif., after Gov. Newsom announced the closure of all Orange County state and local beaches, on April 30, 2020. As summer descends on the U.S., public health experts are warning that the coronavirus could make intense heat waves deadlier.

Coronavirus could worsen death toll of summer heat waves, health officials warn

May 7, 2020 at 12:24 p.m.

WASHINGTON — As summer descends on the U.S., public health experts are warning that the coronavirus could make intense heat waves deadlier, adding to the devastating death toll the country...

Summer heat waves could be deadlier because of COVID-19, health officials warn

May 7, 2020 at 2:04 p.m.

As summer descends on the U.S., public health experts are warning that the coronavirus could make intense heat waves deadlier, adding to the devastating death toll the country has suffered....

Q&A: What is the UN climate change summit?

October 9, 2019 at 12:04 p.m.

Enough with the platitudes — it's time for world leaders to take concrete actions to avert a catastrophic heating of the planet. That's the message United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...

Crowds fill rafts to Tom Sawyer Island with New Orleans Square in the background in this 2015 photo.

Disneyland shuts down 2 cooling towers after Legionnaires’ disease sickens visitors

August 22, 2019 at 1:36 a.m.

Disneyland has shut down two bacteria-contaminated cooling towers after Orange County health officials discovered several cases of Legionnaires’ disease in people who had visited the Anaheim theme park, authorities said....

Trump supporters and protesters cross paths near LAPD headquarters in downtown L.A.

Thousands march in L.A. for impeachment of Trump; his supporters hold their own rally

August 21, 2019 at 11:59 p.m.

Several thousand protesters marched through downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, waving signs and chanting, "Down, down, down with Trump — up, up, up with the people" as they urged Congress...

Even at levels considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency, the fine particulates and ozone in air pollution were associated with premature risk of death, according to a new Harvard study.

Air pollution exposure may hasten death, even at levels deemed ‘safe,’ study says

August 21, 2019 at 11:57 p.m.

At a time when the Trump administration is moving to delay and dismantle air quality regulations, a new study suggests that air pollution continues to cut Americans' lives short, even...

A land that violent crime forgot

August 22, 2021 at 8:59 a.m.

Jaci Woods is having trouble getting her neighbors to sign up for her WatchMail crime e-mail alerts. There's simply not enough crime in this Orange County suburb to warrant interest...

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