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Hoodline

San Carlos Classroom Hits 89 Degrees as San Diego AC Woes Boil Over

September 12, 2026

Hoodline

Torrance Schools Swelter as $520 Million AC Bond Fails to Reach the Ballot

September 12, 2026

Los Angeles Times

California water agencies may get a new defense in lawsuits over hydrants running dry in wildfires

September 8, 2026

Axios

Extreme heat is rewriting the job of state government

September 8, 2026

Iowa PBS

The Hidden Cost of Extreme Heat, From Cities to Cornfields

September 8, 2026

Science Blog

Los Angeles coated its streets with a gray reflective layer to fight extreme heat, and the pavement itself really did run more than 10 degrees cooler, but the people walking on it felt hotter, because the heat hadn't gone anywhere — it was bouncing straight up into their bodies

September 7, 2026

The Spokesman-Review

Other cities burned when the water ran out. Spokane’s water didn’t

August 27, 2026

MLive

For 4 years, arsenic has tainted the tap water at a Michigan mobile home park

August 26, 2026

Spectrum News 1

Angelenos work to beat the heat

August 25, 2026

The Cool Down

Southern California water bills could climb 30% more by 2030 amid proposed rate hike

August 22, 2026

Grist

Extreme weather is changing how Americans see the world

August 18, 2026

Daily News

Proposed 30% hike in water bills in LA, OC isn’t all that unusual anymore, experts say

August 16, 2026

Shade in the UK

In the Hot Seat with Dr. Kelly Turner

August 13, 2026

Los Angeles Times

This common ‘heat wave mistake’ could harm your health as temperatures soar over 95 degrees this weekend

July 31, 2026

Los Angeles Times

SoCal has had ‘so many heat waves,’ but this next one is a doozy: What to know

July 30, 2026

Grist

Is it getting too hot for summer school?

July 29, 2026

Boston Globe

The world needs more fresh water. Why isn’t desalination the answer?

July 20, 2026

Newsweek

America’s Lakes Are Shrinking. Data Centers Are Being Built Nearby

July 19, 2026

BBC

Life in a heat dome: The American West is figuring out how to keep cool

July 10, 2026

The Nation

Gen Z Thinks About Climate Change Constantly. Why Don’t They Vote Like It?

July 10, 2026

LAist

Can trees protect homes from fire? This UCLA research group is trying to find out

July 8, 2026

CalMatters

Garden Grove’s chemical emergency is a warning for other communities near plastics factories

July 1, 2026

Metropolis

Why Shade Is America’s Most Overlooked Infrastructure

June 29, 2026

CalMatters

California extended a lifeline to some of its aging mobile home parks. What happened next?

June 24, 2026

National Geographic

How cities are fighting back against the 'heat island effect'

June 22, 2026

Grist

America’s data center backlash is bipartisan — can it stay that way?

June 22, 2026

Los Angeles Times

Newsom’s stance on controversial data centers about to be tested. Again.

June 21, 2026

High Country News

Managed retreat in Ruidoso could mean more public lands

June 5, 2026

Los Angeles Times

Emergency room visits during heat waves available to the public in ‘near-real time’ in L.A. County

June 4, 2026

Agence France Presse

MAGA Divided Over AI As Trump Pushes For Rapid Expansion

June 2, 2026

Western City

‘Heat is going to be the great un-equalizer,’ warn experts and city officials in the Inland Empire

June 1, 2026

Resources Radio

The California Homes That Are Going Electric, with Lauren Dunlap

May 26, 2026

NPR

NPR News Now

May 25, 2026

Rolling Stone

Can Local Outrage Over Data Centers Tilt the Midterms?

May 25, 2026

Legal Planet

Hate the Gas Tax? Get to Know the Road Usage Charge

May 21, 2026

Circle of Blue

Climate Emergencies Are Breaking Water Utilities. Customers Are Paying

May 20, 2026

Los Angeles Times

A dire ‘math problem’ on the Colorado River and wholly inadequate responses

May 14, 2026

Grist

The solution to urban heat is much, much simpler than you think

May 8, 2026

POLITICO

A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure

May 7, 2026

Los Angeles Times

Trees that survived L.A.’s wildfires are dying at alarming rate. Can they be saved?

May 7, 2026

Torched

Cool streets

April 30, 2026

KCRW

Do trees burn houses? Or is it the other way around?

April 23, 2026

LAist

As California debates Zone Zero, researchers want to know: Can trees protect homes from fire?

April 23, 2026

AP News

Massachusetts is dumping sewage into waterways. Grassroots organizations are fighting back

April 22, 2026

Legal Planet

California Has a Neighborhood Decarbonization Law. How Does It Work?

April 8, 2026

Newsweek

Experts Warn Severe Change To Weather Coming: ‘Risky Conditions’

April 3, 2026

CalMatters

California is spending hundreds of millions on heat. Will it ever be a public health priority?

March 19, 2026

KABC

Heat wave blasts Southern California

March 19, 2026

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