L.A. Times - Environment

Rivian will deliver its first R2 Performance vehicles to public customers this week. The new EV starts at $57,990.

California is set to reduce funding for a program that helps communities with contaminated water. Critics say it will stall progress.

It's been just days since firefighters reached full containment of the 18,379-acre blaze on Santa Rosa Island. Crews are now assessing the damage.

Despite spending a record-shattering amount of his wealth on his run for governor, Steyer failed to win enough votes in last week's primary to advance to the November general election.

Scientists feared the Santa Monica Mountains' last endangered steelhead trout were wiped out by the Palisades fire. Then, they found them alive in Topanga Creek.

New surveillance footage and evidence from Southern California Edison confirms that a century-old, idle transmission line that the utility failed to remove ignited last year's deadly Eaton fire, lawyers said in a court filing.

FIFA is well aware that extreme heat and humidity could affect the 2026 World Cup, and that's why this might be the final World Cup to be played in the summer.

So far this year, the South Coast air basin, which includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, has seen 39 days when the concentration of lung-irritating ozone exceeded the federal standard, according to preliminary state air quality data.

Democrat Xavier Becerra consolidated Democratic support to advance in a bitter primary to become California's next governor, while the second spot remains up for grabs.

The Pacifica Municpal Pier was abruptly closed Thursday after city workers found cracks and missing concrete. It's one more coastal landmark that has begun to crumble as the ocean slowly rises around it.

Filmmaker Sara Dosa ('Fire of Love') continues to mine human intimacy from natural backdrops, settings to which we are more connected than we realize.

State and federal fire officials have unveiled a new plan to boost wildfire prevention, even as California funding sources are drying up.

A destructive wildfire burned through a third of Santa Rosa Island. For one reporter, the loss isn't theoretical — it's a personal reckoning with a changing paradise.

California cities are paying high costs to clean up water pollution running off parking lots. Environmental groups say the state needs to hold businesses accountable.