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Humpback whales and domoic acid contamination are putting the brakes on California's commercial Dungeness crab fishery this fall. Holiday crabs and crab cakes won't be easy to find.

Restoring California's St. George Reef Lighthouse will cost at least $10 million and helicopter access. It's a race against time -- and rising seas.

Exxon Mobil has filed suit in federal court challenging two California laws that would require the oil giant to report the greenhouse emissions resulting from the use of its products globally.

October is a peak mating month for tarantulas in California, when the hulking, furry males set out in search of a mate. They don't always come out alive.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported the first death from West Nile virus in 2025, in a patient from the San Fernando Valley.

An otter is hopping on surfboards in Santa Cruz's storied Steamers Lane. Two years ago, a similar situation played out in these prime surfing waters. Is it the same otter? A different one? And what benefit, if any, is this otter gaining by accosting ...

A Los Angeles County judge ordered the owners of a troubled metal recycler to pay $2 million in penalties and permanently cease operations next door to a high school in Watts.

Rivian, the Irvine-based manufacturer of electric trucks and SUVs, is preparing to lay off roughly 600 employees in an effort to lower costs.

Hunters will now be allowed to kill mute swans starting Jan. 1, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Melanie Winter led efforts to embrace nature along the L.A. River, touting the potential for a restored river to heal the city's relationship to water. She was 67.