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COVID-19 rates in the Southwestern United States reached 12.5% -- the highest in the nation. It comes as California students return to the classroom after RFK Jr. nixed the CDC's recommendation that they receive booster shots.

A project of the L.A.-based nonprofit Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, the volunteer-led Teen Line is helping to fill a widening gap between the need for teen mental health support and the resources available.

The California Department of Public Health says Valley fever cases are on track to break records once again in 2025.

Amid a frenzy of new technology to detect fires earlier, from satellites to remote cameras to AI, an Orange County group is betting on volunteers. Fire experts say the program is "indispensable."

For the first time, there's a map of the nation's cattle and hog feeding operations, and it shows Tulare County has more than any county in the country.

In a new paper, Harvard researchers argue for a stricter lead soil contamination standard in California. Other researchers say it has few implications for fire survivors ...

Recycling and composting get a lot of ink and attention when it comes to discussion about reducing waste. But reuse may be the unsung hero ...

Waste experts across Southern California believe we'll figure out how to deal with trash by 2050 -- by going back to basics and reducing and reusing what we buy.

The Trump administration has suspended $584 million in grants at UCLA over what the U.S. Department of Justice has described as the school's 'deliberate indifference' to Jewish students' civil rights.

One day after it was reported that the NFL banned ammonia inhalants, the league clarified that while teams can no longer supply them, players can supply their own.