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Federal agencies violated the Endangered Species Act by developing plans for four national forests in California without adequately addressing the impact on endangered animals, a judge ruled.
Bride-to-be Carrie Beers has been planning to hold her intimate wedding among winding staircases, terraced gardens and 13 acres of avocado orchards at a Spanish-style villa tucked into a Santa Barbara canyon.
A few years ago, U2 guitarist The Edge went for a hike, and there in the golden hills overlooking Malibu's cerulean waters, he finally found what he was looking for.
Sixty percent of Americans live in areas with unhealthy air pollution levels, despite a growing green movement and more stringent laws aimed at improving air quality, the American Lung Association said in a report released Wednesday.
Months after making national headlines for supporting offshore oil drilling, the county famous for spawning the modern environmental movement reversed course Tuesday and voted to oppose the drilling.
An environmental group lost a lawsuit that would have forced the U.S. Coast Guard to better protect blue whales after several were killed by ships in the Santa Barbara Channel off Southern California.
The corporate owner of a swanky hotel has been charged after workers were accused of illegally disposing pool chemicals that sickened subway riders and sparked fears of a terrorist attack.
An agreement paving the way for the first oil drilling off the California coast in nearly 40 years has run into unexpected opposition that may sink it altogether Thursday.
The green thumbs who keep lawns lush and flora flourishing in the city have found a new foe among the aphids, white flies and other yard pests — the water police.
Heaps of toxic mine waste rise like church steeples over this wind-swept desert town, threatening the health of residents and of thousands of off-road bikers.
Kids can keep visiting Billy the elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo — for now.
Cookie Smith was surprised to learn the fake lawn that earned her a home-beautification award violated a city ban on artificial grass.
Water regulators have taken a step toward banning septic tanks in the heart of Malibu, Calif., after a battle over bacterial pollution at popular beaches.
The best way for the next president to help the CIA would be to "do nothing," agency director Michael Hayden said Tuesday.
Environmentalists fighting the practice of oil drilling off Southern California will go before a county board next week to advocate for an oil company that wants to do just that.
Without ever lifting a shovel, an archaeologist could dig through Dave Chameides' house and get a pretty good picture of how he has lived for the past eight months.
On a tree-lined corner of Studio City filled with modest homes, flower gardens and neighbors who chat across back fences, two wiry celebrities are engaged in a green grudge match.
A whopper of a fight has escalated over who should benefit from the proceeds of California's popular whale tail license plate.
One of California's most popular specialty license plates — depicting the tail of a Pacific humpback whale rising out of misty waters — could soon become endangered itself.
Three endangered California condors were returned to the wild Friday after undergoing treatment for lead poisoning at the Los Angeles Zoo.
Biologist Noel Snyder got an intriguing call from a development-company representative a day after it announced it was moving forward with plans to build nearly 3,500 luxury homes, condos and hotels on land used by the endangered California condor.
A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in California history.
A city outside California has for the first time been named the sootiest in the nation, one of the categories the American Lung Association uses to determine the most polluted cities in the country.
When a Firestone Vineyard employee discovered oil trickling down a creek in January in this wine country town, the source of the contamination was no surprise to firefighters.
Conservationists hailed a move by regional water officials to enforce clean-water standards by threatening 20 cities and Los Angeles County with tens of thousands of dollars in daily fines for repeatedly polluting Santa Monica Bay with contaminated runoff.
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