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In early January, the soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2% of historical records for that day in the region. That’s extremely low.

Hydroclimate whiplash -- the rapid shift between wet and dry conditions -- likely contributed to the severity of the wildfires in Southern California, experts say.

Social media users angry at State Farm's decision to cancel hundreds of policies in California last year are rallying around the figure of Luigi Mangione.

The Hughes fire has burned through 3,407 acres since it started late Wednesday morning, according to local officials.

Southern California started out the 2024-25 water year pretty dry. The region got some rain from an atmospheric river in November, but not much. After that, most of the atmospheric rivers that hit the West Coast from October into January veered northward into Washington, Oregon and Northern California instead.

The president's sweeping executive order threatens investigations of universities with endowments over $1 billion.

The fire threat remains critical in Southern California, where thousands of residents were under evacuation orders Wednesday as fire crews battled the out-of-control Hughes Fire near Castaic, a suburb in the foothills and mountains of northern Los Angeles County.

Up close, it seems harmless — cute, even. With its rabbit ear-shaped antennae, fuzzy body and soft, mottled wings, the 2-inch-long insect looks like it emerged from a Guillermo del Toro or Hayao Miyazaki film.

Obviously the loss of so many dwellings, whether they be single-family homes or apartments, exacerbates what was already one of the nation’s most acute shortages of housing — a crisis that has worsened despite strenuous efforts by Gov.

The state’s update does not include the crucial ability to compare the average student’s growth across multiple years at a single glance, to pinpoint improvements, plateaus or declines.