Why it matters: The ocean around all Los Angeles County beaches could have higher bacteria levels thanks to the recent rain, ...

Scientists are worried about chemicals from burned materials (heavy metals, plastics, fire retardants) polluting the ocean.

Due to recent rainfall and the increase in fire debris along these ocean waters, an Ocean Water Closure has been declared for ...

Will Rogers State Beach parking lot will serve as a temporary removal site for toxic and hazardous materials from the recent ...

A modest but motivated crowd gathered by Topanga Beach on Friday afternoon to protest the decision to place a sorting site for toxic and contaminated debris cleared from the Palisades Fire where the ...

From wafting tar pits and smells of the beach to native plants and a chocolate factory, our readers smelled Los Angeles and ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) reported at 6 p.m. that the traffic collision and downed wires on Kanan ...

A parking lot at Will Rogers State Beach will be used as a staging area for potentially hazardous household waste removed ...

There is at one slight glimmer of hope, however. According to Moe, testing following the devastating fires in Lahaina, Maui, ...

With rainstorms affecting Southern California this week, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is advising ...

Malibu schools that were temporarily closed due to the Palisades Fire were scheduled to reopen amid a storm that reduced ...

A portion of Malibu beach water closure has been lifted due to safe bacterial levels, however other areas remain closed or ...