Hayley Smith is an environment reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where she covers the many ways climate change is reshaping life in California, including drought, floods, wildfires and deadly heat. She previously worked on the breaking news team. Originally from Miami, she holds a master’s degree in journalism from USC.
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California’s prisons are uniquely unprepared for climate change because of remote locations, aging infrastructure and overcrowding, experts say.
July 13, 2024
Earth has experienced 12 consecutive months of warming at or above 1.5 degrees Celsius — a threshold for avoiding the worst effects of climate change.
July 8, 2024
The framework will apply to about 400 urban water suppliers and will require them to adopt water-use budgets and meet locally tailored conservation goals.
July 4, 2024
OSHA is weighing national workplace heat rules that could save lives. Meanwhile, California has suffered billions in losses from soaring high temperatures.
July 2, 2024
LAUSD campuses could help reduce pollution and enhance water supplies if they obeyed stormwater regulations, environmentalists say. So why don’t they?
June 30, 2024
The California Climate Information System, or CalCIS, would have made California the first state to create an open-source, continually refreshed climate hub.
June 28, 2024
Multiple projects seeking to remove carbon dioxide from the air have been launched across Los Angeles County.
June 23, 2024
A 39-year-old man was fatally shot on a Metro train in the Baldwin Hills area Friday evening, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
June 21, 2024
James Michael Ross, 59, who owns Laguna Beach Collision Center, was booked into Orange County jail on Friday and is set to appear in court Monday.
June 21, 2024
Experts say two consecutive wet winters and forecasts for a warmer-than-normal summer will likely contribute to a ‘very active’ fire season later this fall.
June 18, 2024