Estimated damage to Los Angeles County infrastructure and other costs resulting from three summer wildfires now total $19.8 million. Most of the damage totals released Thursday relate to the Station Fire, which burned 250 square miles of the Angeles National Forest. Fires also burned to the east ...

Clean sand and silt will be used to cover a vast deposit of the pesticide DDT and toxic compound PCB on the ocean floor off Southern California, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday. The $50 million plan will target a Superfund site ...

John Fallan's trained eye scans rows of iceboxes brimming with tiger fish and shrimp in a Vietnamese supermarket, searching for one pesky fish that threatens the health of seafood lovers. Authorities say the white croaker has become a popular catch in local Asian communities. But when reeled in ...