It's tempting to attribute the unseasonably warm and dry January completely to the Pacific Ocean temperature pattern dubbed "La Nina," long-associated with reduced precipitation in California.

By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist Nov 30, 2011; 5:22 AM ET All the ingredients are coming together for a severe Santa Ana wind event to unfold across Southern California tonight into Thursday with other Southwest communities also faci...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An unseasonal snow storm forced the cancellation of the opening stage of the Tour of California Sunday. The race organizers delayed the original start time by almost three hours and agreed to shorten the 118.7 miles stage in ...

The building of the massive 5.6-square mile Ivanpah solar project in the Mojave Desert by BrightSource Energy has been suspended in the midst of construction while the U.S. Bureau of Land Management assesses whether more than 3,000 acres of tortoise ha...

By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist May 14, 2011; 10:17 AM ET "This afternoon is when the first round of violent thunderstorms will ignite" Strong thunderstorms capable of unleashing damaging winds and hail will not just threaten the ea...

This amazing picture (no doubt you’ve seen something like this before) was recently taken outside Tahoe Donner Ski Resort in California. According to The Weather Channel, the Lake Tahoe area this season has received some 600 inches (or more than 50 feet!) of snow. There have even been some unofficial ...

AP - Spring roared into Southern California, bringing a storm more severe than the region saw for most of the winter. Snow, ice and rockslides forced the shutdown of major highways and thousands were without electricity, while concerns about flooding a...

AFP - Tsunami waves from Japan's huge earthquake have killed at least one person in the United States, officials said.

Alongside reporters, unusually chilly weather will greet Hollywood celebrities at the red carpet ceremonies of Sunday's 83rd annual Academy Awards.

A powerful Pacific storm, part of a train of storm systems, will continue to lash the Southwest with heavy snow, strong winds and travel-disrupting rain today.

Storms are lining up to strike the West this week.

by Robert Stavins. California Gov. Jerry Brown plans to move forward with the implementation of Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32), the Global Warming Solutions Act, under which California seeks to take dramatic steps to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions....

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The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) describes itself as the "Nation’s Scorekeeper in ...

Six young kids have come up with some pretty good ideas to help prevent wildfires in their own community....

USA Today reported on Tuesday that  "a huge midwinter storm left much of California rain-soaked and snowbound and caused plenty of traffic havoc, ...