Ian James is a reporter who focuses on water and climate change in California and the West. Before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2021, he was an environment reporter at the Arizona Republic and the Desert Sun. He previously worked for the Associated Press as a correspondent in the Caribbean and as bureau chief in Venezuela. Follow him on Bluesky @ianjames.bsky.social and on X @ByIanJames.
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The Trump administration is sending 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles after two days of isolated clashes between federal immigration agents and protesters.
President Trump is sending the National Guard to Los Angeles over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom by invoking rarely used federal powers.
Charter fishing crews in California harbors are preparing for recreational salmon fishing to reopen after a two-year shutdown. The fishing season this year is subject to strict limits.
The Metropolitan Water District and the San Diego County Water Authority have settled a long-running legal dispute over the rates and how much one should pay the other for delivering water.
Melting snow from California’s Sierra Nevada is filling reservoirs. But dry conditions have shrunk the flow of the Colorado River, straining a vital supply for Southern California.
Groundwater is rapidly declining in the Colorado River Basin
The January firestorms damaged water systems in large areas of Altadena and Pacific Palisades. In a new report, UCLA researchers examine the toll on 11 community water systems.
A study by UC San Diego researchers reveals that pollutants found in the sewage-laden Tijuana River are ending up in the air near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County.
As the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined, even larger amounts of groundwater have been drained from aquifers. Using satellite data, scientists have estimated the vast water losses.
An inmate was recaptured after he walked away from a Sylmar firefighting camp, the second such incident in California in days.