Ian James

Jan 24, 2025 | yahoo.com | Hannah Fry |Ian James |Jenny Jarvie |Andrew J. Campa

In a somber scene lighted by an orange Los Angeles sunset, President Trump walked through the ruins of Pacific Palisades on Friday, shaking hands with firefighters and speaking to a handful of residents as he took in the devastation wrought by firestorms that swept through L.A. County this month. Leveled properties and charred trees were visible in the background as the president walked through a neighborhood of destroyed homes.

Jan 8, 2025 | yahoo.com | Jack Flemming |Summer Lin |Hannah Fry |Ian James

Jack Flemming, Summer Lin, Hannah Fry, Ian JamesWed, January 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM UTC7 min readA dry wind was already stirring when the sun rose over Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, fitful gusts whipping palm fronds seaward and making eucalyptus limbs creek and groan. The forecast called for an all-out windstorm by midday over chaparral that hadn't seen rain for eight months. Fires were predicted all over Southern California.

Oct 9, 2024 | yahoo.com | Ian James

Melanie Winter floats along the Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin, one of the few places where the river is not encased in concrete. Two canoes and two kayaks glided along, paddles leaving ripples in the still water. Tall cottonwood trees and willows enveloped the riverbanks in cool shade and swallows soared among the branches. White butterflies floated along the water’s edge. “How amazing is this! In the middle of L.A.,” exclaimed Melanie Winter, who sat admiring the view from a canoe.

Sep 19, 2024 | yahoo.com | Ian James

Over the last three weeks, ecologist Rae McNeish and her students have watched as a flowing river has abruptly dwindled to a dry riverbed. While conducting biological surveys along the Kern River in Bakersfield, they have seen water retreat into stagnant pools and then vanish, leaving stretches of bare sand and cracked mud. They have found some fish flopping helplessly along the banks, and masses of dead fish scattered on the riverbed by the hundreds.

Sep 4, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Ian James

Following two wet winters that boosted California's water supplies, Gov. Gavin Newsom has officially lifted a drought emergency declaration in 19 counties that are home to 70% of the state's population. Here, a bridge crosses drought depleted Lake Oroville in June 2022. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) Following two wet winters that boosted California’s water supplies, Gov.