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Is El Niño’s Reputation as a Legendary Rainmaker Overblown?

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Hayley Smith

In the minds of many Californians, El Niño has long loomed as a rainmaker of epic proportions. In 1982-83, the Pacific climate pattern caused storms that pounded the state’s shoreline, damaging 1,000 homes between Santa Barbara and the Mexican border and washing the tip of the Santa Monica Pier out to sea.

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EPA Proposes Biggest Changes to Lead Pipe Rules in More Than Three Decades

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Michael Phillis

Most U.S. cities would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years under strict new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency as the Biden administration moves to reduce lead in drinking water and prevent public health crises like the ones in Flint, Mich., and Washington, D.C.

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