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Don't want to miss the bloom? This L.A. scientist created a poppy forecast

A local scientist looked for wildflower forecasts, but couldn't find any. So he created one himself, using a deep-learning model, satellite imagery and weather data.

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Smoglandia: Quandary — the smog we hate so much versus the cars we love so much

Smoglandia: SoCal officials start to fight the smog problem that begins to defines the region.

Smoglandia: Smog checks, diamond lanes and leaf blower bans work, but a dark cloud comes from D.C.

Smoglandia: SoCal adopts smog checks, diamond lanes and leaf blower bans to curb smog

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Californians with deep ties to Jalisco rattled by cartel violence and fears of bloody power struggle

Fear of cartel violence in Mexico surged across the border and into California where families with ties to Mexico frantically tried to check on family back home.

Smoglandia: Smog was killing L.A., and a Caltech chemist found the murder weapon — in our garages

Smoglandia: The cause of SoCal's smog is identified and it isn't the factories spewing black gunk into the sky in support of the war effort.