A group of environmental researchers is calling for more comprehensive soil testing in the L.A. region after January’s fires. In a letter sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom last week, a dozen experts ...

Historically, stream NO3- did not vary substantially in harvested catchments; the average concentrations were 0.15 ± 0.03 (SE) mg L-1 during pre-harvest and 0.18 mg L-1 ± 0.02 during post-harvest.

A group of environmental researchers is calling on the Newsom administration to step in and pay for soil testing at thousands of homes destroyed in the Eaton and Palisades wildfires.

Pressure is mounting for soil testing post-fire cleanup. The Newsom administration is downplaying the concerns The Eaton fire burn area at the 300 block of E. Palm Street in Altadena on May 27, 2025.

Environmental consultants collected nearly 4,000 soil samples from around 800 intact residential parcels in the Eaton and Palisades fire areas between late February and late March.

Elevated lead levels in soil near Eaton Fire burn scar, public health test shows 03:22. Preliminary soil testing results from the areas surrounding the Eaton Fire showed that lead levels exceeded ...

I first heard the term hydrophobic soils on the local news after the Camp Fire ravaged the Ridge and Butte Creek Canyon. This potentially catastrophic natural phenomenon seems counterintuitive: soi… ...

Frank Flynn, left, and his wife Kirsten pose for a photograph on their property on the site of the home, which was destroyed during the CZU Fire in 2020, in Brookdale, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 15 ...

A group of environmental researchers is calling on the Newsom administration to step in and pay for soil testing at thousands of homes destroyed in the Eaton and Palisades wildfires.