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Marchers make their way along Martine Luther King Jr. Way during an annual Peace and Unity march to honor the legacy of late civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Merced, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires, a scientific study found.

California students have the opportunity to win thousands in college scholarships. The Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation Foundation recently announced it would award up to $600,000 in financial aid in 2025 to California students seeking higher education, according to a news release.

The study analyzed weather and climate models to assess how a warmer atmosphere is increasing the likelihood of fire-prone weather. It revealed that the extreme conditions driving the recent fires in Los Angeles are now expected to occur once every 17 years, compared to once every 23 years without climate change.

As the price for a carton of eggs continues to soar nationwide, so does the number of bird flu cases. Now, a new variant has been detected in Merced County.

US officials are investigating the appearance of a strain of bird flu identified in the US for the first time, a worrying sign that the virus is evolving in ways that could make it harder to

Paloma Chavez is a reporter covering real-time news on the West Coast. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Southern California.

A newly identified strain of bird flu, H5N9, discovered at a California duck farm, has prompted concerns about the possibility of a larger outbreak, The Washington Post reported Jan. 29. Health experts are monitoring the situation, particularly the potential for genetic mutations that could make the virus more easily transmissible among humans.

A rare strain of bird flu, H5N9, has been detected on a duck farm in California’s Merced County, marking the first confirmed case of this virus in U.S. poultry. The World Organization for Animal Health reported the outbreak on Monday,

First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment that could trigger human outbreaks.

A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S. authorities that a strain of bird flu that scientists call H5N9 had been found among sick birds in the flock.