U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to not provide Endangered Species Act protections for the Joshua tree is illegal, sidesteps climate science.

The two-month-old black bear cub was found by campers, alone in the Los Padres National Forest, in April. He's now "stable and thriving." ...

The non-injury “Baxter Fire” was reported at 3:25 p.m. Thursday in the area of Baxter Road and Kingsnake Avenue.