AND TODAY WE CAN REPORT THE FIRST SAMPLES HAVE COME IN.. S AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK INSIDE THE MONTEREY COUNTY HEALTH LAB.. THAT RECEIVED ITS FIRST WATER SAMPLES FRIDAY AFTERNOON.. THE WATER WILL BE TESTED ...

Lab Technician Angela Bodley mixes tubes of soil samples at the UMass Amherst Paige Laboratory, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Amherst. Staff Photo/Daniel Jacobi II AMHERST — With funding from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Eaton fire burn area at the 300 block of E. Palm Street in Altadena on May 27, 2025. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) ...

Wildfire survivors across Los Angeles County are discovering that the most dangerous consequence from a wildfire isn’t always visible. Lead, arsenic, and other toxic metals could be hiding deep in ...

Growing demand for eco-conscious turf care and soil management highlights a shift toward sustainable materials and ...

Nancy Ward, the head of CalOES, left office on Dec. 30. She had publicly begged FEMA to test for toxic substances after the fires — then, according to an internal memo obtained by the L.A. Times, ...

Los Angeles County Public Health Thursday, April 10, will be presenting the results of a soil sampling study done in the wake of the Eaton and Palisades wildfires. Los Angeles County Public Health is ...

After oversight reports and media coverage flagged problems with how some cleanup contractors operated, federal agencies narrowed their approach instead of abandoning testing altogether. The ...

Elected officials in California are calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Newsom administration to pay for soil testing on properties destroyed in the Eaton and Palisades ...