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WATCH: August records warmest month on Earth: What to know

ABC News meteorologist Somara Theodore shares what this report is saying about why August was the warmest month ever recorded, and Ginger Zee has more on the effort to use drones to help make rain.

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Commentary: The approaching El Niño is scary, but L.A.'s starred in this horror movie before

The thousands of square miles of mountain watershed around L.A. -- the San Gabriels and the San Bernardinos -- are as steep as roller coasters, and the rain funnels off them in tumults.

NBC4 chopper's final moments: A blaring alarm, loss of altitude and panic. Why did it crash?

The crash that killed three people on Tuesday night, including two NBC4 journalists, involved a single-engine AS350 B2 helicopter. Questions surround why it suddenly dropped from the sky.

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More UC students are failing intro math courses as regents weigh reinstating SAT

As UC regents reconsider test-free admissions, faculty cite rising math failure rates while admissions officials report stable overall graduation rates.

A California gender gap: Young Latinas want to fight Trump harder than Latinos, study finds

Young and working-class Latina voters in California care more about protecting immigrant communities and fighting President Trump's agenda than their male counterparts, according to a UCLA study.