Brianna Sacks

• Climate

Allstate will increase rates by an average of 34.1 percent as part of the state’s deal with the industry to expand coverage to homeowners in risky areas.

• National

The 4.4-magnitude earthquake is the latest to strike the region, making some Angelenos wonder what could happen next.

• Extreme Weather

The speed at which the Park Fire consumed an enormous area has stunned even those who live and breathe wildfire, and who have watched other historic blazes rip through the region.

• Extreme Weather

The fast-moving wildfire — which officials suspect was the result of arson — was stoked by extreme heat and a dense, dry terrain.

• Climate

Butte County authorities say a witness saw Stout push a burning car down a ravine prior to the ignition of what is now California’s biggest fire of the year.

• Extreme Weather

As of Wednesday afternoon, the Butte County blaze had grown to more than 3,500 acres north of Oroville. Some 28,000 people were under evacuation orders.

• Environment

A new report details respiratory ailments, mental health conditions and lack of access to medical care following the deadly fire in Lahaina in August.

• Climate

California’s Highway 1 is beloved by Big Sur road trippers. But continued landslides, storms, fires and other climate impacts imperil its future.

• The Drowning South

Alabama and the U.S. Gulf Coast region have seen a sudden burst of sea level rise, spurring flooding in low areas exacerbated by rainfall and high tides.