Coastal erosion in Southern California could increase by three times, prompting a range of logistical and economic issues, a new study has found.

The study, published in Communications Earth & Environment, predicts that Southern California's coastal living costs will surge fivefold by 2050 as a direct result of beach erosion.

Southern California coastal towns are losing valuable sand, putting some beaches at risk Sand erosion is changing the character of popular and key beaches and solutions can be slow to arrive.

Dry conditions across Southern California set the stage for a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that burned thousands of homes and other structures.

The powerful winds fueling the wildfires are known as the Santa Ana winds, which flow out of the Great Basin in Nevada and Utah toward the Southern California coast.

Here's a look at the latest maps of the five active Southern California wildfires and what containment means when it comes to fighting fires.

The National Weather Service has warned that minor coastal flooding could impact the Bay Area on Monday.

He put Southern California’s dryness into perspective using charts and maps. How Dry Is Southern California Right Now?

Despite being just 20 days away from spring, drought conditions, while improved from January, are still in effect for most of Southern and Central California.

Rising sea levels and urban development are accelerating coastal erosion at an alarming rate in Southern California with significant ripple effects on the region's economy, a USC study reveals.

In early January, the soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2% of historical records for that day in the region. That’s extremely low.