Paul Duginski
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Paul Duginski was a data and graphics journalist at the Los Angeles Times from 1996 to 2024. A native of Minnesota, he has a bachelor’s degree in English from Moorhead State University.
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What are king tides and will they get worse with climate change?
Feb. 9, 2024
The farm barons of Tulare Lake Basin want to continue pumping groundwater at volumes collapsing the San Joaquin Valley. That puts the region at greater risk of damaging floods — and in greater need of taxpayer bailouts.
Dec. 27, 2023
Firefighters and meteorologists look to a little-known metric called “mixing height” to understand how explosive wildfires spread in California without wind.
Aug. 1, 2023
America needs lots of clean power, fast. Should it go on public lands or on rooftops?
June 27, 2023
Apache tribe members say Arizona land slated to be destroyed for a copper mine is sacred. Their legal battle is now a major religious liberty test.
June 14, 2023
Southern California’s May gray has been stubborn. Here’s an explanation. But be prepared for June gloom.
May 30, 2023
Members of the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation became the latest Indigenous tribe to watch homes burn despite knowing it could have been avoided.
May 7, 2023
The only thing preventing floodwaters from inundating the city of Corcoran is an aging, 14-mile-long wall of dirt. Can it hold?
April 24, 2023
As historic storms fill once-dry Tulare Lake and submerge prime California farmland, tensions are building over how to handle the swiftly rising floodwaters.
March 24, 2023
A 12th atmospheric river is possible early next week and could affect the California coast.
March 16, 2023