Mister Rogers taught us that if we see something sad on the news, we should “look for the helpers.” Well, this year monarch butterflies were declared endangered. Now we know where to look for the helpers, and even how to join them. A reader sent a note to 3 Good Things recently to tell us that many organizations nationwide are giving away milkweed plants or seeds, so we can provide more food and habitats for migrating monarchs in the years ahead. The reader specifically mentioned the Monarch Recovery Project, organized in part by the Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy in Southern California. That project not only gives away milkweed plants but also tracks where the plants end up and how they’re doing. The next round of milkweed distribution will be in the spring. Monarchs should begin arriving in force in Southern California in just a few weeks.

Patagonia, the Ventura-based maker of outdoor apparel, is pioneering a bold business move. It’s still a for-profit, but its profits are no longer for the family that built it. Last month they gave the $3-billion company to a nonprofit and a trust, which will invest the profit — about $100 million a year — in environmental causes, especially preserving undeveloped land. Yvon and Malinda Chouinard and their children Fletcher and Claire instantly became one of the most generous families in the nation, and the planet gained a long-term ally.

You know a conviction is messy if even the prosecutors want to vacate it and start over. That's what happened this week in the case of Adnan Syed, the Baltimore man who has served 23 years in prison for a 1999 slaying and whose case became famous in the first season of the podcast "Serial." He was freed on Monday.

The iPhone update that rolled out this month has some new privacy protections worth exploring. You can now share a contact with a third party but not share everything you've saved about that contact, such as their home address. Sneaky apps can no longer read your clipboard surreptitiously. And there's a new feature called Safety Check that will prompt users to review app permissions and will encourage occasionally changing one's Apple ID password.

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SueAnn Shell died on Sept. 28 in Naples from drowning during Hurricane Ian's storm surge.

The starving snake was released near a buffet of pack rat nests.

The drought hit Lake Shasta coughed up a Higgins vehicle and experts are struggling to explain its presence

The gator came ashore along the rocky shore on the northern tip of the island — between Bean Point and the Rod & Reel Pier.

Kyle Sherman's life changed forever when Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida, but he vows to reopen the restaurant that was his livelihood before the storm destroyed it.

The King County Regional Homelessness Authority is activating a severe weather shelter on Monday as wildfire smoke continues to cause poor air quality for much of western Washington.

Ten days after Hurricane Ian tore through his small, tight-knit waterfront community of Fort Myers Beach with a storm surge estimated as high as 18 feet, Jerry Altrip boarded a bus and made his way back from the mainland across the causeway that connects to the small barrier island.

Ashley Garner lost her ring two days before Hurricane Ian struck Fort Myers, Florida. She told herself, "The storm's coming. If we don't find it now, it's gone."

FORT MYERS, Fla. — More than two decades ago, Jane and Del Compton stumbled upon Fort Myers while on vacation in southwest Florida. This was where they would retire, they decided on the spot, in a place where they could grow old in peace and sunshine. They bought a double lot with a mobile home and a few small luxuries: a fan with a remote and his-and-hers televisions so she could follow her soap operas and he could watch cowboy shows. But Hurricane Ian ravaged their piece of paradise, soaking t

Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday.

Watching from an elevated window at home as Hurricane Ian struck their farm in Fort Myers, the McMahon family saw the storm blow the market roof into the pond. Torrential wind and rain whipped across two acres of hydroponic vegetables.

The California Geological Survey releases tsunami hazard maps for Ventura, San Diego, Marin, Napa, Santa Cruz, Solano and Sonoma counties to help residents understand risks.

The future of a historic Black community in Northern California remains uncertain after a ferocious fire last month devastated much […] The post Lincoln Heights, a Black Northern California community, mostly destroyed by wildfire appeared first on TheGrio.

As climate change makes natural disasters more frequent and severe Ian offered new evidence that Americans' retirement funds and assets are in jeopardy in vulnerable areas.

Sanibel's CROW to partner with the Animal Refuge Center in North Fort Myers in order to continue saving wildlife

Some slight development of the system in the southwestern Caribbean is possible by mid-week if the disturbance remains over water.

From the air, the fingerprints of Hurricane Ian’s journey through the Everglades are easy to see: swaths of beach washed away on Cape Sable, a plume of coffee-colored water leaking into the teal of Florida Bay and a stray sailboat shoved violently ashore, taking down 10 feet of mangroves on the way.

A cold front that will push into the United States from Canada is expected to bring widespread rain from the Plains to the Northeast this week, and the FOX Forecast Center says some areas could even see some severe weather.

Hurricane Ian was the latest 'storm of the century' but we continue to be 'ignorant and volunerable'

Cheetahs have been reintroduced to India, but some scientists say the cheetahs won't have enough space, with one calling it more like a large "zoo."