LOS ANGELES – Homes, schools and a day care center near a closed battery recycler in nearby Vernon are contaminated with higher levels of brain-damaging lead than previously disclosed, with soil samples at one property as much as 100 times above California’s health standard, state and county records show. … …
Read More »California almond harvest likely to set record, feds say
Federal agency estimates 2.05 billion pounds for state, up 2.4 percent from May projection Crop would eclipse record of 2.03 billion pounds in 2011 Northern San Joaquin Valley is key part of industry … Click to Continue »
Read More »California redwoods store more carbon than any other forests in the world, study finds
California’s ancient redwood forests aren’t just majestic and among the oldest living things on Earth – a new study finds they are a particularly potent weapon against global warming. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Bernie Sanders, visiting Modesto, predicts California victory
Democratic presidential candidate holds rally in advance of Tuesday’s primary Sanders vows to help people in poverty and oppose Wall Street interests Actress Susan Sarandon takes part … Click to Continue »
Read More »Feds give thumbs-up to fracking off California coast
SAN DIEGO-An environmental assessment from two federal agencies released Friday determined that fracking off the coast of California causes no significant impact, thus lifting a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing that was instituted earlier this year. … Click to Continue »
Read More »California charter schools involved in multiple political battles
Charter school issue a subset of larger education battle Reformers vs. education establishment in several venues Charter school advocates have a friend in Gov. Jerry Brown … Click to Continue »
Read More »More California teens stuck it out, got diplomas in 2015
Newman campus had every senior graduate; Hilmar came very close Calaveras, Mariposa counties topped the state Modesto high schools see steady rise to 87 percent; Merced holds to its 90-plus standard … Click to Continue »
Read More »California aims to reflect diversity in classroom studies
How do you teach the history of the world in California schools, where nearly two-thirds of students are Latino or Asian, many from newly immigrated families? … Click to Continue »
Read More »New California Gold Rush beckons wind developers off coast
When turbines start spinning at the first U.S. offshore wind farm near Rhode Island later this year, some energy developers will already be eyeing a bigger prize. … Click to Continue »
Read More »America’s vanishing West: California losing most land to development
The natural landscape of the American West is gradually disappearing under a relentless march of new subdivisions, roads, oil and gas production, agricultural operations and other human development, according to a detailed mapping study released Tuesday. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Only 60 vaquita porpoises are left in Gulf of California, experts say
The population of the vaquita, a small porpoise endemic to Mexico’s upper Gulf of California, has plummeted to about 60 survivors, according to a new study by an international team of scientists that urges stronger measures to protect the species. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Eradication of ‘sudden oak death’ disease no longer possible in California
Over the last two decades, California and the federal government have faced harsh criticism for failing to take stronger actions to stop a highly contagious disease that has killed millions of trees along coastal regions from Big Sur to portions of Oregon. … Click to Continue »
Read More »California drought and drainage bills could collide on Capitol Hill
House committee folds California water measures into 2017 spending bill Package would stop San Joaquin River restoration program for a year Separately, 3 additional water districts to be proposed for irrigation drainage deal … Click to Continue »
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