Last month the Carr Fire near Redding exploded overnight in what some people have called a “fire-nado” – with extreme rotating winds that toppled high tension power lines and wrapped metal posts around trees. It was the most extreme case of extreme fire behavior people have seen in California in …
Read More »California’s Electronic Benefits Transfer system to shut down for 24 hours this weekend
For 24 hours starting late Saturday, California Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cardholders will not be able to use their cards. The outage is scheduled to start at 11 p.m. Saturday … Click to Continue »
Read More »California’s new war on plastic may be the last straw
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – It took years of activist campaigns to turn the plastic bag into a villain, and hard-fought legislation to reduce its presence in oceans and waterways. Now, environmentalists … Click to Continue »
Read More »California’s Fentanyl Overdoses Are Up, And They’ve Hit Kern County Hard
The state has released 2017 data on opioid trends and overdoses, and contained within those numbers is both good news and bad. First, the good news: In 2017, the statewide rate of opioid overdose deaths dropped to the lowest it’s been since 2012 . The bad news is that deaths …
Read More »Will rising seas eventually devour California’s beachfront homes?
California regulators are urging local elected officials to brace for retreat as scientists continue to predict sea levels will rise in coming decades and pummel beachfront communities from San Diego … Click to Continue »
Read More »Study Predicts Wetter Winters And Climate “Whiplash” In California’s Future
The winter of 2016 to 2017 was extreme. Not only did it put an end to an extended drought in most of California, it delivered far more rain than average, and even set some rainfall records. The state experienced a different kind of extreme in 1862, when the state was …
Read More »Climate change will make California’s drought-flood cycle more volatile, study finds
Californians should expect more dramatic swings between dry and wet years as the climate warms, according to a new study that found it likely that the state will be hit … Click to Continue »
Read More »California’s State Parks Have Received Facelifts, And Not Everyone Is Happy
In 2011, dozens of California’s State Parks were set to close due to sharp budget cuts in Sacramento. Seven years later, the budget crisis is over and most parks have recovered—though only after undergoing a quiet but significant reformation. Freelance reporter Alissa Greenberg wrote about the new face of California …
Read More »EPA abandons fuel mileage goals and seeks to revoke California’s ability to set its own standard
Setting up its most aggressive clash yet with California over environmental standards, the Trump administration signaled Monday it may revoke the state’s ability under the Clean Air Act to impose … Click to Continue »
Read More »Specter of drought looms as California’s weather turns dry again
The storms have passed and California’s dry winter has returned, raising the specter that the state could be entering another drought less than a year after the last one officially … Click to Continue »
Read More »A silver lining from California’s drought: Water conservation led to reduced energy use and less pollution
In April 2015, California Gov. Jerry Brown called on the people of the most populous state to reduce their water use by 25 percent in response to a punishing four-year … Click to Continue »
Read More »Editorial: Stop Trump from drilling for oil off California’s majestic coast
Remember the devastation of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill: Union oil’s inadequate safety precautions resulted in 3 million gallons of crude oil spewing into the Pacific Ocean, spawning what … Click to Continue »
Read More »Study finds California’s seaside cliffs crumbling without discernible pattern
Thinking about building a new home on a bluff overlooking the sea? You may want to think again. A new report out of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography … Click to Continue »
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