Solar Industry Grapples With Hazardous Wastes
While solar is a far less polluting energy source than coal or natural gas, many solar panel makers are grappling with a hazardous waste problem.
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While solar is a far less polluting energy source than coal or natural gas, many solar panel makers are grappling with a hazardous waste problem.
The state's highest court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday on whether local governments can ban retail pot dispensaries within their borders. About 200 cities and counties already have, but this will be the first time the California Supreme Court entertains the question.
One died on January 11 and the other on January 13, said Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, health officer for the Santa Clara County Health Department, adding the men, both 58 years old, had other health issues that were exacerbated by influenza.
On Sunday, a lot of eyes will be San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, but in the Central Valley, a lot of hearts are already beating in appreciation.
A California county's new foster child receiving center in a downtown San Jose basement is being called woefully inadequate.
A Concord deli reopened Thursday morning after a county health department ordered it closed for 24 hours when about 45 people caught the norovirus spread by employees, the director of the Contra Costa County Department of Environmental Health said.
7-year-old patient Jacob Murphy of Rio Linda is a nuts-about-the-Niners fan who has turned his room at Packard Children's Hospital into a 49ers Fan Zone.
San Francisco is poised to implement its own version of a California law that allows for court-ordered treatment for severely mentally ill patients.
Scientists are designing a snakeskin-like protective suit that would shield its wearers against a chemical or biological attack.
Dozens of San Francisco restaurants are under investigation for exploiting a new city program by keeping customer surcharges instead of spending them on employee health care.
A Berkeley-based company is recalling frozen pizzas that may contain metal fragments.
Stanford researchers have developed T-cells capable in a laboratory setting of resisting HIV, a breakthrough that could pave the way for a possible gene therapy which would be able to stop the virus that causes AIDS.
Our food expert reviews The Alzheimer's Prevention Cookbook: Recipes to Boost Brain Health, which includes the basics on the disease as well as the science behind it.
California health officials say that the flu is now widespread throughout the state, and that one new death of person under 65 has been reported, bringing this season's flu-related deaths to five people.
California has been awarded a $674 million federal grant to continue developing and building an online insurance marketplace under the federal health care reform law, state officials announced Thursday.
