Lawmaker's Recall Sets Up Fall Gas Tax Battle
California voters unseated a sitting state senator in midterm on Tuesday, denying Senate Democrats a supermajority and setting up a statewide battle this fall over a gas tax increase.
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California voters unseated a sitting state senator in midterm on Tuesday, denying Senate Democrats a supermajority and setting up a statewide battle this fall over a gas tax increase.
Elon Musk said Tuesday that the past couple of months have been "excruciating" and "hellish" for him.
Lava destroyed hundreds of homes in mostly rural Hawaii area overnight, a county spokeswoman said Tuesday.
From earthquakes to seeping lava, Hawaii's Big Island has seen plenty from nature since the first eruptions of Kilauea volcano.
A California conservation district has acquired a swath of privately-owned land along the Upper Truckee River as part of the effort to restore an altered watershed harming Lake Tahoe's clarity.
Hawaii authorities have a message for residents in some areas affected by the Kilauea volcano: evacuate or get arrested.
California utilities will invest nearly $768 million to expand a network of charging stations and other infrastructure for electric vehicles as the state moves toward a goal of five million zero-emission cars on the roads by 2030.
It's been four weeks since the first eruptions from the Kilauea volcano rocked Hawaii's Big Island, and the lava is as relentless as ever.
A series of wind-driven fires burning in eastern Alameda and Contra Costa counties since Wednesday afternoon are 85 percent contained as of Thursday morning.
Magma from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano traveled down Highway 132 overnight in Pahoa, forcing evacuations as emergency responders worry residents could be painted into a corner on the east side of the Big Island.
A wireless update of antilock braking software improved the stopping distance of Tesla's electric Model 3, prompting Consumer Reports to reverse course.
Hundreds of jellyfish have washed up onto the shore of a popular Peninsula beach.
Researchers and U.S. authorities are finding what they say is an alarming increase in the use of a powerful banned pesticide at illegal marijuana farms hidden on public land in California.
Danger from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has now reached Guam, the US territory 4,000 miles away.
Newly-released e-mails show senior EPA officials working closely with a conservative group that dismisses climate change and touts administrator Scott Pruitt's stewardship of the agency.
