VIDEO: Stunning Image Of Monster Hurricane Patricia From ISS
Video of what is being called the strongest hurricane in recorded history was captured Friday morning from the International Space Station.
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Video of what is being called the strongest hurricane in recorded history was captured Friday morning from the International Space Station.
As winter weather approaches and homes and businesses begin firing up fireplaces and heaters, the air district has strengthened its wood burning regulations, including prohibiting wood burning devices from being installed in new buildings.
Lawns may be going brown across California during this drought, but some beautiful butterflies have caught a lucky break.
Shell Oil has to pay a $208,000 penalty for a dozen infractions, related mostly to emissions at the company's Martinez refinery, Bay Area Air Quality Management District officials said Tuesday.
A drop of very thing that protects and prevents skin damage from the sun's harmful rays, can do irreversible damage to the Earth's precious coral reefs.
As the number of electric cars on the road is growing every day, it's getting harder and harder to find a place to plug them in. A Google employee is hoping his idea will keep the peace.
California lawmakers are joining environmental, labor and business leaders on a trip to see how Australia managed its longest and most severe drought on record.
Scientists have found fossil-like hints that some kind of life existed on Earth 4.1 billion years ago -- when the planet was a mere toddler.
An auction on eBay allows the public to name a new insect.
Venomous yellow-bellied sea snakes are washing up onto California beaches and some scientists say El Niño may be to blame.
California is shutting down another 33 oilfield wells that state officials improperly permitted to inject into federally-protected water supplies.
Businesses firms that might bid to build a high-speed rail network across California are questioning whether there will be enough government funding to complete the complex and ambitious project.
The East Bay Municipal Utility District has revealed their biggest water hogs, and among them is Oakland A's executive Billy Beane.
Two invasive mosquito species which can spread infectious diseases have been found in increasing numbers in the state and health officials are warning Californians to take steps to protect themselves.
If carbon emissions continue to increase unabated, large, populated areas of Northern California and the U.S. will be inundated from rising sea levels over the course of this century according a new project.