Volunteers Needed To Transcribe John Muir's Hand-Written Journals
The University of the Pacific is joining with the public to help decipher some of naturalist John Muir's journals.
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The University of the Pacific is joining with the public to help decipher some of naturalist John Muir's journals.
Fisheries managers have decided to call off the West Coast sardine fishing season that starts in July because of rapidly dwindling numbers, hoping to save an iconic industry from the kind of collapse that hit in the 1940s and lasted 50 years.
California's drought is driving more and more homeowners to give up their lush, green, water-guzzling lawns. Now, landscape companies are offering to rip them out for free, and water districts across the state are giving rebates as incentive.
The Concord Fault is causing concern among Bay Area planners who worry that its 11-mile fracture zone is capable of producing a catastrophic earthquake that would impact regional and statewide fuel distribution.
Authorities say three men died after entering the choppy water off Northern California to dive for abalone.
Huge amounts of water are mysteriously vanishing from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta -- and the prime suspects are farmers whose families have tilled fertile soil there for generations.
Local volunteers and officials with the Presidio Trust released the first native species into Mountain Lake Monday after an extensive restoration and enhancement.
A large pool of warm water off the Pacific Coast may be exacerbating California's already severe drought. Climate scientist Nick Bond of the University of Washington said the pool of water, which he calls "the blob," is about 2-7 degrees warmer than normal.
A preliminary study co-authored by a University of California researcher claims levels of cancer-causing radon gas has increased in Pennsylvania homes as fracking has expanded in the state.
From dirt skiing, more beaches for lakefront real estate, new businesses popping up where wildflowers aren't, and amazing new tourist attractions, there is always a silver lining to the non-existent rain cloud.
There were more than 800 human cases of West Nile virus throughout the state in 2014, the second-highest year on record to date, the state Department of Public Health announced Wednesday.
State officials took emergency action on the drought Wednesday, imposing tough new standards for toilets, urinals and faucets sold in California starting January 1st.
While Gov. Jerry Brown is calling for fields to get ripped up statewide, KPIX 5 found fresh sod seemingly ready to roll out in Woodside.
San Francisco is on the hunt for the city's ugliest lawn, and the winner will get a drought-friendly makeover.
California officials say residents aren't doing enough to conserve water, and now state officials want residents to report their neighbors and business owners who waste water.
