Above-Average Rainfall Forecast For Bay Area Winter
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An environmental group says decimated giant kelp forests in Southern California are returning to health after volunteers removed nearly 2 million urchins that devour the sea plants.
The second in a triple header of weak storms to hit the Bay Area may hit harder than the first, bringing rain and even lightning and thunder to the region by Thursday afternoon.
Thousands upon thousands of ladybugs are taking flight in the East Bay hills.
The program is believed to be the first in the nation to address global warning at the gas pump and is expected to be rolled out early in 2015
State water regulators have proposed a record-setting $3 million penalty against a San Jose water company for a leak of chemically treated drinking water that killed dozens of fish.
In keeping tradition with its progressive history, the city of Berkeley could soon start slapping stickers on gas pumps to warn drivers that burning fuel contributes to global warming.
Officials in Richmond are making a new push to stop trains carrying cargo that they say is a disaster waiting to happen.
California's pre-1914 water rights are not regulated. Even in drought years, whoever claimed the water first, gets it.
Pesky milkweeds have drawn the wrath of many a garden hoe. Now, there's a movement in Oakland and across the nation not only to keep them alive, but plant even more, because Monarch butterflies depend on them.
Crews have taken drastic measures alien invaders in Mountain Lake, in San Francisco's Presidio. But to do that, they have to kill off every living thing in the water.
"Do not turn your back to the sea"-- Powerful "sneaker waves" and concurrent rip tides will create extremely dangerous conditions at Bay Area beaches Wednesday and Thursday as the remnants of Super Typhoon Nuri send powerful swells toward the California Coast, prompting the National Weather Service to declare a Beach Hazard Warning.
As the Bay Area seeks much needed rain during this record drought, the region could see its first major soaker in months sometime next week.
Organic farmers and environmentalists are challenging California's strategy on pesticides and crop pests.
While all Bay Area residents are being used to conserve water during the drought, a new report shows some cities in the Bay Area are using three times as much water as others.
