Tesla's Musk Hints At Unveiling Of Two New Products
We are a week away from knowing what the next big thing from Palo Alto electric car-maker Tesla.
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We are a week away from knowing what the next big thing from Palo Alto electric car-maker Tesla.
They call it the green rush: People from all over the world are flocking to Northern California's Humboldt County to grow marijuana. The law says it has to be for medicine, but it's all too easy to game the system with hardly any legal consequences.
Some Bay Area fishermen are suing Pacific Gas & Electric, claiming the utility is responsible for massive contamination in and around Fisherman's Wharf.
Voters in San Benito County will become the first in California to decide on a measure about fracking in November. Measure J would ban the practice, and that vote has a county divided.
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Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed the nation's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery and convenience stores, driven to action by pollution in streets and waterways.
The finishing touches are being put on a plan to give Bay Area residents rebates on their water bills.
State drug agents told KPIX 5 the number of pot plants growing in California has doubled in the past five years. Marijuana is by far the state's number one cash crop.
Is our current drought in California part of a natural weather pattern, an aberration, or climate change? KCBS In Depth cohosts speak with Dr. Peter Gleick, a globally recognized scientist who is an expert in water and climate issues, about challenges ahead for California in the midst of the worst drought on record.
A U.S. Forest Service spokesman said more rain and high humidity on Saturday aided firefighters battling the King Fire.
Earlier this year, KPIX 5 reported on crude oil being brought into the Bay Area by rail. Until now, companies haven't been required to give cities a heads up, but that's about to change.
The University Of California at Davis plans to build a major new solar instillation to generate roughly 14 percent of the campus' energy, a feat university officials are calling "the largest solar power plant to offset the electricity demand of a U.S. university or college campus."
Deep in Humboldt County's Six Rivers National Forest, a team of law enforcement agents deploys choppers filled with agents to battle illegal marijuana grows and combat the environmental damage from massive pot farms.
The idea of your jet fuel coming from sawdust, twigs, bark, and wood biomass might seem odd, but Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) has always done things a bit differently, and Wednesday announced that starting in 2016, jets flying from San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland would begin using a sustainable, low-carbon biofuel in addition to regular fuel.
The U.S. Forest Service is finalizing new regulations that could change the landscape of media coverage of issues dealing with federally maintained wild land, requiring expensive permits before photography is allowed, and imposing hefty fines for news organizations that violate the process.
