Salmon Spawning Rebound Put At Risk By Drought
The drought has local water officials concerned and calling for a ban on fishing in the Russian River watershed. Meanwhile, the local fishing industry is alarmed about the potential
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The drought has local water officials concerned and calling for a ban on fishing in the Russian River watershed. Meanwhile, the local fishing industry is alarmed about the potential
State surveyors checking California's snowpack say a recent storm brought little help, and that snow levels in the Sierra Nevada are dangerously low.
Although the investigation is ongoing, police said it appears the fire at Sims Metal Management in December was intentionally set.
Despite clouds, rain, slick roads, and snow down to lake level in Tahoe, the precipitation on Tuesday and Wednesday had little or no effect on reservoirs, with Folsom Lake reporting higher water levels before the storms than after.
San Francisco officials are looking at how the city can better use recycled water as supplies steadily dwindle and Mayor Ed Lee, who's still in Washington, D.C. after last night's State of the Union address, said he's seeking federal assistance for infrastructure.
After Gov. Jerry Brown declared a State of Emergency for California's drought last week, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is asking customers to cut back water usage by ten percent.
South Bay water customers are now able to find ways to cut water consumption and save money with a free house call.
The state-wide drought is not just impacting humans. Wildlife Emergency Services in Moss Landing says they're getting some out of the ordinary phone calls about wild animals venturing into urban areas in a desperate search for food and water.
The air in California's Central Valley is so bad that even healthy people are urged to stay indoors. A haze of fine particles has cloaked the skies from Stockton to Bakersfield.
Tourism in the Sierra and Lake Tahoe is suffering due to the lack of snow this winter. Meanwhile, the Napa Valley is reaping the benefits of an unusually dry and mild season with a huge jump in visitors.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District on Friday issued a wood-burning ban for Saturday, the 30th such ban in the region during the air district's winter season.
There have been four major crashes of North American trains carrying crude. Now in an unprecedented move, federal investigators in the U.S. and Canada are saying trains need tighter regulations before disaster strikes again.
In California, 2013 was a record-setting year because of the lack of rainfall. A professor at UC Berkeley warns this time could go into the record books as the driest in centuries.
Some Tahoe-area resorts have not even been able to open their runs due to a lack of snow.
A company called WesPac Energy wants to start bringing the substance, known as bakken shale, to the Delta town by rail and storing it there before shipping it to the Bay Area's five refineries via pipeline.
