Toxicologist takes soil samples near Martinez refinery following chemical release
A toxicologist began taking soil samples Thursday from areas affected by a chemical release from a Martinez oil refinery last year, county health officials reported.
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A toxicologist began taking soil samples Thursday from areas affected by a chemical release from a Martinez oil refinery last year, county health officials reported.
Between flooding during King Tides and everyday commute congestion, Highway 37 in the North Bay has long been a major concern of the State. Transportation officials have come up with a plan to fix the vital connecting road, but the method to pay for it is drawing criticism - and raising concerns about how future projects may be funded.
Over the past year, CBS New Bay Area has been showing viewers California's effort to save the winter run chinook salmon - a fish that has almost been lost to dammed rivers and warming waters.
With all the wet weather the Bay Area has had this winter, the mosquito population is expected to explode. Thankfully, Santa Clara County has a new weapon in its arsenal against the pesky insects -- industrial-sized drones.
At hundreds to thousands of years old, California's iconic redwoods -- the tallest trees in the world -- have truly stood the test of time. But all of our atmospheric river storms have left them with a case of weather whiplash in this age of climate change.
Temporarily shuttered parts of Yosemite Valley will reopen earlier than expected after fears of flooding receded Saturday.
For the third time in a decade, federal wildlife officials are contemplating whether the bi-state sage grouse deserves protection under the Endangered Species Act.
The operators of a oil refinery in Contra Costa County have agreed to pay $27.5 million for violating a 2016 agreement to reduce air pollution at the facility, federal regulators announced Thursday.
A group of researchers and rice farmers in the Central Valley are working together to try and help California's struggling salmon population.
On Saturday across the Bay Area, people commemorated Earth Day with tree-plantings and a focus on realistic solutions to the climate crisis.
A San Francisco non-profit is asking for the city's help in replacing all the trees lost due to this winter's severe weather.
California will provide 100 percent of the water requested by cities and farms for the first time in years thanks to winter storms that filled reservoirs and runoff from a record snowpack
California metropolitan areas like the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Bakersfield continue to persevere as some of the nation's most air polluted cities, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.
A pivotal experiment to address the impact of livestock on climate change is taking place in our backyard, as a farm in the North Bay gets closer to becoming carbon neutral.
The city of Oakland is in the middle of a weeklong "spring cleaning" leading up to Earth Day Saturday. Mayor Sheng Thao joined with volunteers Wednesday to roll up their sleeves and spruce up seven city parks.
