Fed court tosses Berkeley ban on natural gas in new construction
A federal appeals court on Monday overturned Berkeley's first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new construction.
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A federal appeals court on Monday overturned Berkeley's first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new construction.
Wildlife advocates have been concerned about the safety of a young mountain lion that wandered across busy Highway 101 into the town of Tiburon.
From the mist-shrouded San Francisco Bay Area to the Mexico border, there are flashes of color popping up following an unusually wet winter.
In an effort to protect humpback whales, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife announced commercial crab season in the region will come to a close on Saturday.
Foothill areas of Sequoia National Park have reopened to the public following extensive storm damage to roads last month.
County commissioners have rescinded an energy company's permit to drill exploratory wells for a geothermal project in the Nevada desert near the site of the annual Burning Man counterculture festival about 110 miles north of Reno.
A startup business that places small energy-generating turbines in irrigation canals -- including systems in Oakdale east of Manteca -- plans to scale up its technology for carbon-free hydropower around the country.
While record precipitation this winter contributed to significant water gains and eased California's drought emergency, it also put a damper on the ability to get crops into the ground on time.
Thanks to a Bay Area wildlife ecologist and a 12-year-old girl, California might get its own official state bat this year—the pallid bat.
Only remnants of California's three-year drought remain after winter's epic storms.
Sitting just off the Tiburon shoreline, Angel Island welcomes tens of thousands of visitors every year. For generations, Captain Maggie McDonogh's family has been taking those visitors to the island every day.
Federal wildlife officials raised the alarm Wednesday after three fatal cases of bird flu were detected in California condors found in Northern Arizona.
Smoke was billowing from the Phillips 66 Refinery in Rodeo during a flaring event Tuesday afternoon.
It's rare that expecting couples are treated to watch parties, and even rarer to have huge video screens set up for their big day.
An environmental group is suing to block efforts to extend federal operating licenses for California's last nuclear power plant.
