Sunny, Warm Thanksgiving weekend brings winter's first Spare the Air Alert
As sunny and warm temperatures approach the San Francisco Bay Area this holiday weekend, local air officials issued a Spare the Air alert – the first of winter.
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As sunny and warm temperatures approach the San Francisco Bay Area this holiday weekend, local air officials issued a Spare the Air alert – the first of winter.
With the Thanksgiving holiday looming, Bay Area air quality officials strongly discouraged residents from wood burning, but stopped short of issuing a ban.
With the holidays approaching, officials with the San Francisco Department of Public Works said that crews will ramp up cleaning of neighborhood commercial corridors through the end of the year.
U.S. regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that would be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world when it goes forward.
The city council passed an ordinance to close loopholes in state and county laws, which are allowing millions of bags into landfills and the greater environment.
Recology, the company contracted by San Francisco to collect and recycle waste, has agreed to pay $25 million in settlement fees to the city to resolve issues found during a series of reviews.
On Wednesday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will consider a plan to change the incentives offered to owners of rooftop solar panels.
A church in east Oakland has become a model for providing refuge during power shutoffs and brownouts.
California regulators on Thursday proposed changes to the state's residential solar market designed to encourage more at-home battery systems that can help the electrical grid rely less on fossil fuels in the evenings, especially during heat waves.
The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park announced Thursday the hatching of two new African penguin chicks, the first new chicks to hatch there since 2018.
A lawsuit filed Thursday by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the environment and the public from chemicals manufactured by the firms.
After years of living next to an abandoned city lot, a Richmond woman took matters into her own hands, and ended up creating a thriving place of community in her neighborhood.
A California ballot measure that would raise taxes on the richest residents to help put more electric vehicles on the roads was trailing Tuesday with about one-third of votes counted.
Santa Clara county's water agency cautioned that the state is still in a severe drought and residents should continue to restrict water usage to meet conservation goals, despite heavy rains this week.
The self-driving robotaxi company Cruise continued to expand its service this year as it prepares to enter new markets outside California.
