Washburn Fire smoke prompts air quality advisory for parts of Bay Area
An air quality advisory goes into effect Monday for parts of the Bay Area due to smoke from the Washburn Fire in Yosemite National Park.
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An air quality advisory goes into effect Monday for parts of the Bay Area due to smoke from the Washburn Fire in Yosemite National Park.
With drones now affordable and readily available at big box stores, officials say unauthorized drones flying in an emergency response zone have really become a problem in California.
The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park remained closed Saturday as firefighters battled a blaze that threatened the gathering of the iconic trees and forced hundreds of campers to evacuate.
California is falling short of water conservation goals and Gov. Gavin Newsom has warned that mandatory statewide restrictions may be on the way.
Someone has been deflating SUV tires to make a point about gas consumption and climate change.
Crews responded to a hazardous materials spill that took place at a milk processing facility in Petaluma early Friday morning.
A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species.
Cal Fire said crews continue to make progress on the Rices Fire in Nevada County, increasing containment to 45% as of Sunday morning.
With the extremely dry conditions this Fourth of July holiday weekend, authorities are on high alert in the Santa Clara County where fireworks are banned.
California authorities issued a danger advisory for San Luis Reservoir in Merced County on Friday due to the toxin levels of blue-green algae in the water.
Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County is partially reopening for the first time since the CZU Lightning Complex Fire destroyed much of the park in August 2020.
The transit agency is raising prices by 3.4 percent, which will increase the average fare by about 15 cents, according to a BART news release.
Improving weather helped firefighters stop the spread of a Sierra Nevada wildfire that forced evacuation of several hundred people from their homes and injured 13 firefighters and a civilian.
Looking to avoid power blackouts, California may turn to the one energy source it's otherwise desperate to get rid of: fossil fuels.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the federal Environmental Protection Agency does not have broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants under the Clean Air Act, undermining the fight against climate change.
