Crews control 20-acre grass fire near Fairfield
Crews quickly contained a small vegetation fire that broke out Sunday afternoon just east of Fairfield near Highway 12.
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Crews quickly contained a small vegetation fire that broke out Sunday afternoon just east of Fairfield near Highway 12.
The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015 has agreed to pay $230 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by fishermen and property owners.
You may have used upcycling clothes or furniture but would you try upcycled food?
A group of parents and teachers have filed a lawsuit against the Oakland Unified School District, claiming the district's consolidation plan violates the California Environmental Quality Act.
The new director of Cal Fire, chief Joe Tyler, proudly showed KPIX 5's Ryan Yamamoto the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world.
Despite urgent calls to conserve during California's third straight year of drought, many communities are still not getting the message. Meanwhile, one South Bay community is heeding the call to conserve.
A Sebastopol company is offering a way to convert a current gas guzzler into an electric car.
Californian's drought is worsening and yet residents used more water in March than any month since 2015, defying pleas for conservation from Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The Monterey SPCA Wildlife Center has announced the joyful arrival of tiny Snowy Plover babies which were hatched at the center after their eggs were discovered abandoned at a local beach.
On Tuesday, the Yurok Tribe and Redwood National and State Parks reintroduced two California condors to the North Coast redwoods, culminating a 15-year project.
California likely will have an energy shortfall equivalent to what it takes to power about 1.3 million homes when use is at its peak during the hot and dry summer months, state officials said Friday.
The Board of Directors of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority unanimously approved the first major contract to building a BART extension into the heart of Silicon Valley.
The Marin Water Board of Directors rescinded the county's water shortage emergency declaration and updated its water use rules this week, adopting new requirements for outdoor irrigation and swimming pools.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors paved the way for the Marathon Martinez Refinery to be converted into a biofuel facility on Tuesday, after the board unanimously denied an appeal from more than a dozen environmental groups and individuals to stop the project.
Two Bay Area oil refineries looking to convert to processing biofuels are facing what some might consider unlikely opposition.
