Truck crash spills hot asphalt into Smith River
A truck that crashed on a remote highway spilled 2,000 gallons of hot asphalt binder in a Northern California forest last week and the driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI.
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A truck that crashed on a remote highway spilled 2,000 gallons of hot asphalt binder in a Northern California forest last week and the driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI.
Changing weather patterns have profoundly affected California farmers who grow one crop in particular -- organic strawberries.
Facing possible electricity shortages, Gov. Newsom raised the possibility that the state's sole remaining nuclear power plant might continue operating beyond a planned closing by 2025.
High-speed rail between San Jose and the Central Valley took a step closer to becoming reality after the final environmental impact report was certified Thursday.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigation into the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries on Thursday, accusing them of deceiving the public about plastics and their damage to the environment.
The San Francisco Sierra Club joined one of two groups suing the U.S. Postal Service to stop the purchase of thousands of gas-powered trucks in the hopes of pushing the agency to modernize its fleet with electric vehicles.
At the headquarters of Ubiquitous Energy in Redwood City, the familiar black solar panels on the roof are pretty obvious. But the lights in the company conference room are being powered by the windows, which are also acting as solar collectors.
After being fenced off for 80 years, the site of the former Francisco Reservoir on San Francisco's Russian Hill is now open to the public as the city's newest park.
East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) on Tuesday declared a Stage 2 drought, which means mandatory water restrictions and likely additional costs for the utility's 1.4 million customers.
Excess light cast into the sky is now seen as a form of pollution with real impacts on the environment. The State of California is now considering a bill that would be a first step in bringing darkness back to the night.
Despite the recent rain, the East Bay's main provider of drinking water may act next week to curb water usage, officials with the East Bay Municipal Utility District said Thursday.
Mired in an extreme drought, California lawmakers on Thursday took the first step toward lowering the standard for how much water people use in their homes — a move that won't be enforced on individual customers but could lead to higher rates even as consumption declines.
As California faces a third summer under drought conditions, the Contra Costa Water District called for customers to conserve 15% compared to 2020 levels.
The pushback against plastic -- particularly single-use plastic packaging -- is growing, and it is an issue on which every Californian will have a say later this year.
The San Francisco International Airport is shooting for the skies with a goal of dramatically reducing the amount of waste here on the ground.
