Ban On Single-Use Plastics Gets Initial Approval In Marin County
Marin County was set to roll out an ordinance banning plastic utensils and other foodware that is not reusable or biodegradeable.
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Marin County was set to roll out an ordinance banning plastic utensils and other foodware that is not reusable or biodegradeable.
A 182.5-megawatt energy storage system in Monterey County that was designed and constructed in a partnership between Tesla and Pacific Gas and Electric Company is now operational, the utility announced Monday.
Construction has begun on the first phase of the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project, a first-of-its-kind effort to battle climate change and protect Santa Clara County from coastal flooding and sea level rise.
The South Bay's largest water provider is limiting when and how often people can water their yards as Santa Clara County faces the effects of a deepening drought.
Farms that rely on irrigation from a depleted, federally managed lake on the California-Oregon border, along with a Native American tribe fighting to protect fragile salmon, will both receive greatly reduced amounts of water again this summer as a historic drought and record-low reservoir levels drag on in the U.S. West.
Fire officials say that just a few more weeks of warm, dry, windy weather could signal the start of a truly scary wildfire season.
The commercial Dungeness crab fishery off all of California's coast will be closed this month because humpback whales have been entangled in fishing gear, wildlife authorities said.
With fire season starting weeks earlier than usual, Cal Fire has already increased staffing and suspended burn permits in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Satellite TV provider DISH Network will pay $5.5 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of illegally disposing of hazardous waste in Alameda County and elsewhere in the state.
Supporters of Measure F -- an effort to preserve the 297-acre Alhambra Highlands area of Martinez -- have garnered enough signatures to get the measure in front of the city's voters on the June primary ballot.
New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026, up from about 28 mpg, under new federal rules unveiled Friday that undo a rollback of standards enacted under President Trump.
A peregrine falcon whose longtime mate died this week amid the breeding season appears to have found a new partner to help her hatch two eggs
Bike paths in San Jose are getting a facelift, just as more and more workers are considering commuting by bicycle as a way to beat rising gas prices.
California is sitting on a $600 million pile of unclaimed nickel and dime deposits on recyclable cans and bottles and now wants to give some of that back to consumers.
A federal judge this week approved a settlement between housing developers and homeowners at the San Francisco Shipyard over allegations the homes -- located at the site of a former naval shipyard -- were built over toxic waste.
