April survey of Sierra Nevada snow pack set for Monday
On Monday California will complete the year's most important measure of the Sierra Nevada snow pack. Devin Fehely reports. (4-2-23)
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On Monday California will complete the year's most important measure of the Sierra Nevada snow pack. Devin Fehely reports. (4-2-23)
A researcher at the University of Nevada, Reno has discovered evidence that the plastic pollution problem may be more widespread than previously believed. John Ramos reports. (3-19-23)
California's yearslong drought is still having a devastating impact on the salmon fishing industry. John Ramos reports. (3-12-23)
United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas. The accord represents a turning point for vast stretches of the planet.
A new state law gave e-bikes more access this year but local lawmakers can still pass ordinances to ban e-bikes in certain parts of their cities.
Monarchs were on the brink of extinction in California a couple years ago. Brian Hackney looks at what's behind their comeback and how recent storms have impacted their survival. (3-2-23)
Rights to a 1970s anti-pollution ad showing a man in Native American attire shedding a tear at the sight of smokestacks are being transferred to the National Congress of American Indians.
California's roadmap to tackle climate change relies on extracting carbon from the air and storing it underground on a scale that's not yet been seen in the U.S.
San Francisco receives most of its water from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park so why would so many here want to see it drained? Wilson Walker reports. (2-10-23)
California's law banning new oil and gas wells near homes, schools and other community sites has been put on hold until after voters decide next year whether to throw it out.
Researchers found multiple types of fishing nets, plastic bags and other debris in the stomach of a 60-ton sperm whale.
A nonprofit group asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday to reintroduce sea otters to a stretch of the West Coast from Northern California to Oregon.
The first mission to survey nearly all of the water on Earth's surface lifted off Friday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.
Thanks to recent storms, creeks flowing in the Santa Cruz Mountains are once again an impressive sight.
A growing number of wild Chinook salmon are turning up and spawning in a most unlikely place: an urban stream in the South Bay.
Lafayette's controversial The Terraces of Lafayette development can move forward, a state court of appeals ruled Wednesday.
A church in east Oakland has become a model for providing refuge during power shutoffs and brownouts. John Ramos reports. (11-13-22)
"Climate hell" was a reference to U.N. Secretary General António Guterres' dire warning that "we are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator."
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.
Researchers are trying to understand more about how the Russian River watershed is responding to all of the dry years. Wilson Walker reports. (11-3-22)
Human remains have now been found in the Lake Mead area at least six times since May, and the latest discovery is at least the second near the Callville Bay boating area.
The electric-as-routine approach is on display this week at a slimmed-down Paris auto show. (10-21-22)
The Santa Clara Valley and Livermore Valley typically see higher levels of air pollution than the rest of the Bay Area, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
Native frogs and toads were once plentiful in Santa Clara Valley waterways. Meet a man who's spent a lifetime studying the environment here, making some surprising discoveries along the way. Len Ramirez reports. (10-19-22)
Cleaning up along San Mateo County's beaches is not just a once a year event, but a year round effort that's growing.
