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Two people wearing white hard hats and sunglasses stand on a dry, open worksite with sparse vegetation. One person gestures and points into the distance while speaking, as the other looks on. A wooden fence, trees, and parked vehicles are visible in the background.

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Trump energy chief attacks California oil and gas policies in Long Beach

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright visited a Long Beach oil site to pressure Gov. Newsom over state regulations he says are driving up energy costs for Californians.

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亚历杭德拉·雷耶斯-维拉德

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亚历杭德罗·拉佐

• 4 月 9, 2026

The tails of two airplanes that sit idle on the tarmac of an airport. Another plane can be seen taking off in the distance.

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California wants to fund green jet fuel — by raiding your road repair budget

The proposal could be funded with transportation money typically reserved to fix local streets and roads.

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亚历杭德罗·拉佐

• 4 月 8, 2026

A juvenile salmon is laid onto a white ruler to measure while inside a small net in a bucket of water.

水

Endangered salmon returned to California’s far north — then the money dried up

Two years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a strategy to save declining salmon — spotlighting a historic partnership with the Winnemem Wintu Tribe to reintroduce endangered winter-run Chinook to the vital, cold waters upstream of Lake Shasta in far northern California. Now, tribe officials say the state is ending its support, potentially causing salmon restoration […]

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雷切尔贝克尔

• 4 月 4, 2026

An aerial view of the top of snow-capped trees as a thick layer of snow blankets the ground.

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Sparse snowpack in California fuels concern over fast-approaching fire season

With reservoirs brimming — but snowpack abysmal — experts warn of a potentially early fire season.

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雷切尔贝克尔

• 4 月 1, 2026

Tesla workers examine a Tesla workers examine a Model S used for training and tool calibration at the company's factory in Fremont on June 22, 2012. Photo by Noah Berger, REUTERSModel S used for training and tool calibration at the company's factory in Fremont on June 22, 2012. REUTERS/Noah Berger

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California blew a hole in environmental planning law. Now, lawmakers are trying to fix it

Just south of downtown Los Angeles, the Exide battery recycling facility spent decades leaking lead and arsenic into the soil — sickening children, causing cancer, and creating a nearly billion-dollar liability for the state of California. A flurry of last-minute reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act at the end of last year’s legislative session […]

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亚历杭德拉·雷耶斯-维拉德

• 3 月 27, 2026

A mother in a black sweatshirt holds her son, wearing shaded glasses, in her embrace as they stand outside an open door to a school's health office, near a brick wall.

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How sewage pollution in a California beach town is affecting kids’ health: Headaches, rashes and more

Students in this San Diego beach town face sewage pollution that causes headaches, asthma, rashes and brain fog, as schools contend with sewage pollution from the Tijuana River.

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黛博拉·布伦南

• 3 月 26, 2026

People use a cross walk along a street intersection as a white semi-truck and a gray car sit idle.

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California regulators obscured records in hazardous waste rulemaking

DTSC added documents to a rulemaking record but buried them from easy public access.

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亚历杭德拉·雷耶斯-维拉德

• 3 月 25, 2026

A surfer stands in shallow ocean water near a rocky shoreline at sunset while an offshore oil platform rises on the horizon in the distance.

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California sues Trump to keep shut oil pipeline on Santa Barbara coast

California is suing the Trump administration over an order to restart a long-shuttered offshore oil operation.

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亚历杭德罗·拉佐

• 3 月 24, 2026

An aerial view of a large dam spanning a deep blue reservoir, surrounded by rolling green hills covered in trees and shrubs. The water extends into multiple inlets and peninsulas, creating an intricate shoreline. In the background, snow-capped mountains rise above the horizon under a clear blue sky. A hydroelectric facility and other infrastructure are visible near the base of the dam, along with winding roads leading through the landscape.

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Record heat, melting snow: What does it mean for California’s reservoirs?

A record-baking heat wave is scalding California, with major consequences for the state’s most important reservoir: its snowpack. Providing about a third of the state’s water supply, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is a vital source of spring and summer runoff that refills reservoirs when the state needs the water most. But a warm wet storm […]

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雷切尔贝克尔

• 3 月 20, 2026

A Fresno resident uses an umbrella to shield herself from the sun as they walk through Tower District in Fresno on Aug. 30, 2022. Temperatures hit 104 degrees as a heatwave begins to hit the San Joaquin Valley. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

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California is spending hundreds of millions on heat. Will it ever be a public health priority?

As heat becomes a year-round reality, California is often still responding like it’s an emergency.

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安娜·B·伊瓦拉

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亚历杭德拉·雷耶斯-维拉德

• 3 月 19, 2026