Environment

No long-term deal means water agencies around California and the West are stuck guessing how deep cuts on the Colorado River will go.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law last year allowing Californians to kill non native mute swans. It appeared to have worked.

Lawmakers could tackle climate money, wildfires and California Forever before they adjourn for the year and hit the campaign trail.

As a “super El Niño” season gains steam, San Diego contends with aging stormwater systems and century-old dams.

A fast-moving fire near Yosemite and an incoming heat wave highlight a growing link between heat and wildfires.

California's wildfires are destroying forests faster than the state can replant them, and federal cuts are making the gap worse.

Environmental groups want Board of Environmental Safety member Rhys Williams to resign over ties to a lobbying firm — the latest Newsom aide to land a plum state board seat.

Democrats are advancing a bill over objections from rural residents, ranchers and Republicans that would study whether California should bring back grizzly bears.

A program that promised schools upgraded AC systems was cut short in 2024, leaving hundreds of districts with broken systems and no money to fix them.

California bars utilities from cutting off power to customers who fall behind on their bills when it’s dangerously hot outside – a basic safety protection. Losing power in some rural areas can also mean losing water, and in cities, having no way to cool down can be dangerous, even deadly, when hot weather spans several […]