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Damage from the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire is seen at Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Boulder Creek on April 22, 2021. Photo by Nic Coury, AP Photo

Podcast: California’s oldest state park attempts a comeback

by CalMatters staff May 28, 2021May 28, 2021

Environmental groups, labor advocates and drivers are calling for California regulators to ensure that the companies, not the drivers, cover the costs of Lyft and Uber operators switching to electric cars. Photo by Gene J. Puskar, AP Photo

California approves electric car mandate for Uber and Lyft

by Rachel Becker May 19, 2021May 20, 2021

A ranch dog drinks from the well with a solar panel and water storage tank seen in the background. Brown has attempted to make her ranch as sustainable is possible. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Running out of water and time: How unprepared is California for 2021’s drought?

by Julie Cart and Rachel Becker May 18, 2021May 30, 2021

Rural Latino communities were hit hard in California's last drought. Here "Aqua Man" Sebastian Mejia delivers portable water to the drought-affected houses Thursday, July 16, 2015. Mejia delivers water 5 days a week to a dozen houses a day in the East Porterville area. Photo by Chieko Hara, The Porterville Recorder via AP

New report: Drought to hit rural Latino communities hardest

by Rachel Becker May 13, 2021August 4, 2021

Cattle, graze on a barren hillside in Tulare County outside of Porterville on July 2, 2015. Photp bu Gregory Bull, AP Photo

Drought emergency declared in Central Valley, Klamath region

by Rachel Becker May 10, 2021July 14, 2021

A view of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Boulder Creek on April 22, 2021. Most of the park burned in 2020's CZU Complex wildfire. Photo by Max Whittaker courtesy of Save the Redwoods League

Battered, burned but alive: Time will heal park’s wounds, but it needs big money, too

by Julie Cart April 23, 2021April 24, 2021

Oildfield infrastructure dominates the landscape at the densely developed Kern River oil field just outside of Bakersfield on Feb. 20, 2020. Photo by Jay Calderon, The Desert Sun

Newsom orders ban on new oil fracking by 2024

by Rachel Becker and Laurel Rosenhall April 23, 2021April 23, 2021

Drought conditions visible at Lake Mendocino in January. Photo by Bobby Cochran Photography courtesy of Russian River Flood Control, & Water Conservation Improvement District

Governor declares drought emergency in northwest counties

by Rachel Becker April 21, 2021July 14, 2021

An irrigation system seen from the road outside of Adin, a small town in Modoc County, in July 2019. In response to increased drought risk, farmers and ranchers in all 58 California counties will become eligible for loans to assist with loss of crops, trees, land and livestock. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

5 things you need to know about federal drought aid in California

by Rachel Becker and Julie Cart April 15, 2021July 14, 2021

Close up view of a bin of green crabs pulled from a single trap. In some cases there can be close to 100 crabs per trap in years of very high numbers. Photo courtesy of Ted Grosholz

Unwelcome and tough to evict: California’s costly, uphill battle against invasive species

by Julie Cart April 12, 2021April 12, 2021