Environment

California set an ambitious target to reduce wildfire hazards each year, and is making real progress. Preserving that momentum as federal partnerships fade and state funding declines is crucial.

Newsom's longtime personal and political dealings with Big Oil include ties to the Getty family and several recent state regulation changes.

As the safety calculus for fireworks changes across California, cities like fire-prone Napa have turned to drone lights to maintain the spectacle and tradition of the July Fourth holiday.

Researchers say about 800 plants are involved in plastics or plastics-chemicals in California. Many are in Southern California and are expanding.

California’s fishing fleet is graying and shrinking. An apprenticeship aimed at reviving it showed the obstacles to sustaining locally caught fish.

As the California fishing industry is entering a period where many captains are retiring and less seafood from off the our coasts end up on our plates, some fisherman and restaurants are leaning into the catch of the day concept.

The blaze at a massive cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights is simply the latest in a string of massive industrial facility fires in California.

Following years of local resistance, tech billionaires are turning to the state to fast track their plan to build a new city in the Bay Area. They are lobbying for legislation to expedite environmental review of their project, enlisting political heavyweights to make their case.

Solar and rare earth projects are displacing Joshua trees, which bring millions of tourists and revenue to the region and support some rare species.

The emergency at GKN Aerospace forced evacuations, but it was unclear how bedridden residents, hospice patients and homebound seniors could get to safety.