Doubts shroud climate program
As fire ripped through the Mendocino County hills the summer of 2018, burning a vast expanse of forest and turning buildings to ash, a curious thing was...
‘Drought is the norm:’ California’s water crisis becomes perpetual
California residents are used to drought conditions, with shorter showers encouraged by teachers and conservationists, ads paid for by the state supporting abstaining from watering...
California’s disappearing salmon
The drought, along with man-made impediments, has placed the state’s wild Chinook population at grave risk.
A California fisherman sails the choppy waters of climate change and drought
Not everyone believed in Captain Dan. Other fishermen chuckled when he started giving boat tours of Noyo Harbor. Who would pay for a ride in...
Devastating Caldor Fire continues to burn toward Lake Tahoe, forcing thousands to evacuate
So Clay Cunningham and his wife packed what they could and fled their house in Meyers, Calif., near South Lake Tahoe. But nearly as soon...
Forest Service officials confirm all California national forests to temporarily close
All of California’s national forests will be closed beginning late Tuesday. The closures will go into effect at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday and stay in place...
Lake Tahoe Suffocates With Smoke
Smoke from the Caldor fire is overwhelming one of California’s most iconic regions — and confounding thousands of newcomers who fled there in recent months...
One California City’s Creative Drought Fix
Take a drive through this picture-perfect wine country town and you’ll start to spot them, unsubtle symbols of our state’s extreme drought.