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Image caption: Participants in a recent board meeting of the Mountain Housing Council of Tahoe Truckee discuss affordable housing in the wake of a pandemic-fueled boom in real estate prices.

NEWS & ANALYSIS

A pandemic-fueled real estate boom has exploded in the Tahoe-Truckee region. Mountain Housing Council is working to ensure that locals can keep their own little slices of heaven.

Image caption: President Donald Trump sits across from California Governor Gavin Newsom at a press conference on the state’s increasingly destructive fire season. Screen shot from the PBS NewsHour YouTube channel.

SIGNAL BOOSTER

POTUS Comes to Sacramento and Implores California to Clean Its Forests

And global warming? “It will get cooler,” the president tells California’s governor.

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Water is a human right under California law, but it doesn’t always work out that way.

EXPLAINER

Agriculture and Water Shortages in the State’s Breadbasket, Explained

RCDs look after the land, whether it’s used for grazing, growing, or getting out into nature.

EXPLAINER

California Dirt

Moss Landing in Monterey Bay is the world’s largest battery storage facility for solar and other renewable energy.

EXPLAINER

Solar Power and California’s Clean Energy Goals

Dairy products are California’s top agricultural commodity, but the industry is often criticized for its impact on the environment.

LOCALIST

Sustainable Sustenance

How California reclamation districts turned millions of acres of wetlands into fertile agricultural land, starting in the earliest days of the Gold Rush.

EXPLAINER

Reclamation Districts: Turning ‘Swamps’ Into Farmland

Long-duration energy storage, such as this thermal energy storage facility, allows renewable energy sources to operate at full capacity without overloading the power grid.

EXPLAINER

How California Leads the Race For Long Duration Energy Storage

California has a goal of 6 million heat pumps cooling and heating buildings by 2030.

EXPLAINER

6 Million New Heat Pumps: Essential to California's Climate Future