Santa Clara County Resilience Articles

Fires, floods, earthquakes—California’s got it all. And CERT volunteers are ready to step in.

After nearly two years out of commission, Big Basin Redwoods State Park—the oldest State Park in California—is about to open to the public, once again. It was closed after being ravaged by the CZU Lightning Complex fire, (97% destroyed), but …

As California insurance companies have revoked the fire policies of thousands of homeowners, the state has taken steps to get them covered again.

The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, which will help pumas in the Santa Monica Mountains cross 10 lanes of Highway 101, will be the largest in the world.

An expansion project underway at the South County Regional Wastewater plant will increase the treatment facility’s capacity by nearly 30%, bring advanced technology to the local recycled water production system, tighten South Valley’s commitment to sustainability and help accommodate the …

Thousands of people across the Greater Bay Area experienced electrical outages today, with more than 10,800 customers in Santa Clara County and more than 7,000 customers in Santa Cruz County losing power, according to the utility. The Santa Cruz County …

California can increase water savings in urban and suburban areas by 30 to 48 percent using nothing but existing technology, a new report from the Pacific Institute says.

With Democrats and Republicans coming together to move a $1.5 trillion spending bill through Congress, thanks in no small part to the aid for Ukraine it contained, Los Gatos is one step closer to getting $750,000 to harden itself against …

Making it through the earthquake is the easy part. The hard part is surviving in the chaos that follows.

Worsening droughts, competition for scarce supplies, sea level rise, groundwater contamination, earthquakes, wildfires and extreme weather all contribute to California water woes.

The post Rain is Good News, but Doesn't Change California's Dire Drought Outllook appeared first on San Jose …

The climate change era has created a whole new set of terms for a wide variety of storms and other weather phenomena. Here are some of the most important.

California residents can turn to these public and private entities to help prepare for wildfires and protect their property.

In which we ponder human self organization.

Even as California’s wildfires grow more intense seemingly every year, insurers are cancelling policies for homeowners in the path of the fires.

California Local gives a voice to community volunteers—and the business leaders who make their work possible.

Climate scientists say that global warming is making wildfire season much worse. Here's how climate change causes fires to be more destructive.

What is California’s Forest Management Task Force and what does it do?

This year's dry lightning storms left the state scrambling to for climate change solutions.

Shutdowns have hurt business in Little Saigon, Japantown, Little Portugal, and Little Italy.