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Despite a history of wildfires in the area, the state wants to build nearly 150 new campsites in Auburn State Recreation Area in El Dorado and Placer counties.
Residential wells are drying up in the state’s main agricultural region at the same time that agricultural businesses consume almost 90 percent of the water there.
Even as California’s wildfires grow more intense seemingly every year, insurers are cancelling policies for homeowners in the path of the fires.
Noise is a form of pollution that threatens public health like any other type of environmental pollution. Here's what federal, state and local governments are doing to quiet things down.
What’s a LAFCO? That’s the odd-sounding acronym for the independent boards that get a grip on suburban sprawl and government inefficiency.
A combination of factors all related to climate change are fueling the ‘unprecedented’ growth of the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County.
As a new wildfire burned through Nevada and Placer counties, federal officials said they would now be more aggressive fighting fires.
Noise pollution and a drought-driven shortage of salmon have led the federal government to expand the Monterey Bay protected habitat zone for killer whales.
After admitting a power line may have started the Dixie Megafire in Butte County, PG&E now says it will place 10,000 miles of power lines underground.
As fire, heat waves and drought threaten the state’s water and power supplies, the governor calls for consumers to cut back on use.
Homeowners whose fire insurance policies were not renewed remain frustrated in their fight to get them back.
Santa Cruz County water agencies will expand metering of groundwater pumped from private wells on agricultural land, may also charge new fees.
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors has failed to learn important lessons from the disastrous CZU Lightning Complex Fire last year, the Civil Grand Jury charges in a new report.
A grand jury report blasted the Santa Cruz County fire system's 'dizzying' complexity just a few months before the CZU Lightning Complex Fire struck.
Californians Against Waste was one of the main advocates behind SB 1383, which requires California to divert 75 percent of its organic waste from landfills. California Local talked to CAW’s Nick Lapis to learn more about what it does and …
In 2022, California trash haulers will begin turning millions of tons of methane-emitting organic waste into a new cash crop: compost.
The future of 1,100 miles of spectacular coastline is in the hands of the California Coastal Commission, which is beloved by coastal environmentalists, notorious among those who favor development, and little-known in the inland parts of the state.
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.
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