Democrats opened a last-minute push Tuesday for new talks on must-do legislation to prevent the government from shutting down this weekend, fight the Zika virus and help flood-ravaged Louisiana rebuild.
Drinking water for 800,000 East Bay residents may taste mustier for months to come as the area’s largest supplier switches to a different water source during a treatment plant upgrade.
On a 3-2 vote after a lengthy discussion about fears of eroding water rights, irrigation leaders agreed Monday to sell some Stanislaus River water in coming weeks.
The Irvine Ranch Water District and the clean tech energy storage company Advanced Microgrid Solutions today [Sept. 26] announced a public-private partnership to install the largest network of energy storage systems at a public water agency in the nation.
Only a few weeks after announcing one of the biggest energy storage projects ever, Tesla Energy won again a massive energy storage contract. The automaker’s energy division will supply ‘Powerpacks’ to its energy storage deployment partner, Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS), for a major new project: a 7 MW / 34 MWh network of battery systems to support water treatment facilities of Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD).
The owner of four dams on the Klamath River and the nonprofit corporation created to take responsibility for their destruction recently filed long-awaited applications with federal regulators to remove the dams.
A strong agricultural economy is giving Tulare County bragging rights about its contribution to the nation’s gross domestic product, and exports of citrus, grapes and nuts seem to be a major factor.
An autumn heat wave sent California temperatures soaring again Monday, baking coastal cities that normally benefit from the cooling influence of the Pacific Ocean.
Stoked by hot, dry conditions, a blaze in the Santa Cruz Mountains charred about 1,000 acres and destroyed at least one structure as it quickly moved through the area Monday, threatening hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations, officials said.
Firefighters halted the spread of a wildfire in the The Geysers on Monday, enabling air tankers to be released from battling the 1,500-acre blaze in a rugged area of northeast Sonoma County known for raging fires.
California’s continued push to police its network of underwater state parks comes as government officials and scientific leaders from around the world gathered in Washington, D.C., last week for a conference on a wide range of marine issues, including climate change, pollution and restoring diversity of sea life.
Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher has broadly apologized to park employees, in a remarkable bow to harsh criticisms leveled last week at a congressional oversight hearing.
Researchers at the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory and the campus department of earth and planetary sciences gained new insight into the movement of tectonic plates as a result of the multi-year study published Friday in the journal Science.
Nearly half a million households in the United States lack the basic dignity of hot and cold running water, a bathtub or shower, or a working flush toilet, according to the Census Bureau.
Seeking to quell the controversy over the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Monday that the Obama administration must do a better job consulting with tribal leaders on major energy projects.
