Environmentalists and other groups are urging lawmakers to reject California Governor Jerry Brown’s budget proposal to borrow money from the state’s cap and trade program.

Reducing overcrowding at California prisons is not easy. Generally, inmates must either be released or given more space, which is expensive. But there is a third option. Inmates can be sent to fire camps.

The Delta Stewardship Council has unanimously approved the final plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The plan is designed to protect the Delta ecosystem while providing a more reliable supply of water for California.

The governors of California and Nevada have announced an agreement to repeal Nevada’s threat to quit the decades-old Lake Tahoe Compact.

Dry conditions are expected to cause a difficult fire season in California and much of the western United States. Federal budget cuts could complicate the problem.

Energy-efficiency projects at Blue Diamond Growers’ headquarters in Sacramento will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save the cooperative money.

Two frogs species native to the Sierra Nevada mountains from Porterville to Susanville may be in danger of extinction. The U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife is in the last stages of listing them as endangered species.

CAL FIRE says tinderbox-conditions have led to 550 more wildfires than this time last season. Fire officials warn that most of the state has the potential for large damaging fires.

If you’re a runner in the Sacramento area it might have been a tough weekend for you to log some miles in.

The board overseeing California's high-speed rail project has voted to give its largest private contractor another $96 million and two more years to perform architectural and engineering work, but warned that it will exercise rigorous oversight.

California’s final snow survey has found water content at only 17-percent of normal, meaning a below average water supply this summer. Determining just how much water is in the snowpack is becoming much more precise thanks to an airborne experiment.

The California Environmental Quality Act or CEQA will likely see changes this legislative session. Lawmakers heard debate on eight bills that would alter the law that governs most development projects in the state.