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Manola Secaira is CapRadio’s environment and climate change reporter. Before that, she worked for Crosscut in Seattle as an Indigenous Affairs reporter.
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October 18, 2023
The quake, a 4.2 magnitude shaker centered near Isleton along the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, comes one day before California is scheduled to test its earthquake preparedness.
October 17, 2023
Experts say the largest source of emissions in school districts come from building infrastructure. The district’s goal lines up with a statewide carbon neutrality goal for the same year.
October 10, 2023
UC Davis researchers have collected data on animals killed on the road for years. Fraser Shilling, director of the university’s Road Ecology Center, says it’s important information to understand the health of their populations.
September 28, 2023
The zoo’s newest resident — a 28-year-old southern white rhino — weighs just over 4,500 pounds, making him the largest animal currently housed there.
September 25, 2023
This early-in-the-season storm could help fight fires along the California-Oregon border and has the potential to "dramatically improve air quality."
The protected area covers nearly 700 square miles of the tribes’ ancestral ocean and coastal lands between the California-Oregon border to just south of Trinidad in Humboldt County.
September 20, 2023
The toxic algae — a neon green layer of muck that floats atop water — thrives in warm, stagnant conditions brought on by drought. Last winter’s snowpack helped disrupt it.
September 15, 2023
From housing affordability to fentanyl to mental health and more, California lawmakers debated hundreds of bills this Legislative session. Here’s a breakdown of what made it to the Governor’s desk — and what didn’t.
September 8, 2023
Newsom has previously said price gouging by the oil industry could be partially to blame for spiking costs.
September 5, 2023
Experts say new research is necessary to understand the longer-term human health impacts of regular exposure to smoke.
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