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Just as studies have shown that people who order diet drinks tend to increase their consumption of unhealthy foods, new research out of UC Davis shows Californians do a similar thing when it comes to their vehicles.

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Red Flag Warning In Effect For Parts Of Northern California

September 25, 2017

Gusty winds have prompted a Red Flag Warning in the northern and western Sacramento Valley and adjacent foothills.

Environment

Satellite Imagery Gives Crews A New Angle In Fighting Fires

September 25, 2017 | Ezra David Romero

While firefighters on the ground fought the Detwiler Fire this summer, scientists hundreds of miles away helped direct them using satellite imagery update every 30 seconds.

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Sept. 2017 Earthquake in Mexico City / Wikimedia Commons

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Lessons From Mexico On Earthquake Warning Systems

September 25, 2017 | Chris Remington

Will California be ready for the next big earthquake? UC Davis Professor Jonathan Rundle explains what we learned from Mexico last week and what warning systems are currently in place.

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200 Years Of California History From A Tree’s Perspective

September 25, 2017 | Chris Remington

Melina Sempill Watts' debut novels explores the history and ecology of California’s Santa Monica Mountains through the perspective of a tree.

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State Government

Ontario Joins Calif. Cap-And-Trade Market

September 22, 2017 | Ben Bradford

California’s climate change market, where businesses buy and trade the right to emit greenhouse gases, just got bigger.

State Government

How Water Bill Was Resurrected In Legislature's Final Hours

September 21, 2017 | Ben Adler

Here's how the sausage is really made in the California Capitol. Or, more precisely: how a bill backed by water agencies but despised by environmentalists can go from its deathbed to the governor’s desk on the Legislature’s final night of session.

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Uncertainty For Delta Tunnel Project As Key Water District Backs Out

September 21, 2017 | Daniel Potter

Fresno’s Westlands Water District says it won’t help pay for California’s $16 billion delta tunnels project. That raises questions for how the proposal to overhaul the state’s water system will move forward.

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