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Utility Company Thwarted After Trying To Shift Fire Expenses To Customers

November 30, 2017 | Sammy Caiola

A San Diego case could set a precedent for utility companies seeking to share wildfire damage costs with ratepayers.

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Higher Than Expected Number Of Chinook Salmon Return To American River

November 28, 2017 | Bob Moffitt

The numbers were expected to be much lower because of high water temperatures and predators when the fish were juveniles heading to the ocean during the drought.

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Black Bears Back In Eastern Nevada After 80-Year Absence

November 26, 2017

(AP) - A new study says more than 500 black bears have returned to parts of their historic range in the Great Basin of Nevada where the species disappeared about 80 years ago.

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Condor Group Wants To Get More Hunters To Avoid Lead Bullets

November 26, 2017

(AP) - The effort to bring one of the world's largest birds back from the brink of extinction is expanding after northern Arizona and southern Utah found success in getting deer hunters to use ammunition not made of lead.

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California's 2017 Wildfire Season Worst On Record For CAL FIRE

November 24, 2017 | Randol White

More than 500,000 acres have burned so far this year, and unseasonably warm weather in Southern California is extending the fire season there.

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California Nets $860 Million From Carbon Auction

November 21, 2017

(AP) - California permits to emit carbon sold out for the second straight auction, generating about $860 million for the state.

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Salmon And Steelhead Trout Migrating In Record Numbers

November 21, 2017 | Rich Ibarra

Salmon and steelhead trout are returning from the ocean to spawn and conditions have never been better.

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Monday Deadline For Property Owners To Sign Up For Wildfire Cleanup Assistance

November 13, 2017 | Bob Moffitt

Monday Nov. 13 is the last day for people affected by last month's wildfires in Northern California to sign up for help to clean up their properties.

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Local Clean-Up Efforts Find Fewer Plastic Bags One Year After California's Ban

November 13, 2017 | Julia Mitric

A year after California enacted a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags, environmental groups say early data show a significant dip in plastic trash.

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PG&E Says Someone Else's Wires May Have Caused Deadly Wildfire

November 10, 2017

(AP) - California's largest utility says the deadliest of last month's wildfires may have been started by electrical equipment not owned or installed by Pacific Gas and Electric Co.