EnvironmentThree years after reintroduction, condors continue to soar over Northern CaliforniaApril 29, 2025 | Vicki Gonzalez | Sarit LaschinskyThree years ago, the California condor returned to the skies over Humboldt County for the first time in over a century. The Yurok Tribe, for whom the bird is a sacred symbol, has now released over a dozen more birds.
EnvironmentCalifornia could lose another major oil refineryApril 18, 2025 | Laura FitzgeraldExperts warn the move by Valero would disrupt gasoline supply and lead to major price spikes.
EnvironmentHow labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate changeApril 17, 2025The Senate Judiciary Committee spiked a bill to let wildfire victims sue oil companies over climate change. Labor unions, not Big Oil, led the opposition.
EnvironmentCommercial salmon season is shut down — again. Will California’s iconic fish ever recover?April 16, 2025While it’s an unprecedented third year in a row for no commercially caught salmon, brief windows will be allowed for sportsfishing in California.
State GovernmentLawmakers expedite over $170 million in fire prevention fundsApril 14, 2025 | Megan MyscofskiGovernor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday that will send the money to conservancies around the state.
EnvironmentCalRecycle begins enforcement on plastic foam foodware banApril 11, 2025 | Manola SecairaA law passed in 2022 required producers of plastic foam foodware to demonstrate a recycling rate of 25% by 2025 to continue using the material. Since they didn’t meet that target, CalRecycle says these producers are banned from using it.
EnvironmentMeet the ringtail, one of California’s cutest and most elusive native animalsApril 8, 2025 | Manola SecairaKristyn Schulte, a ringtail biologist with Sacramento City College, is working to better understand where the chronically-understudied animal lives in California. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentCalifornia snowpack is near-average — what does this mean for water supplies?April 1, 2025At 90% of the state historical average, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is nothing like record-smashing 2023. But it ‘s the third year in the row with near-average or above-average snowpack.
