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.
EnvironmentWhy birders travel from all over to see Sacramento’s yellow-billed magpieMarch 25, 2025 | Manola SecairaThe species can only be found in parts of Northern and Central California. It was hit hard by the West Nile Virus in the mid-2000s, but a local survey conducted over the last few years shows it may be starting to recover. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentBoat tours and ash scatterings help beleaguered California salmon fleet stay afloatMarch 19, 2025With salmon fishing barred off the California coast for two years, fishermen have been running historic boat tours, party cruises, and scattering the ashes of the deceased to try to stay afloat. Now, fishing fleets are gearing up for a third year.
Sacramento RegionMountain travel discouraged until Friday as storm hits Northern CaliforniaMarch 12, 2025 | Sally Longenecker | Vicki GonzalezHeavy rain and thunderstorms are expected in the valley. Sacramento County has opened winter respite centers through Monday morning.
EnvironmentWhat to know about this week's 'blood worm moon' total lunar eclipseMarch 11, 2025People on the West Coast will see this week's total lunar eclipse beginning at 11:26 p.m. on Thursday. Totality will last for about 65 minutes.
State GovernmentAs LA County sues Edison over deadly fire, is the state’s wildfire fund in jeopardy?March 10, 2025Fire investigators have not found Edison responsible for the Eaton fire — but lawsuits heighten concerns about its potential liability for the most destructive blaze since the state created a fund to prevent wildfires from bankrupting utilities.
EnvironmentGreenland’s ice sheet is melting fast. A new film explores the impactsMarch 7, 2025 | Vicki Gonzalez | Sarit Laschinsky | Sally LongeneckerA Sacramento State professor’s new documentary follows scientists studying the Greenland ice sheet.
