State GovernmentRegulators know PG&E, Edison are slow to hook up solar. Why are there no penalties?October 7, 2025PG&E and Southern California Edison routinely blow their deadlines to hook up new solar panels, an advocacy group says. But after years of complaints they have not been punished.
EnvironmentHas Gavin Newsom changed his tune on Big Oil? Some environmentalists say yesSeptember 26, 2025 | Laura FitzgeraldThe Governor’s recent approval of a bill to boost in-state oil production draws criticism from environmental advocates. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Environment5 lessons from a house that generates more energy than it usesSeptember 23, 2025The "Green Idea House" in Hermosa Beach has been producing more energy than it consumes for more than a decade.
EnvironmentNewsom signs climate overhaul, extending cap and trade while boosting oil drillingSeptember 19, 2025A set of laws Gov. Gavin Newsom signed today extends California clean-energy programs while taking steps to shore up oil and gas production. It also opens the door to a Western energy grid.
EnvironmentNewsom strikes climate deal extending California cap and trade, boosting oil productionSeptember 11, 2025After weeks of tense and messy negotiations, California’s legislative leaders finally released several proposals that range from expanding domestic crude oil production to lowering electricity rates.
EnvironmentIn LA port, bobbing blue floats are turning wave power into clean energySeptember 9, 2025At the Port of Los Angeles on a site that once housed oil tanks, seven steel structures that look like small blue boats gently bob up and down with the waves to generate power. It's the first onshore wave energy site in the United States.
EnvironmentDavis entrepreneur aims to eradicate invasive golden musselsSeptember 5, 2025 | Vicki Gonzalez | Sarit LaschinskyThe golden mussel poses an ongoing threat to California’s rivers, lakes and water systems. But a Davis-based company is looking to adapt its existing mussel-targeting product to the new invaders.
EnvironmentCalifornia holds off on penalizing oil companies for price gougingSeptember 2, 2025 | Manola SecairaGovernor Gavin Newsom supported the price gouging penalty when he signed it into law in 2023 as a way to stop unnecessary gas price spikes. Now the governor and the energy commission have decided to put it on hold.
Sacramento RegionThe odd new strategy in Sacramento: fighting mosquitoes with more mosquitoesSeptember 2, 2025 | Tony RodriguezIn Natomas, crews are releasing 400,000 sterile male mosquitoes that don’t bite but mate with invasive Aedes aegypti. The goal is to stop the spread of diseases like Zika and dengue while cutting back on the pesky bites that target ankles and wrists.
Sacramento RegionSoil Born Farms urban agriculture and education project to celebrate 25 years of cultivating the communitySeptember 2, 2025 | Keyshawn DavisThe nonprofit runs a 55-acre farm along the American River in Rancho Cordova focused on educating both children and adults on how to grow their own food.
