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.
EnvironmentFirefighters try to corral California forest blaze as lightning strikes bring risk of new ignitionsAugust 26, 2025Firefighting crews are trying to corral a fast-growing blaze churning through central California’s Sierra National Forest, as forecasters warn that lightning strikes from thunderstorms could spark new ignitions.
EnvironmentPickett Fire spreads in California's wine countryAugust 25, 2025The Pickett Fire in Northern California had charred about 10 square miles of Napa County. It was just 13% contained by Monday morning.
State GovernmentGavin Newsom warms to Big Oil in climate reversalAugust 18, 2025After years of cracking down on California’s oil industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative Democrats are moving to get Kern County wells pumping again to avoid soaring gasoline prices.
EnvironmentHere’s why researchers say you shouldn’t release your pet turtle into the wildAugust 12, 2025 | Manola SecairaCalifornia’s Western Pond Turtles are the only remaining freshwater turtles native to the state. But their populations face threats from competing non-native species and habitat loss. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
