Environment | Cal State Fullerton botanist Edward Read tried for 7 years to make this water lily bloom By Jonathan Horwitz July 1, 2024 at 10:45 a.m. It's the second largest water lily in the world, the Victoria amazonica, and its blooming...
Environment | Some experts worry a drying climate means U.S. Drought Monitor tool isn’t effective out West By Erika I. Ritchie July 1, 2024 at 7:21 a.m. The nationwide map labels drought conditions from low to high severity each week. But what...
News | 160th anniversary: Yosemite became a state park during Lincoln’s administration By Kurt Snibbe June 28, 2024 at 2:43 p.m. Here are the steps it took to make Yosemite a National Park
Local News | Long-awaited pandas arrive safely in San Diego By Emily Alvarenga July 1, 2024 at 12:34 p.m. Yun Chuan and Xin Bao are the first giant pandas to enter the United States...
Environment | Cooler states now forced to grapple with extreme heat fueled by climate change By Tribune News Service June 28, 2024 at 11:44 a.m. In preparing for a hotter future, some of them are copying the policies of states...
National Politics | Supreme Court weakens ability of federal agencies to regulate environment, public health and more By Associated Press June 28, 2024 at 8:07 a.m. Billions of dollars are potentially at stake, and a Biden administration lawyer had warned such...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Tesla ordered to stop polluting Bay Area air with ‘frequent and ongoing’ toxic emissions By Ethan Baron June 27, 2024 at 11:41 a.m. Even low levels of ozone created when the emitted substances meet sunlight can harm health,...
California News | Tahoe man won’t be charged for killing bear he said was in his kitchen By Bay Area News Group June 27, 2024 at 4:13 p.m. A neighbor had claimed that the young bear never got more than halfway through the...
National Politics | Supreme Court halts enforcement of EPA plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants By Associated Press June 27, 2024 at 7:47 a.m. With its conservative majority, in recent years the justices have restricted the federal agency’s authority...
Map: New evacuation for Basin Fire, near Fresno June Lightning wildfires By Bay Area News Group June 28, 2024 at 7:35 a.m. A new large wildfire erupted Wednesday in the Sierra Nevada foothills about 10 miles from...