Local judge officiates in the high profile case being watched across the country.
State officials have long considered the rules essential to cleaning up California’s severe air pollution and combating climate change.
The state's homeless population remains the biggest in the nation, but the crisis is growing more slowly than elsewhere.
Current outlook suggests little if any relief for the foreseeable future.
This season’s huge — possibly unprecedented — disparity works in favor of the state’s water supplies.
Newsom and Bass couldn't have prevented wind-propelled flames from igniting homes and businesses around the city.
Just because the Bay Area isn’t suffering though massive wildfires doesn’t mean its firefighters aren’t hard at work.
The newly retired congresswoman, now 78, first got her start as chief of staff for US Representative Ron Dellums, who later served as Oakland mayor from 2007-2011.
The proposal to update the policy came after criticism from Gov. Gavin Newsom about the city’s pursuit policy as he assigned more CHP officers to help patrol the city.
A preliminary estimate of the economic toll from this set of fires is $52 billion to $57 billion — and they are continuing to burn.
The federal government typically covers 75% of rebuilding costs after a major disaster.
The economic impact of the ongoing Los Angeles-area fires alone is estimated to be at least $135 billion, increasing its earlier estimate of around $50 billion.
Coming soon: More elk, fewer cows.
"If this is the new normal, this is absolute economic devastation," says one local economist.
Jenkins takes over for Nikki Fortunato Bas, who was council president and thus interim mayor — after Sheng Thao lost a recall election and left office Dec.