climate change California sets aside $170 million to thin vegetation, forests to help prevent wildfires By Alejandro Lazo | CalMatters | April 14, 2025 The money comes from a $10 billion bond measure for environmental projects approved by California voters last year.
climate change Trump targets California climate laws in new executive order By Alejandro Lazo | CalMatters | April 9, 2025 Legal experts say his claims about the laws being unconstitutional are an overreach.
environment Searching for snow: Vast disparity between north and south amid lackluster rain season By Dan McMenamin | Bay City News | March 31, 2025 The Department of Water Resources is concerned that much of the rainfall has been concentrated in Northern California.
environment California snowpack below average — what does this mean for water supplies? By Alastair Bland | CalMatters | March 28, 2025 Despite some heavy rainstorms and squalls of snow in recent months, the Sierra Nevada snowpack today stands at 90% of average.
California The high cost of fixing Lake Tahoe: Famed alpine lake still murky after decades of efforts By Julie Cart and Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett | CalMatters | March 19, 2025 Billions of state and federal dollars are spent on Lake Tahoe, but pollutants still pour in, while development continues.
California The Salton Sea is California’s most imperiled lake. Can a new conservancy save it? By Deborah Brennan | CalMatters | March 12, 2025 Will nearly half a billion dollars in projects be enough?
rainfall Heavy rain, strong winds could soak parts of Bay Area Wednesday through Thursday By Janis Mara | Bay City News | March 11, 2025 Rain, rain won't go away.
Bay Area Changing the climate on science: Nationwide movement pushes back on cuts for research By Ruth Dusseaul | Bay City News | March 9, 2025 On Friday at University of California Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza, a spot famous for student activism, it was the professors’ turn to protest.
California Until the wells run dry: Why replenishing California’s groundwater is painfully slow By Alastair Bland | CalMatters | March 2, 2025 Even after multiple wet winters, and despite a state law that’s supposed to protect and restore the state’s precious groundwater, thousands of wells have gone dry.
rainfall Where’s the water? Sierra snow level at 85% of normal as winter season approaches end By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | March 1, 2025 Experts say the snowpack level is worrisome, and the snow’s water content was even more troubling.