California Newsom, Legislature get a $17 billion jump on California budget deficit By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | April 5, 2024 The state faces a shortfall of between $38 billion and $73 billion next year.
climate change Bountiful snowpack marks second straight season with above-average start to April By Aly Brown | Bay City News | April 5, 2024 The California adage “winter snows bring summer flows” underscores the importance of a bountiful snowpack for future water supply.
Featured in Category Op-Ed | Reforesting Piedmont, Neighborhood by Neighborhood By Cameron Wolfe, Jr. | April 2, 2024 Piedmont Beautification Foundation advisor Cameron Wolfe, Jr. writes about PBF's bold initiative to combat climate change.
Around Town Have you gone ‘green’? The East Bay Green Home Tour wants to hear from you By Exedra Staff | April 2, 2024 The tour takes place June 1 across the East Bay.
Bay Area Wet and windy weather to continue into the weekend By Bay City News and Exedra Staff | March 29, 2024 Possible thunderstorms Saturday, and continued strong winds.
Climate Active, wetter and cooler pattern to return to CA during late March By Daniel Swain | Weather West | March 21, 2024 Weather wonk Daniel Swain weighs in: Active pattern to reemerge, with wet & cooler conditions across much of CA through early April.
California California workers must wait even longer for indoor heat protections By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | March 21, 2024 A state board delays new rules again, apparently over state cost concerns. Labor officials are incensed.
BART East Bay urban trail gets $30M funding boost By Grace Marion | Bay City News | March 19, 2024 Some 10 miles of the East Bay Greenway Multimodal Project between Lake Merritt and Bay Fair BART stations will be upgraded.
climate change California isn’t on track to meet its climate change mandates — and a new analysis says it’s not even close By Alejandro Lazo | CalMatters | March 14, 2024 A new analysis concludes that unless CA almost triples its rate of cutting greenhouse gases, the state won’t meet its 2030 climate change target.
climate change California colleges have to slash emissions. Here’s why decarbonization is complex and costly. By Christina Chkarboul | CalMatters | March 12, 2024 New plans do away with a large reliance on carbon offsets, making an already difficult and costly process of reducing emissions even harder.