California cuts Lake Oroville golden mussel safeguards
The state of California is walking back protections meant to keep destructive golden mussels out of Lake Oroville,…
NorCal forecast: Sunny and cooler weekend
Mostly sunny and cooler today… 10 degrees cooler! Afternoon highs will be in the mid 80s in the…
FIFA World Cup: Climate change could create ‘dangerous’ situations
A few hours after Lionel Messi and the Argentine World Cup team checked into their training base in…
O.C. officials walk back claim of ‘no leak’ in chemical tank crisis
Orange County health officials are walking back a claim that no vapor or fumes were released during a…
Apodaca: Thankful for family, friends and frontline workers.
I am pecking away at my latest column one-handed, hobbled as I am by a broken wrist. This…
Parental mental health — not medication — drives autism correlation, study finds
A sweeping new review of prenatal antidepressant use underscores a finding that has surfaced repeatedly throughout the last…
O.C. chemical crisis prompts safety-record review, Newsom says
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom said California officials are starting to review safety records of the aerospace firm whose pressurized…
All evacuation orders lifted in O.C. chemical crisis; threat is over
All remaining evacuation orders were lifted in Orange County on Tuesday evening as authorities declared there was no…
O.C. leaders say area near tank is safe. Experts say risks linger
After six days of trying to avoid an overheating chemical tank erupting into a giant fireball or spilling…
O.C. communities hit by chemical crisis are safe for return, officials say
The vast majority of the 50,000 people evacuated because of a damaged chemical tank officials feared would explode…
Risk of a catastrophic explosion has been eliminated at chemical tank in California, authorities say
Authorities — scrambling to find a safe resolution after a tank containing a hazardous chemical at a Southern…
Dangers from damaged California chemical tank persist. Here’s what to know
Authorities have been scrambling to find a safe resolution as a damaged tank at a Southern California aerospace…