Mississippi beach bacteria level advisories
GOING TO BE ON THE INCREASE BY THE TIME WE GET TO SUNDAY. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE…
San Gabriel Valley sees unusual surge in eye-biting black flies
Residents in the San Gabriel Valley are contending with a dramatic surge in black flies, a painful little…
8-foot shark circles Newport Beach surfer; ‘very sharky summer’ ahead
An 8-foot great white shark was spotted circling a surfer in Newport Beach on Thursday afternoon, triggering an…
California crab fishermen required to use new gear to protect whales
California crab fishermen must switch to new “pop-up” gear to continue collecting Dungeness crab, following a mandate from…
Contaminated water from California prison sickens residents of nearby town
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The state should offer a much more comprehensive insurance plan
To the editor: Except for one brief two-year span, our family has been insured by the FAIR Plan…
Very warm first half of the week
NorCal forecast: Very warm first half of the week As our warm weather system weakens, high temperatures will…
Historic Hawaii floods leave 2,000 people without power
HONOLULU — More than 2,000 people remained without power Sunday afternoon after Hawaii suffered its worst flooding in more than…
A mosquito-control tool faces a hurdle: getting L.A. property owners to pay
Residents were supposed to get a respite from the ankle-nipping mosquitoes that fueled a recent surge in dengue…
Record heat, melting snow: What does it mean for California’s reservoirs
A record-breaking heat wave is scalding California, with major consequences for the state’s most important reservoir: its snowpack.…
California water regulators reexamine why Mono Lake hasn’t rebounded
More than three decades after a landmark decision called for Los Angeles to limit its taking of water…
Some California growers have found ways to to recharge precious groundwater
ARVIN, Calif. — In the southern San Joaquin Valley, where roads cut through thousands of acres of orange groves, grapevines…