Gavin Newsom fighting to save California’s ultra-rich from tax hike intended to subsidize transition to EVs
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) claimed earlier this year that the "future is electric." In 2020, he signed an executive…
Saratoga community briefs for the week of Sept. 23
SALA Festival The South Asian Literature and Art Festival (SALA) returns to Montalvo Arts Center Oct. 29-30, featuring...
California homeowners could continue losing insurance as wildfire threat looms
Almost a year to the day after evacuating during the devastating CZU Lightning Complex fires...
Flee for your life? Wildfires transform hiking in California’s mountains
Andrew Schrock woke around midnight smelling smoke on a backpacking trip late last month in...
These efforts to depolarize the US are well underway
American democracy is changing right now in important and optimistic ways in red and blue states.
The ‘progress recession’ has been here for decades
One of the sillier arguments you'll read about in the coming weeks and months is over whether the US has…
Anzar Fire: San Benito County wildfire forces evacuations
AROMAS — A wildfire burning east of the San Benito County town of Aromas had...
East Contra Costa: The latest plan to stop the Marsh Fire? Drown it with 10 million to 20 million gallons of water
Firefighters and air quality experts are cautiously optimistic that a plan to flood the stubborn...
California’s ‘insurer of last resort’ accused of wrongly denying wildfire claims
After the CZU Lightning Complex Fires ripped through the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2020, Sarah...
Yosemite fire: Why giant sequoia trees are surviving now when others died in recent fires
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Last year and the year before, in an unprecedented environmental disaster,...