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A new study adds to evidence that common rapid tests may fail to detect some Omicron cases in the first days of infection.
The infections occurred in Hawthorne, Calif., where the company manages space launches and builds rockets and astronaut capsules.
New research links the geological oddities to intense ground shaking from earthquakes or asteroid impacts.
The research adds to a growing body of work finding that climate change is increasing fire risk in California and elsewhere in the West.
There is a ray of hope for the vanishing orange-and-black Western monarch butterflies.
The rare discovery came about as a result of efforts to preserve the species.
Endangered California condors can have “’virgin births,” according to a study released Thursday.
New technology, a few iPads and a quick tutorial can help anyone act like a pilot. Dealing with air traffic control is another matter.
Tourists flock to California’s famous sequoia trees, but wildfires are threatening their existence.
Electric carmaker Tesla is to move its headquarters from California to Texas, chief executive Elon Musk has said.
The clean-up continues and the cause is still unknown after an oil spill in California.
A massive oil spill off the coast of California has local officials bracing for an “environmental catastrophe,” as the U.S. Coast Guard races to clean up the leaked heavy crude oil and prevent it from further infiltrating the region’s fragile marshlands.
NASA is aiding in the effort to humanely track sea otter populations.
From June to August, the blazes emitted far more planet-warming carbon dioxide than in any other summer in nearly two decades, satellite data shows.
The well-known three-arrows symbol doesn’t necessarily mean that a product is actually recyclable. A new bill would limit the products allowed to feature the mark.
Many Republicans vying to replace Newsom as governor want to roll back the state’s ambitious plans to cut planet-warming emissions, a change with nationwide implications.
The bill would rein in production quotas at warehouses that critics say are excessive and force workers to forgo bathroom breaks.
The law, the result of a $200 million proposition fight last year, ensures that workers like Uber and Lyft drivers are considered independent contractors.
Last year, more than $200 million was spent on campaigning for a state proposition that ensured workers like Uber and Lyft drivers were considered independent contractors.
The state’s Energy Commission is considering a requirement for commercial and high-rise multifamily projects to have solar power and battery storage.
The state’s Energy Commission is considering a requirement for commercial and high-rise multifamily projects to have solar power and battery storage.
Tourists to the coastal town of Mendocino are finding public portable toilets and signs on picket fences pleading: “Severe Drought. Please conserve water.”
The chipmunks that were tested had no contact with any humans and the city’s public health services show that plague is naturally present in some areas of the Golden State.
Activision Blizzard is a breeding ground for sexual harassment, with male workers fostering a “frat bro” culture full of rape jokes and harassment, according to an explosive lawsuit.
The lawsuit says women at the gaming company were paid less and discriminated against, and it described a culture of sexual harassment.
A grizzly bear is still on the loose after it pulled a woman from her tent in the middle of the night Tuesday in Montana, killing her, according to wildlife officials.
After two consecutive dry years, the California drought is back.
The state’s insurance regulator endorsed proposals that could reshape the real estate market, the latest sign of climate shocks hitting the economy.
As the population of great white sharks has increased along the California coastline, residents are reporting sightings of “juvenile” sharks near popular beaches.
A coalition of conservation groups have partnered with the state to add 30,000 milkweed plants in an attempt to restore the species’ population.
The idea of building wind farms along the Pacific coast has long been dismissed as impractical. But the administration says it’s feasible.
Uber and Lyft drivers in California will be forced to shift plans to go electric into high gear under a new rule from the state’s clean-air regulator. By 2030, at least 90 percent of both ride-hailing companies’ miles driven must be through plug-in vehicles, California’s Air Resources Board decreed on Thursday. The edict will help…
A white Risso’s dolphin was spotted Friday by a group of whale watchers off the Southern California coastline.
Federal regulators shut off irrigation water to farmers from a critical reservoir and said they wouldn’t send extra water to dying salmon or to wildlife refuges.
In California’s Sequoia National Park, a single giant sequoia is still smoldering from last year’s devastating wildfires, according to the National Park Service.
A California woman’s home has reportedly been invaded by a flock of endangered California condors.
The plane, a behemoth with a wingspan of 385 feet named Roc, reached a maximum altitude of 14,000 feet.
A cease-and-desist letter sent to BlueTriton — known until this month as Nestlé Waters North America — is the latest development in a yearslong battle over water resources in the San Bernardino area.
The entire shoreline of a Southern California beach was closed Friday due to sewage-contaminated runoff flowing north from Mexico’s Tijuana River.
