SACRAMENTO, Calif. — CalFire released a new map this week, expanding hazardous fire zones in Northern California. It's part of Governor Gavin Newsom's executive order after the Los Angeles fires.

Years before the L.A. fires, Orchard Hills faced a fire of its own — and came out mostly unscathed due to a long ...

An Irvine, Calif., neighborhood carefully planned to stand up to wildfires was put to the test when all homes there were undamaged by the Silverado fire in 2020. It could now offer a blueprint for ...

Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much lower ...

With the rise of artificial intelligence, money is pouring back in to the Bay Area. Through the first nine months of 2024, more than $60B of venture capital was invested in the region, with 66% ...

The proposed legislation makes growers within avian flu control zones eligible for indemnity payments, even if their flocks ...

By Amy McDermott for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for for ...

Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the greater Fresno area and holds the striper record at Millerton Lake. Best ...

Tucked behind Davenport’s agricultural fields along Highway 1, the federal government has been working with locals to design and carve out 17 miles of hiking trails as part of Santa Cruz County’s own ...

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency ...

The discovery of a new species in the Andean cloud forests of northern Peru has reinforced the vital role of citizen science ...