Farmers in North San Diego County are facing a difficult choice. They can either pay thousands to connect to a new water system, or get no water at all.
On California’s fall fire days — days with high temperatures and wind speeds, as well as low humidity — all it takes is a spark from a downed power line to start an inferno. New research indicates that they’re about to become a lot more common.
When Gov. Jerry Brown leaves office next year, California will lose a climate advocate who has carried the nation's fight against global warming as Washington has stood down.
Oil giant ExxonMobil has launched a counterpunch to the lawsuits filed by San Francisco and other communities that seek damages for climate change, alleging that the California jurisdictions conspired to vilify and taunt the oil industry.
