Several U.S. jurisdictions have passed targeted bans on single-use plastic water bottles: South Lake Tahoe, California: As of ...

Despite a five-fold increase in state-designated danger zones, private carriers use their own risk templates for determining ...

Utility maps of wildfire risk need updating, says the California Public Advocate—and utilities agree. State regulators voted ...

California's outdated utility fire maps raise concerns after recent wildfires. Despite calls for updates, regulators have ...

CalFire released its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps. Different colors come with different rules.

A mail-in ballot debacle, then a review exposing failures in financial reporting, has prompted the state’s auditor to examine ...

Find California poppies, fiddleneck, lupine, Indian paintbrush, purple vetch, blue dick, western redbud and more at these ...

A second child, who was unvaccinated and had no underlying health conditions, died from measles in Texas on April 3.

Zinfandel, whose origins were then mysterious, used to be California’s most widely planted red-wine vine before the 1990s ...

After seeing his premiums quadruple in the past three years, Shawn Faircloth wondered if a new wildfire designation could spell yet another insurance hike for his San Juan Capistrano home.

Louisiana and California are expected to see the country's biggest homeowner insurance rate increases this year, according to a new study by comparison website Insurify. While only homeowners in these ...