Environment
Don’t toss your Halloween pumpkin — bake, compost or feed it to farm animals instead
Don’t let your Halloween pumpkin haunt the landfill this November.
Moratorium on building new battery storage projects advances
Monterey County considers rules, along with Santa Cruz, Orange and Solano counties
Pacific Grove scientists hold their breath for healthy annual monarch butterfly migration
It is too early to get a good sense of the population health of the...
California’s 2025 commercial Dungeness crab season delayed to protect whales
Recreational fishermen get the go-ahead -- but only in some parts of the state.
UPDATE: Carmel Beach reopened after being closed by sewage spill
The Carmel Area Wastewater District reported a small sewage spill at Carmel Beach to the...
‘Chemtrail’ theories warn of health dangers from contrails. The idea takes wing at Kennedy’s HHS
Social media has given wing to the chemtrails concept and other fringe ideas involving public...
Water district asks state to lift restrictions on new hookups
“This is a window of opportunity for the community to ease water restrictions in favor...
UN chief defends science and weather forecasting as Trump threatens both
Guterres praised the U.N. weather agency for helping save lives.
Puckish sea otters continue board-stealing ways at Steamer Lane
"The more prolonged the exposure of sea otters and their offspring are to human activities,...
Taylor Swift wears Aquarium T-shirt, inspires more than $2 million in donations
MONTEREY – One of the most-watched pop stars in the world has managed to prompt...