California News

Burned batteries from Moss Landing power plant fire will be trucked to Nevada
A January fire caused evacuations and raised safety questions about California's renewable energy push

California now requires cities to inspect all local homeless shelters
Local governments that fail to comply with the new law could face funding cuts.

“Leno’s law” to ease smog checks on older cars stalls out in California legislature
Former Tonight Show host sought to end smog checks for vehicles 35 years and older

Bay Area biomaterials engineers say time’s up for plastic foam
Could pea starch help reduce ocean plastics and become the new plastic?

Santa Clara says Super Bowl LX will cost $6.3 million
The Bay Area Host Committee has agreed to assume the cost of the big game.

As football season begins, UCSF announces study aiming to diagnose CTE in living people
Currently, the only way to diagnose CTE is posthumously, by taking a slice of brain...

“The oceans are choking on plastic:” Environmentalists, lawmakers urge Newsom not to weaken plastic pollution law
Battle between industry and green groups over regulations from landmark 2022 law.

New national monument along Santa Cruz coast opened to the public for hiking, biking
The Cotoni-Coast Dairies property is five times the size of Golden Gate Park, along six...

Perseid meteor shower: How and when to watch
Famous annual meteor shower will peak after midnight Tuesday.

Watsonville’s Redman-Hirahara house to be delisted from historic inventories
"I'd hate see that go away, both the history and the history of architecture here...
