Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Jan. 20, but there are local events and volunteer opportunities honoring the civil rights ...

Concerned about the health and environmental impacts of synthetic turf, Palo Alto has halted its plans to resurface the ...

Thousands of residents in Los Angeles County have lost their homes to the multiple fires that sparked as early as Tuesday, Jan. 7. While hundreds of miles away from the blaze, local residents of the ...

In summary Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020 signed a law allowing California to manufacture its own insulin, an effort to bring down the cost of the drug. The project is years away from delivering medicine ...

Jennielynn Holmes stood in the middle of a make-shift evacuation center when the scope of the crisis hit her.  Surrounded by thousands of people that had just fled the Tubbs Fire that burned through ...

In summary Key moisture measurements are only 2% to 5% of average, leaving dusty soils. And the recent swing from wet to dry is among the most extreme on record. This combination of climatic ...

In summary After the LA fires prompted several colleges and universities to close or move to remote operations last week, several are resuming from winter break this week with online instruction and ...

Commercial trucks pass by a warehouse in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles on Dec. 2, 2024. Photo by Carlin Stiehl for In a striking setback to reduce California’s air pollution but a win for ...

In summary A new bill would remove the right of California’s female transgender athletes in to participate in high school sports teams that match their gender identity. Days before a Kentucky judge ...

As horrific as they may be, the wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles neighborhoods, destroying homes and businesses and killing dozens of people, are certainly not unprecedented. Rather, they join a ...

Pottery enthusiasts on the Peninsula have something new to get fired up about: Spiffy Pottery Studio, located in the Willows neighborhood of Menlo Park, is a community pottery studio and ceramics ...