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A worker making pasta at Cesarina in Point Loma with a sign requiring face covering on the premises, July 21, 2020.

California Considers Timing On Easing Workers' Virus Rules

California workforce regulators are recommending that the state stick with a July 31 deadline for updating certain employer pandemic safety rules.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 5. Her opposition to Democrats' proposed spending package is forcing changes, but her specific positions have been hard to pin down.

What does Kyrsten Sinema want out of spending negotiations? Here's what we know

The Arizona Democratic senator has been hard to pin down, but her moderate stance is forcing progressives in her party to make concessions.

The California State Capitol in the early evening in Sacramento, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016.

California Lawmakers OK Budget Placeholder As Talks Continue

California lawmakers have approved a new state operating budget. The state Legislature sent its spending plan to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday.

KPBS Drought Tracker Finds Drier Than Normal Conditions

San Diego has quietly slipped back into a moderate drought condition and this week’s rain isn’t significant enough to end that.

File photo of Carlsbad State Beach taken April 3, 2021.

Three San Diego County Beaches Ranked Among Cleanest In State

San Diego County beaches making the grade were Carlsbad at Encina Creek, Carlsbad at Palomar Airport Road and the Solana Beach Tide Beach Park at Solana Vista Drive.

A helicopter drops water as the Bond Fire burns in Silverado, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.

California Fire Danger Remains High Even As Winds Ease

Fire danger remained high Friday amid unpredictable wind gusts and dry conditions in Southern California, as crews made progress against blazes that burned several homes and injured two firefighters.

A group of pro-recall voters gather to watch early results of the California Recall election during an election party at the Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.

5 Takeaways After Gavin Newsom Handily Defeats Recall

Tuesday's recall offered its own lessons. It showed that Republicans’ groundless claims of election fraud aren’t going away anytime soon. Even while ballots were still being cast, Republicans were claiming the election was “rigged.”

A firefighter during night operations recently on the Bootleg fire in southern Oregon.

The Climate Change Link To More And Bigger Wildfires

Researchers who study evidence of fires through the millennia say to expect more and bigger fires as the climate continues to warm. Fire season is already months longer than in the 1970s.

Northern Sonoma County Fire District firefighters Erik Padilla, left, and Joe Young extinguish hot spots while protecting Lake Almanor West homes from the Dixie Fire on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Plumas County, Calif. They work out of the Geyserville Fire Station.

The Dixie Fire Is The 2nd Largest In California History And Is Only 21% Contained

The massive fire has now been burning since mid-July in Northern California. Sheriff's deputies are still looking for four people who lived in the town of Greenville, which was largely destroyed.

A satellite image from September 2017 shows Hurricane Irma, left, and Hurricane Jose, right, in the Atlantic Ocean. NOAA says the average annual number of tropical storms in the Atlantic has slightly increased.

Expect More Tropical Storms, NOAA Warns

NOAA is updating its definition of what a "normal" Atlantic hurricane season looks like, based on the last 30 years. The average number of hurricanes in the new normal has risen from 6 to 7.

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