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A winter storm is pictured over downtown San Diego, March 2021 .

Third consecutive dry, warm winter projected for San Diego amid statewide drought

Some winter weather has made its way to San Diego, bringing wind, rain and snow to parts of the region.

Hugh Safford, an environmental science and policy researcher at the University of California, Davis, is silhouetted as he examines damage from the 2021 Caldor Fire in Eldorado National Forest, Calif., near Lake Tahoe on Oct. 22, 2022. Scientists say forest is disappearing as increasingly intense fires alter landscapes around the planet, threatening wildlife, jeopardizing efforts to capture climate-warming carbon and harming water supplies.

Fire, other ravages jeopardize California’s prized forests

Despite relatively mild wildfire seasons this year and last year, California has seen 12 of its largest 20 wildfires — including the top eight — in the previous five years.

Special Election 2023: Rainbow, Fallbrook water districts detachment measure

Here’s everything Fallbrook and Rainbow voters need to know about the water divorce measures on the ballot this Nov. 7, 2023.

Jim Scala is a third-generation rancher in rural Siskiyou County's Montague. He is among the estimated 80 ranchers in the association hit with the proposed fine.

Rural ranchers face $4,000 proposed fine for violating state drought order

The penalty is the maximum the ranchers — who pumped Shasta River water for eight days — could face under state law. It amounts to about $50 per rancher, which is no deterrent, ranchers and officials agree.

In this Aug. 22, 2021, file photo a kayaker fishes in Lake Oroville as water levels remain low due to continuing drought conditions in Oroville, Calif.

Roundtable: Water restrictions begin as California drought worsens

A discussion on environmental news this week, including the rollout of new water-use restrictions and new developments in the cross-border sewage contamination issue forcing the closure of beaches in Imperial Beach and Coronado.

Syrian medics launched a vaccination campaign in the northwestern Idlib province in early 2023. Such campaigns depend on the global cholera vaccine stockpile, which is currently empty.

How did the world run so low on cholera vaccine? As outbreaks grow, stockpile runs dry

With cholera on the rise around the world, the global vaccine stockpile is running dry. New doses go right to active outbreaks, with none left for prevention campaigns. Can vaccine makers catch up?

Forest fires raging in central Chile have killed more than 100 people

The fires have been burning with the highest intensity around the city of Viña del Mar, where a famous botanical garden founded in 1931 was destroyed by the flames on Sunday.

An undated file photo of water running from a faucet.

Oceanside gets grant for water recycling, desalination project

The federal funding will be used to evaluate the expanded use of treated wastewater at the San Luis Rey Water Reclamation Facility to produce recycled water.

The photo from the fateful text showing Gerard DeCosta with the flag he said he buried under the field at Allegiant Stadium.

Some say the Las Vegas Super Bowl is rigged. And not because of Taylor Swift

When Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas was built, a worker said he buried a Chiefs Kingdom flag in the field. Kansas City has never lost a game there, sparking a controversial conspiracy theory.

A sign about saving water is posted on browning grass outside the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday, July 11, 2022. California's water use dropped more than 10% in July compared to two years ago, state officials said Wednesday Sept. 7, 2022.

Water use drops 10% in July as California deals with drought

California’s water use dropped more than 10.4% in July compared with two years ago as the most populous state struggles with a years-long drought.

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