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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.

A home is surrounded by floodwater from the Pecatonica River in Freeport, Illinois on March 18, 2019.

Mississippi River Basin adapts as climate change brings extreme rain and flooding

Climate change-fueled hurricanes and sea-level rise get a lot of attention, but Mississippi River Basin communities also are experiencing the effects of global warming.

A California debt collector has sued thousands of people — some of them never knew

A debt collector’s actions have resulted in default judgments for thousands of dollars each — against defendants who may not know about them.

Benito Castillo adjusts the tarp on his tent in preparation for more rain, San Diego, March 30, 2023.

‘They cannot say no’: San Diego officials target homeless encampments despite pushback

Research has consistently found that criminalizing homelessness only makes it harder for people to find housing, perpetuating the problem and increasing the cost to taxpayers.

Students releasing salmon into the lake on the Salmon Field Trip.

Students learn lessons on climate change, pollution through raising salmon

Although many Alaskan students are familiar with salmon fishing, raising them gives them a new perspective on writing, science, math and art.

Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) stands with the family of Alexandra Capelouto outside the City of Temecula Civic Center on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.

San Diego Congressman introduces legislation to make it easier to prosecute fentanyl deaths as murders

Matthew Capelouto has been pushing to pass Alexandra’s Law in California for several years. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Escondido, is taking it federal.

An undated photo of a hatchling Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle being held at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.

Rare turtles born at San Diego Zoo took their sweet time

Zoo researchers have been hoping to breed the endangered Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle for more than 20 years. It finally happened.

In this photo released by the National Park Service, floodwaters cover Cooks Meadow and the pedestrian trail through Cooks Meadow in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite, Calif., on April 7, 2018.

Campgrounds at California’s Yosemite National Park to close over flood threat as snowpack melts

Three popular campgrounds at California’s Yosemite National Park will be temporarily closed starting Monday because of a forecast of flooding as warming temperatures melt the Sierra Nevada’s massive snowpack.

A flooded Hollister Street in the Tijuana River Valley, Jan. 17, 2023.

Storm batters South Bay, flooding streets and forcing horse evacuations

The National Weather Service says around 2 to 3 inches of rain fell over the region from this latest storm.

A California sunflower in bloom at Mission Trails Regional Park, April 19, 2023.

One-third of Americans under heat alerts as blistering weather spreads from Southwest to California

Forecasters say some California residents should prepare for the hottest weather of the year.

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