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Kendall-Frost reserve is flooded as King tides move in. The reserve could be expanded to include the Campland on the Bay area in the background on Dec. 5, 2017.

Revised climate action plan would bolster San Diego's marshland

The plan would see to the restoration of 700 acres of coastal wetlands.

Neighborhood resource coordinators Jawid Sharifi (center) and Gustavo Tellez, right, meet with unhoused residents at a homeless encampment on W Street and Alhambra Boulevard in Sacramento on April 11, 2023.

California cities are cracking down on homeless camps. Will the state get tougher, too?

Sacramento’s shortage of affordable housing and shelter options makes it difficult to enforce anti-camping laws. But despite obvious challenges, local ordinances designed to crack down on encampments are becoming increasingly common.

People watch rain water flowing downstream at the Los Angeles River in Los Angeles this January.

After January storms, some California communities look for long-term flood solutions

California cities, like East Palo Alto, work on long-term infrastructure changes to help adapt to future extreme weather brought on by climate change.

Al Medvitz, who farms alfalfa and other crops, looks out over Sacramento River from a hill on his land near Rio Vista, Calif., on Monday, July 25, 2022. In dry winters like the one California just had, less fresh water flows down from the mountains into the Sacramento River, the state's largest. Medvitz wants approval from the state to build a small reservoir on the property to store fresh water for use in dry times.

In dry California, salty water creeps into key waterways

The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers are central arms of California's water system.

Ryburn Dobbs Discusses The Sebastien Grey Novels – A virtual event at Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore

Ryburn Dobbs taught biological anthropology and forensic anthropology at several colleges throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and spent ten years as a forensic anthropologist, working dozens of death investigations. In addition to his anthropological pursuits, Ryburn also worked as an investigative analyst specializing in homicides and unsolved cases. His work as a forensic anthropologist inspired him to write The Sebastien Grey Novels. The first book in the series, "The Comfort of Distance," was released in September 2020, followed by "The Boxwood Torso" (The Sebastien Grey Novels Book 2) in July 2021. "Where the Blood is Made" (The Sebastien Grey Novels Book 3) will be released in Spring 2022. Ryburn Dobbs will be at Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 7 p.m. for a Virtual Event to discuss The Sebastien Grey Novels. To learn more, go to https://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/4132022RyburnDobbs

A police vehicle parked outside the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco, on Saturday. The accused assailant, David Wayne DePape, faces felony charges — assault and attempted kidnapping of an immediate family member of a U.S. official — which could land him in prison for a maximum of 50 years.

David DePape charged with assault, attempted kidnapping in attack on Paul Pelosi

DePape faces a maximum of 50 years in prison if convicted of the crimes against the immediate family of a U.S. official.

Dirty Cello Concert

Dirty Cello is a Bay Area ensemble that puts a high energy spin on blues and bluegrass. From Iceland to Italy, and all over the U.S., San Francisco based band Dirty Cello brings the world a high energy and unique spin on blues, rock, and Americana. Led by vivacious cross-over cellist, Rebecca Roudman, Dirty Cello is cello like you’ve never heard before. From down home blues and rock with a wailing cello, to virtuosic stompin’ Americana, Dirty Cello is a band that gets your heart thumping and your toes tapping! Date: Saturday, February 26, 2022 starting at 7:30pm Location: Pilgrim United Church of Christ Cost: $17-$20 For more information on this event and ticket purchases please visit HERE! Dirty Cello Facebook | Dirty Cello Instagram |Dirty Cello YouTube |Dirty Cello Twitter

FILE - A tanker truck passes the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif., on March 9, 2010. More than 500 workers at the Chevron Corp. refinery in the San Francisco Bay area have told the company they will go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday, March 21, 2022. The United Steelworkers union says Sunday, March 20 that members of Local 5 voted down Chevron's most recent contract offer and gave notice of intent to go on strike.

Workers go on strike at California refinery owned by Chevron

More than 500 workers at a Chevron Corp. refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area are on strike because of a contract dispute.

Recall Election Day

Today’s the day -- will Californians throw out Governor Gavin Newsom, or not? What do the polls say? And, city and county officials plan to open a new homeless shelter in San Diego’s Midway District for the chronically unhoused and those with substance abuse issues. Plus, at the Chula Vista campus of Southwestern College in the South Bay, the new fall semester is bringing new opportunities in the arts for students and local residents.

Thinking about the next pandemic keeps lots of researchers busy.

9 diseases that keep epidemiologists up at night

Thinking about the next pandemic is job number one for many researchers around the world. Here's a look at the World Health Organization's current list of pathogens with pandemic potential.

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