How fire scientist in charge of California power shutoffs uses a ‘time machine’
A 2019 power shut off that lasted for days and affected nearly a million customers...
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When is your home safe after wildfire smoke? California researchers have some answers
Without federal and local standards on how to deal with contaminants like arsenic and the...
Mars micro-life news comes at pivotal time for California’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover -- built and managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La...
New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold...
Study links more frequent and severe heat waves to pollution from major fossil fuel producers
The report pointed out 180 companies responsible for 57% of carbon dioxide emissions.
EBMUD adopts new UV light technology to combat water quality threats
Bay Area News Group went inside the $300 million construction site of the largest project...
How to defend a home from wildfire: UC Berkeley researchers’ lessons from infernos
Three key lessons for protecting homes from wildfire emerged, two of them applying to individual...
UC research works on balancing act to combat cocaine addiction
A new approach, if successful in human trials, could curb addiction while not detracting from...
Burned batteries from Moss Landing power plant fire will be trucked to Nevada
A January fire caused evacuations and raised safety questions about California's renewable energy push
Judge allows cutting-edge DNA technology, pioneered by Santa Cruz company, in case against suspected serial killer
The decision is an important win for prosecutors and a blow for the defense team...