In a wide-ranging interview, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo discussed the city’s struggle to meet its housing construction goals, suggested replacing the VTA’s light rail system with a fleet of electric buses and urged the state to allow the pumping of purified recycled water back into the system amid persistent droughts.
San Jose isn’t meeting its housing construction goals, Liccardo says Read More »
A 360-degree video experience takes you on a journey from the Sierras to the Pacific Ocean, along the flooded creeks and damaged roads of this record-breaking California winter.
The new normal: California’s climate in crisis (360 story) Read More »
As California’s water crisis looms over the agricultural industry, conversations have focused on the threat to big growers while often overlooking the devastating potential impact to the laborers and small migrant communities.
Farmworking communities in the Central Valley battle ongoing California drought Read More »
Just days after Gov. Brown announced California’s first-ever mandatory water cuts in response to the drought, hundreds gathered at the Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County’s Spring Garden Market.
Drought-tolerant plants star at spring garden market Read More »
Nearly 800 people were stricken by West Nile Virus in 2014 and the ongoing drought is likely to mean high numbers of people will contract the virus this year as well.
Ongoing drought may dry out hope for less West Nile Virus activity in 2015 Read More »
Due to California’s infamous drought and the effects of climate change, Tahoe is experiencing record low snowpack which has drastically affected the ski experience.
Decreasing snowpack continues to disappoint skiers in Tahoe City Read More »
Californians may have felt the pinch of the ongoing drought. But native fish species face a bigger crisis: as waterways grow drier, the fish could die off from local rivers and creeks as a result.
Santa Clara County residents may have to cut water use further — for the fish Read More »
Demand for organically grown, farm-raised products has never been higher. But despite all the recent rain, the ongoing drought across California’s Central Valley has made it challenging for farmers to cope with.
Drought cuts vendors’ profits at California Avenue Farmers’ Market Read More »
While Redwood City has been a water-saving leader in Silicon Valley, it has strained to find even more places to cut water use, after the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission recommended an additional 10 percent cut.
Redwood City targeting biggest water users to reach 10 percent cut Read More »
It might sound counterintuitive: doing something seemingly good is causing something bad? Turns out, the high salinity of recycled water is having a deadly effect on redwood trees in the Bay Area.
Water conservation could mean fewer redwood trees Read More »
Farms don’t survive for generations in California without backup plans. That’s why, in the midst of an exceptional drought, some farmers have prepared for the worst.
For California farmers, relentless drought spells financial disaster Read More »
California’s drought has led some Palo Alto residents to press for a ban on the dumping of millions of gallons of groundwater into storm drains, a result of some basement construction.
Drought leads to pressure on Palo Alto to halt dumping water for basements Read More »
