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Long Beach, the city once dubbed as “Iowa by the Sea,” is transforming into a mini metropolis by the sea through a revitalization effort that includes new high-rises that will be home…

Property Assessed Clean Energy, or PACE  was invented to address one particular challenge in tackling climate change: often, the green choice isn’t the most convenient or most…

Human civilization is threatened by climate change. But it also needs the energy from fossil fuels that now emit greenhouse gases.

Maybe you’ve heard of James Hart Stern, the black man who took over the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group.

When the L.A.

The Sacramento police officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark won’t face criminal charges. Now California’s attorney general has to decide whether to indict them.

And minutes later, he’s indicted — this time, by the state of New York.

Birds are chirping, creeks are flowing and wildflower buds are beginning to pop up and down the Central Coast.

In October 2017, cartoonist Brian Fies and his wife were forced to evacuate their home near Santa Rosa. A massive wildfire was coming. Within an hour, their neighborhood was flattened.