Watsonville Lacks Funds to Control Toxic Algae, Threatening Wildlife
The city of Watsonville has an expensive problem on its hands: toxic algae stirred up from the...
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Can Renewable Energy Reduce California's Fire Risk?
The Rim Fire is calling attention to a big problem: California’s forests are overloaded with fuel...
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Epilepsy Reveals the Brain in Action
It's common sense: If you want to study the brain, open it up and take a look. That's not an...
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California's Fire History Written in the Trees
Scientists are finding that in the not-too-distant past, forest fires were much larger than they...
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Warming Climate Could Transform Bay Area Parks and Open Space
By the end of the century, the Bay Area's landscape could look more like Southern California's,...
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Congrats, It's an App! Family Planning with Your Smartphone
Fertility apps are the newest high-tech trend in helping people conceive. There are dozens of...
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Climate Scientist to Politicians: It's Time to Face the Facts
In California, polling shows that most people think climate change is already having an effect....
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Is Raising Shasta Dam the Best Bet for California's Water Supply?
Shasta Lake is the largest reservoir in California, and government officials are completing plans...
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Valero Rail Project Fuels Tar Sands Speculation in Bay Area
Valero wants to start using trains to bring crude oil to its Bay Area refinery. But the project...
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In the Experience of Doubt, a Possible Cure for Alcoholism
In some alcoholics, the act of overriding one's better judgment to have another drink can be...
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Does Your Range Hood Suck? Cooking Spikes Indoor Air Pollution
When you're cooking dinner, the air inside your kitchen can sometimes be just as harmful as smog....
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Water Recycling Comes Of Age In Silicon Valley
Though engineers can purify sewage water to make it cleaner than what’s coming out of your tap,...
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As World's Largest Solar Thermal Plant Opens, California Looks to End Solar Wars
After controversy over a threatened species delayed several large solar projects, state officials...
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Who Profits from Proposition 65? (Part Two)
Proposition 65 is enforced by, among others, a small and little-known subculture of "private...
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Who Profits from Proposition 65? (Part One)
Proposition 65 was passed by voters in order to reduce Californian's exposure to toxic chemicals....
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Battle Rages Over East Bay Wildfire Plan
A proposal to cut 100,000 eucalyptus trees or more has stirred up controversy, and now, a...
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With Condors on the Brink, California Considers a Lead-Bullet Ban for Hunters
Lead poisoning is a major obstacle to recovery for the endangered California condor, but a bill...
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The Green Side of Drones: Science and Environmental Apps Abound
Drone enthusiasts in Silicon Valley are going beyond military and spy applications, exploring new...
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When Will Mental Illness be Diagnosed with a Lab Test?
Currently, doctors have almost no physical tests for mental illness, which cost the country more...
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A Summer Communing With California's Glaciers
Earlier this year, geologists in Yosemite Park came to the sad conclusion that one of...
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