In summary California’s new Low Carbon Fuel Standard has been stalled because it lacks ”clarity.” The new standard, which offers incentives for cleaner fuels, is highly controversial because it would ...

At Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ’Ootchamin ’Ooyakma, a group of researchers — self described “fire followers” — convened on Feb. 18 to explore how prescribed burns, indigenous knowledge ...

Two students walk to class at Los Padres Elementary School in Salinas on Feb. 11, 2025. Photo by Larry Valenzuela,/CatchLight Local As the setting for John Steinbeck’s 1950s classic “East of Eden,” ...

The timing could not have been better — or worse. The horrendously destructive and deadly Los Angeles wildfires erupted in January just as Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s historic and very ...

Other counties, including Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Francisco, allow their supervisors to remove a sheriff for specific causes with a four-fifths vote. Under Measure A, the sheriff would be ...

What happens when two friends share a passion for board games, experience in tech and an entrepreneurial spirit? In the case ...

The Woodside Town Council has reverted its original plan for housing density and zoning on the 773 Cañada Road parcel and ...

Downtown Mountain View is getting a caffeine boost with a new Yemeni coffee and tea shop. Established in 2022 in San ...

The Tesla dealership in Palo Alto became a scene of protest on Sunday afternoon as more than 400 demonstrators lined two sides of the block to wave signs and chant slogans directed at company CEO Elon ...

For more than a decade now, Little Free Libraries have been popping up in neighborhoods across the country and the world.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has become a familiar sight around Los Angeles since the firestorm that swept through the region last month, leveling neighborhoods in Pacific Palisades and Altadena. In the first ...

Next week we’ll backtrack Secret Season – Point Arena to Forestville and head south via Healdsburgh with an overnight stop at Harmon House, and exploration of the local food scene.