Simple economics will kill the gas car, not government mandates
To the editor: It won’t be government mandates that destroy the fossil fuel industry, but economics and convenience. (“Trump and…
CALIFORNIA
Crews move forward as massive park fire spreads beyond 350,000 acres
Firefighters made some progress Sunday against the massive Park Fire burning across Butte, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama counties — California’s…
Lawsuit against countertop companies for incurable silicosis of a worker
From morning to evening, six days a week, Gustavo Reyes González spent his days cutting artificial stone, a man-made product…
Black bear population growth is no excuse to hunt them more
To the editor: Steven Rinella's plea to be allowed to shoot more black bears fell on deaf ears with the…
'A day without a Mexican' turns 20
The film “A Day Without a Mexican” turned 20 this year, and its political message remains relevant at a time…
Court halts state effort to curb overpumping of groundwater
As long-term declines in groundwater levels threaten thousands of domestic wells and cause ground to sink in parts of the…
London Breed to launch aggressive raids against homeless people in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO – James Reem has been living in a tent on the corner of Fell and Baker streets for…
Deep-sea metals could provide oxygen for life on the ocean floor
Researchers say the polymetallic nodules that mining companies hope to extract from the deep seafloor could be a source of…
How the park fire near Chico became California's biggest of the year
Shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday, as temperatures in Butte County hovered around 106 degrees, a man pushed a burning car…
Elon Musk and Peter Thiel backed Trump and Vance. To what end?
JD Vance’s rise to the Republican vice presidential nomination, with the ardent backing of tech investor and megadonor Peter Thiel,…