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Wipeout: Report Finds Climate Change Could Upend Santa Cruz’s Surf Economy

09/30/2025 - 11:35 AM By Brittany Maldonado
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Surfing is big business in Santa Cruz, but climate change has emerged as an existential threat to the sport. If something isn’t done soon, local revenue could go over the falls.

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Megaquake Could Permanently Reshape Nor Cal Coast, New Study Warns

05/01/2025 - 9:28 AM By Brittany Maldonado
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Scientists and government officials have long warned of climate-induced sea level rise along California’s coast.

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Watch the Webinar on Drought-Safe Lawns — A Better Solution for Drought-Stricken Communities

08/29/2024 - 9:05 AM By Brittany Maldonado
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Over the last decade, hundreds of California cities and water managers have turned to turf removal programs as a water-saving measure during drought.

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Alameda Leaders Put a Stop to Cloud Brightening Project

06/06/2024 - 9:18 AM By Brittany Maldonado
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The Alameda City Council voted Wednesday to block an experimental geoengineering project aimed at mitigating the impacts of global warming.

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‘Cloud Brightening’ Divides a California City

05/28/2024 - 8:39 AM By Brittany M.
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Scientists have developed a bright idea to mitigate the impacts of global warming.

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In Historic First, California’s State Scientists Go on Strike

11/16/2023 - 9:18 AM By Brittany Maldonado
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California’s hot labor summer has quickly turned into a hot labor year. And now, a new participant is joining the fold.

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Why the Tiny City of Alturas is Expecting a Tourist Boom

10/12/2023 - 9:23 AM By Brittany Maldonado
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An annual solar eclipse, known as a “ring of fire,” will grace the skies this Saturday, October 14. Tens of millions of people will watch the event in the western U.S.

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Shrinking Salton Sea is Delaying a Catastrophic Earthquake, Study Finds

06/20/2023 - 11:38 AM By Brittany M.
The researchers sought to explain why the southern part of the San Andreas fault hasn’t produced a major earthquake in 300 years.
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Governments Must Prepare for More Wildfires, UN Report Warns

03/03/2022 - 7:55 AM By Brittany M.
The “Fire Ready Formula” also calls for elevating wildfires to the “same category of global humanitarian response as major earthquakes and floods.” It recommends stronger international safety standards for firefighters as well.
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California now the only state without “high” COVID spread

09/16/2021 - 7:53 AM By Brittany M.

The Delta variant is wreaking havoc throughout much of the United States. But after a deadly winter surge, California is faring comparatively well.

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Six months after his retirement as city manager of Pittsburg, Garrett Evans has landed a new…
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