Rachel Becker

As fire season takes hold, California is managing fuels and fire on federal lands. Can California keep it up?

The rollback could open more than 4 million acres to development, even as research shows roads can increase wildfire ignitions.

With no long-term deal in sight, water agencies are left guessing how deep the next cut will go — and when.

Scientists found a direct link between heat waves and wildfire acreage. California's next heat wave starts this week.

California needs to ramp up reforestation to keep pace with wildfires — instead, funding and staff keep shrinking.

Golden mussels have taken over the Delta. Now the state is ending boat inspections at Lake Oroville — and experts warn it could spread the invasion statewide.

A new report warns that data center buildout is encroaching on California’s most vulnerable, water-stressed communities. The problem is, no one’s saying how much water they use

Newsom celebrates California’s clean drinking water progress as his administration’s climate overhaul threatens to upend a key source of funding.

Newsom cheered the Delta tunnel’s latest milestone. But with decades behind it and major hurdles ahead, will California ever build it?

After three years of devastating closures, salmon fishing will finally reopen — can the industry survive the threats to come?

Two years ago, Newsom touted a partnership with the Winnemem Wintu tribe to restore dwindling salmon. Now — the state is ending its support, with no new funding in sight.

With reservoirs brimming, but snowpack abysmal, experts warn of a potentially early fire season.

Record temperatures are melting the Sierra Nevada snowpack two months ahead of schedule, putting California's summer water supply at serious risk.

The Trump administration committed $40M to expand Shasta Dam at growers' urging — but opponents warn it could harm rivers, fish, and sacred tribal sites.

California has no system to monitor ski injuries or deaths. Resorts won't publicly share data, and legislation to change that has repeatedly failed.

Isolated by freeways and cities, coastal mountain lions risk inbreeding to extinction. The state just gave them new protections.

Even after legalization, illicit cannabis grows continue to pollute California’s public lands. And the contamination, new research shows, lingers.

A top California water official offers an inside look as the Trump administration referees a Colorado River stalemate.

A dangerous atmospheric river threatens Southern California with excessive rainfall, raising debris flow fears in wildfire burn scars. Evacuations are underway.

Scientists and California state officials say the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle a key climate science hub will put public safety at risk.