State GovernmentHow Gavin Newsom wants to close California’s $31.5 billion budget shortfall May 12, 2023 | Chris Nichols | Nicole Nixon | Manola Secaira | Kate WolffeThough the budget deficit has grown to nearly $32 billion, Newsom said he does not plan to dip into the state’s rainy day fund, instead proposing a mix of funding delays, cuts and renewing a tax on health insurers.
EnvironmentFacing California deadlines, automakers race to produce electric carsMay 7, 2023A look inside the factory that assembles Ford’s F-150 electric pickup. As the industry invests $40 billion in new US electric car plants, the rapid transformation raises labor and supply chain issues. Automaker says “we’re all-in.”
EnvironmentCalifornia's epic snowpack is melting. Here's what to expectMay 5, 2023Warmer temperatures are melting the state's historic snowpack. Already flooded communities downstream are scrambling to prepare for the surge. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentCalifornia’s snowpack is double the average for May, survey findsMay 2, 2023 | Manola SecairaFor the final statewide snowpack survey of the year, researchers at Phillips Station near Lake Tahoe recorded a snow depth of nearly 5 feet.
EnvironmentSheep are grazing at Sacramento parks again. Here’s whyMay 1, 2023 | Kristin LamAfter all the rain this winter, the city park maintenance manager said the sheep in the grazing program have an abundance of weeds to eat.
EnvironmentCalifornia phases out diesel trucks: What happens next?April 28, 2023In a worldwide first, California’s air board unanimously moves to end diesel’s decades-long stranglehold on the economy. Truckers predict chaos, while communities near ports, freeways celebrate cleaner air.
EnvironmentGovernor, First Partner Newsom visit Rancho Cordova farm for Earth DayApril 25, 2023 | Steve MilneOn Saturday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and their four children visited Soil Born Farms in Rancho Cordova to highlight the state’s farm-to-school program.
EnvironmentStorms cost Sacramento millions. Here’s why atmospheric rivers may become more expensiveApril 25, 2023 | Manola Secaira | Kristin LamCity officials say the period of winter storms in January 2023 was one of the more expensive the city has recorded in the past few decades. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentAfter the deluge: Floods may taint more drinking water in CaliforniaApril 20, 2023Nitrate contamination of well water has been a decades-long problem in the San Joaquin and Salinas valleys — and now stormwater has flushed more fertilizer and manure into aquifers.
EnvironmentAdvocates urge action to address Sacramento’s worsening air qualityApril 19, 2023 | Kate WolffeIn the American Lung Association’s new air quality report, Sacramento had its worst levels of particulate matter. While air quality is improving in eastern states, climate change has made fighting bad air harder in the West.