EnvironmentNew study finds 65% decrease in California’s fine particle pollution over 20 yearsSeptember 13, 2024 | Manola SecairaAlthough fine particle pollution has decreased statewide, researchers say historically disadvantaged communities still face disproportionate impacts. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Environment‘I won’t let them drink the water’: The California towns where clean drinking water is out of reachSeptember 11, 2024Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in California’s rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for years.
EnvironmentCalifornia farmers turn to agave amid drought conditions and climate changeSeptember 9, 2024 | Manola SecairaFarmers in California are trying to plant crops that don’t require a lot of water. Some are turning to growing agave as a response to a warming state. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentDrought and climate change make agave an appealing California crop. Now, distillers look to turn it into spiritsSeptember 9, 2024 | Manola SecairaClimate change and drought has driven California farmers to seek more resilient crops — like agave. And as the crop takes off, distillers have started making their own California agave spirits.
EnvironmentMore extreme heat + more people = danger in these California cities. ‘Will it get as hot as Death Valley?’September 6, 2024Inland communities with big population booms will experience the most extreme heat days under climate change projections. The combination puts more people at risk — and many cities are unprepared.
Sacramento RegionWhat’s causing respiratory problems in South Sacramento? Expanded air monitoring program aims to provide answersSeptember 6, 2024 | Kristin LamThe program aims to improve air quality in the South Sacramento and Florin area, which has high rates of asthma and other respiratory problems.
EnvironmentMeet Corky Quirk, a guide who’s led Sacramento bat tours since 2004September 4, 2024 | Manola SecairaEvery summer, hundreds of thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats roost in the Yolo Causeway and, in the evenings, take flight. It’s a sight that’s attracted Sacramentans and tourists for years. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentCalifornians to face steep fines for violating water orders under new legislationSeptember 4, 2024Ranchers who defied a state water order were only fined about $50 each. Under new legislation headed to the governor, some daily fines for water scofflaws can increase 20-fold.
EnvironmentThe Center for Land-Based Learning grows opportunities for beginning farmers with training programAugust 30, 2024Over seven months trainees attend Beginning Farmer Training Program classes twice a week, work in the 1-acre training plot at the Center for Land-Based Learning in Woodland, write their own business plan and sell produce at a farmers market.
EnvironmentCalifornia legislators, Tribal leaders urge Biden administration to designate three national monumentsAugust 28, 2024 | Manola SecairaMonument status could protect these sites, which have historical and cultural importance to multiple California tribes, from development and other harm.
