EnvironmentSpring Storms Help Snowpack As California Drought PersistsApril 28, 2016 | Ed JoyceSpring storms help Sierra Nevada snowpack, but there is no reduction in drought conditions in California and Nevada. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State: Many Californians Are Owed Unclaimed Life InsuranceApril 25, 2016(AP) - California officials say thousands of people in the state are owed money in life insurance benefits, in some cases over $100,000, because they did not know they were beneficiaries.
EnvironmentPrescribed Burns Planned In Lake Tahoe BasinApril 25, 2016 | Ed JoyceWeather permitting, the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District and the U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations starting Monday in areas around Lake Tahoe. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
California Loosens Water Cutbacks In DroughtApril 22, 2016(AP) - California water managers say they're easing cutbacks as spring storms boost reservoirs in the state's five-year drought.
EnvironmentStudy Shows California Can Expect More Unhealthy Ozone DaysApril 21, 2016 | Amy QuintonA new study shows that by 2050, California could experience an additional nine days when ozone levels are unhealthy for humans. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentExtreme And Exceptional Drought Decline In CaliforniaApril 21, 2016 | Ed JoyceExtreme and exceptional drought eased in California last week and for the first time since the week of July 2013, there is no exceptional drought in Nevada. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentReport: California Has Nation's Dirtiest AirApril 20, 2016 | Ed JoyceThe American Lung Association "State of the Air 2016" report gives failing grades to communities in the Central Valley's farming region and the Los Angeles area. It also says climate change is a growing threat to air quality in California. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezThe Political Junkie Goes WestApril 18, 2016Ken Rudin joins us from Washington D.C. for this week's Political Junkie segment. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Parole Approved For Ex-Manson Family MemberApril 14, 2016(AP) - A California panel has granted parole to former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten more than four decades after she went to prison for the notorious killings of a wealthy grocer and his wife.
EnvironmentNOAA Says Watch For La Niña As El Niño WeakensApril 14, 2016 | Ed JoyceIn the midst of a major El Niño, federal meteorologists say its flip side, La Niña, is around the corner. And that could mean more dry times in California. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
