Bay Area air district offers buy-back program for older, high polluting vehicles
Bay Area residents with a vehicle made before 1999 can receive up to $1,200 as part of a buy-back program to improve local air quality, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced Monday.
Wood burning discouraged over Thanksgiving holiday weekend
Bay Area residents are being asked to avoid burning wood over the Thanksgiving holiday to keep air at a healthier level, officials with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said Tuesday.
Check out these crazy deep sea creatures discovered by Australian researchers
“We have discovered an amazing number of potentially new species living in this remote marine park,” the institute’s chief scientist Dr. Tim O’Hara said.
Watch: Adorable baby elephant steals the limelight from young reporter
The young reporter had to stop his filming again when the baby elephant “stuck its trunk in my mouth.”
Lake Tahoe placed on Fodor's destinations to avoid list
Tourism groups in Lake Tahoe were pushing back on a popular travel guide’s advice telling them to reconsider making plans to visit the alpine region.
Shake 'N Bake getting rid of plastic 'shaker' bags to save on waste
Shake ‘N Bake said the move will help to eliminate 900,000 pounds of plastic waste annually.
Rainn Wilson changes name to Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson to raise climate change awareness
Wilson announced he will be changing his name on social media platforms but noted he cannot change it on Twitter due to Elon Musk’s policies.
California voters reject tax on rich for more electric cars
California’s wealthiest residents won’t see a tax increase after voters rejected a measure Tuesday that would have boosted rates on incomes above $2 million to help put more electric cars on the roads.
Watch: Large shark leaps onto fishing boat: ‘It was crazy!’
Fortunately, the shark managed to wriggle itself free and no one on the boat was injured.
Officials ask Harry Potter fans to stop leaving socks at Wales beach memorial for character Dobby
Freshwater West, a beach located in Pembrokeshire, Wales, is home to a memorial, where fans travel to pay their respect for the fictional house elf.
Chance of wet weekend weather and what it means for fire season
Rain may put a damper on some plans in the Bay Area this weekend, but it's good news for firefighters and the overall fire season outlook.
Settlement announced over Chevron Richmond Refinery diesel fuel leak in 2021
The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office and California Department of Fish and Wildlife on Friday announced a settlement with Chevron over a leak at the oil giant's Richmond Refinery Marine Terminal last year that spilled hundreds of gallons of a diesel water mixture into the Bay.
Don't throw away your Halloween pumpkins: How to properly dispose of them
Those jack-o’-lanterns don't have to end up in the local landfill.
Mauna Loa, world's largest active volcano, may erupt, Hawaii officials issue warning
Hawaii officials are warning residents of the Big Island to prepare for the possibility that the world’s largest active volcano may erupt given a recent spike in earthquakes at the summit of Mauna Loa.
EPA awarding nearly $1 billion to schools for electric buses
Only about 1% of the nation’s 480,000 school buses were electric as of last year. Funding comes from the federal Clean School Bus Program, which includes $5 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law.
Most plastic recycling ends up in the trash, Greenpeace report finds
"Unlike with paper or metals, there are two insurmountable barriers that prevent plastic recycling from ever working at scale: toxicity and economics," Greenpeace report says.
Watch: Rescuers free entangled humpback whale in Canada
The mammal became caught last Friday in the ropes of a large buoy from part of prawn gear off the coast of Texada Island in western Canada.
Gas stoves in California leak cancer-causing chemicals, study finds
A new study found that gas stoves in California houses are leaking the cancer-causing chemical, benzene; moderate levels were found in Bay Area homes.
California legislators move to give state more federal resources for wildfires
A new bill in congress, spearheaded by California legislators, aims to put the destruction from forest fires on the same footing as other national disasters.
Gas stoves in California leaking cancer-causing benzene, study finds
Homes in almost every region in the study — Greater Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento and Fresno — had benzene levels that far exceed the limit determined to be safe.