California

Despite Intimidation Tactics, Mom and Kids Tear-Gassed at US Border Finally Allowed to File for Asylum

"It's About the Students!" 50,000 LA Teachers Join Protest, Accusing District of Hoarding Funds Instead of Investing in Schools

Julia Conley, staff writer

"The community is united behind a UTLA strike if that's what it takes to reinvest in public education instead of cut it to the bone."

'We Need an Unprecedented Transformation in Every Sector': 250 Climate Activists Stage Sit-in at Pelosi's San Francisco Office

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Protest follows surge of support for the Green New Deal, with more than a dozen...

With Scores Dead and 1,000+ Missing in California Fires, New Study Warns Cities Will Soon Face Up to Six Climate Disasters at Once

Julia Conley, staff writer

"We cannot accept the tragic loss of life and displacement from these wildfires...

'Just Insane': Air Quality Soars Above Safety Threshold as California Wildfires Death Toll Rises

#RakeNews: Finns Ridicule Trump's Claim That They Prevent Fires Like California's by "Raking" Forests

Demands for 'Real Climate Action' as Death Toll From California Wildfires Hits Grim Record

In Victim-Blaming Response to California's Wildfires, Trump Ignores 'Inextricable' Link to Climate Crisis

California Shooting Victim's Mother Issues Powerful Demand for Action: "I Don't Want Prayers. I Don't Want Thoughts. I Want Gun Control."

In 'Loud and Clear' Rebuke of Factory Farming, California Passes World's 'Strongest Animal Welfare Law'

'Horrific': Over a Dozen Killed After Gunman Opens Fire in California Bar

With Monterey County Measure Poised to Win, Celebration That 'Public Water Won!'

Tackling 'Urgency and Scale" of Crisis, Oakland, Calif. Declares Climate Emergency

New Tool Projecting How High US Cities' Temperatures Will Rise by 2050 Provokes Calls for Climate Action

Judge Upholds Landmark Monsanto Verdict, But Slashes Punitive Damages by $211 Million

As Judge Considers Letting Monsanto Off the Hook, Jurors Demand Court Respect Their Historic Verdict Holding Company to Account

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See the Redwoods (Soon). And You Better Get to the Amazon Rainforest Too.

Bad news on all sides on our human propensity for taking without thinking. A new study finds researchers have "grossly underestimated" the impact on the Amazon rainforest of logging and other human activity, even as California park rangers combat a surge in nightime bandits - aka "midnight burlers" - poaching the burl from old-growth redwoods to sell for furniture. The tallest trees on earth, old-growth redwoods once covered almost 2,000,000 acres of California; today, less than 5% of that...