The earthquake occurred offshore just after noon Monday in Northern California, about 30 miles from Fortuna and 37 miles from Eureka. It caused some minor damage and was felt in San Francisco, but forecasters said a tsunami wave was not expected.
Environment
Posted inEnvironment
California proposes big changes to rooftop solar incentives
Solar companies were furious, saying the changes will harm the market for clean energy.
Posted inEnvironment
Prosecutors charge father and son suspected of starting Caldor fire in the Sierra
After David Scott Smith and his son, Travis Shane Smith, were arrested a day earlier, prosecutors filed several felony charges against them Thursday.
Posted inEnvironment
California goes to war with food waste. Composting is its next climate crusade
Those banana peels, pizza boxes and coffee grounds you throw away? Starting Jan. 1, local government will need to start composting them, in part to reduce greenhouse gases.
Posted inEnvironment
California considers $500 fines for water wasters as drought worsens, conservation lags
The proposal could usher in a wave of water regulations that harken back to previous droughts while underscoring the seriousness of the current one.
Posted inEnvironment
Democrats eye massive shift in war on wildfires: Prevention
The Democrats’ social spending bill includes the largest-ever investment in forests, including major wildfire prevention funding.
Posted inEnvironment
A ‘no snow’ California could come sooner than you think
New research has found that winters of low snow, or even no snow, could become a regular occurrence in California in as little as 35 years.
Posted inEnvironment
The American West went through climate hell in 2021. But there’s still hope
The region has entered a dangerous era of hotter heat waves, ever-more-brutal droughts and a growing threat of violence.
Posted inEnvironment
More than 400 toxic sites in California are at risk of flooding from sea level rise
Lower-income communities of color are five times more likely to live within half a mile of a toxic site that could flood by 2050, new research shows. There are dozens of such sites in the Bay Area, and the closest one to Santa Cruz is in Moss Landing.