North Bay residents raise flood of protest against Nicasio Dam expansion
To store more water, the Marin Municipal Water District wants to use a rubber dam to raise the level of Nicasio Reservoir by about 4 and a half feet.
Bay Area sees mildest summer in decades
While much of the country bakes under record-breaking summer heat, the Bay Area is experiencing a different kind of summer, one that hasn’t felt this mild in decades.
Santa Cruz County startup in semifinals of global wildfire tech competition
Ember Flash Aerospace, a small Santa Cruz County startup, is a semifinalist in the global XPRIZE Wildfire competition.
Russia lifts tsunami warning after series of strong quakes off Kamchatka Coast
A powerful series of undersea quakes, including a 7.4 magnitude tremor, struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Sunday, triggering tsunami warnings.
20 rescued from building, dozens from vehicles as storms flood DMV
At least 20 people were stranded Saturday evening after floodwaters surrounded a building in Chevy Chase as severe storms swept through the D.C. area, officials said.
State Farm pushes to keep rate hike documents secret
The insurance company has lobbied for permission to keep from the public documents justifying large increases for policyholders in the wake of devastating wildfires in Southern California
7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Alaska, no tsunami risk along California coast: NWS
A lightly populated stretch of Alaska’s southern coast is now under a tsunami warning.
NORAD sends fighter plane after latest unauthorized flight over Kerrville floods
The military had to send an F-16 fighter jet to the skies over Texas after private aircraft repeatedly violated a temporary no-fly zone around the deadly floods.



















