Environmental activists’ new tool is identifying Bay Area toxic sites that most need their attention. It could help protect ...

Areas of populous cities along California's stretch of the Pacific Ocean could be flooded or entirely consumed by water if, due to the effects of climate change, sea levels rise as predicted, modeling ...

California is stripping the word "squaw" - a derogatory term for Indigenous women - from dozens of place names across 15 counties, state agencies recently announced.

State officials are moving forward with a plan to rename dozens of geographic locations in California to remove a term deemed ...