It's cold and snowy in much of the U.S. right now, but hard as it may be to believe in some parts of the country, heat season will eventually come again, and hotter summers are increasingly a risk for ...

A new study finds that California's rules protecting workers from excessive heat likely save dozens of lives every year. This comes as the federal government considers national heat-protection rules.

Tools that power artificial intelligence devour energy. But attempts to shield regular Californians from footing the bill in 2025 ended with a law requiring regulators to write a report about the ...

A stretch of Interstate 80 through Northern California is among the most dangerous interstate highways in the United States, a study reported. The interstate, which runs from San Francisco through ...

(The Center Square) - A study by the financial organization SmartAsset places California as the second-most expensive state in the country for parents of young children. According to the study, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot for human society – but it also caused a local species of bird to rapidly evolve, according to a recent study. Dark-eyed juncos typically live in mountain forests ...

Increasing Kern County oil drilling as planned under a new state law won’t be enough by itself to avert California gasoline price spikes, according to a new report out of UC Berkeley and USC that ...

As California again delays controversial rules requiring homeowners in fire-prone areas to maintain a 5-foot “ember-resistant” zone around their houses, a new report finds that properties that were ...

California’s transition to electric vehicles and heat pumps can put downward pressure on electric rates, despite the billions of dollars of investments needed to upgrade electric utility distribution ...

Drop. Cover. Hold on. That’s the three-part jingle every Californian learns to stay safe in earthquake country. Scientists forecast a more than 99% chance that earthquakes of 6.7 magnitude or larger ...