Has Your School’s Drinking Water Been Tested for Lead?
SACRAMENTO, June 19, 2018 - The State Water Resources Control Board has released a new map-based web tool that shows which public schools in...
Higher Tides Will Threaten More than 20,000 Coastal Homes by Mid-Century
OAKLAND, CA, June 18, 2018 - Accelerating sea level rise along California’s shoreline, primarily driven by climate change, is projected to put more than...
CDPH Confirms First Human West Nile Virus Illnesses of 2018
SACRAMENTO June 17, 2018 - The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced today the first confirmed illnesses in California due to West Nile...
AG Becerra Issues Statement on Court Temporarily Reinstating California’s End of Life Option Act
SACRAMENTO June 15, 2018 - California Attorney General Becerra today issued the following statement in response to the Fourth District Appellate Court’s ruling in...
EPA Backs Down, Will Implement Critical Safeguards for Agricultural Workers after Lawsuit by New...
SACRAMENTO June 15, 2018 - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued the following statement on the news of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signaling...
California Energy Commission Funds Two Microgrid Projects
SACRAMENTO June 14, 2018 - The California Energy Commission approved grants for two microgrid projects that will help support California's energy and climate change...
Clean Streams Key to Aiding Recovery of Endangered Frogs in California
June 12, 2018 - Scientists working in the Santa Monica mountains of California recently announced that endangered red-legged frogs are successfully breeding on their...
AG Becerra Decries Congress’ Failure to Preserve Net Neutrality Rules
SACRAMENTO, June 11, 2018 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives refused to permit a timely...
Sec. of State Alex Padilla Statement on Revelation that Kobach and Bannon Drove Inclusion...
SACRAMENTO, June 9, 2018 - Secretary of State Alex Padilla issued the following statement: "Today's revelation that the administration's inclusion of a citizenship question on...
CAL FIRE Investigators Determine Causes of 12 Wildfires in Mendocino, Humboldt, Butte, Sonoma, Lake,...
Sacramento June 8, 2018 - After extensive and thorough investigations, CAL FIRE investigators have determined that 12 Northern California wildfires in the October 2017...
Governor Brown, Legislative Leaders Reach Budget Agreement
SACRAMENTO June 8, 2018 - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon today announced that...
California Vote Counting—What To Expect
SACRAMENTO June 8, 2018 - County elections officials are hard at work continuing to count ballots from the June 5, 2018, Statewide Direct Primary...
It’s Wildfire Season in California, and Utilities Want to Tamp Down Their Liability
June 7, 2018 - California utilities might have to pay billions of dollars in damage if state investigators find their power lines sparked last...
Settlement Ends Nestlé’s Expired ‘Zombie’ Permit to Siphon Water From San Bernardino NF
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.June 7, 2018 - Federal officials and conservation groups reached an agreement that will finally end Nestlé Corp.’s ability to rely on...
CAL FIRE Makes One of the Largest Illegal Fireworks Seizures in State History
Sacramento June 7, 2018 - With the Fourth of July Holiday just around the corner, CAL FIRE announced one of the largest seizures of...
Harris Introduces Bill to Ensure Access to Affordable Clean Water for Working Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 6, 2018 - Today, U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris introduced the Water Affordability Act of 2018, legislation that would help low-income...
Audubon Urges California Officials to Swiftly Implement New Salton Sea Funds
SACRAMENTO, June 6, 2018 — California voters yesterday passed Proposition 68, a $4 billion state bond measure that will provide critical funding for state parks,...
Voters Pass Largest Investment in Natural Resources Among Underserved Communities in CA History with...
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5, 2018 -- Today, Californians voted in support of Proposition 68, a general bond that invests $4 billion over time to...
AG Becerra Calls on Trump Administration to Abandon Any Proposal to Shut Down Important...
SACRAMENTO June 5, 2018 - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra joined a coalition of 14 Attorneys General in submitting a comment letter to the Consumer...
Election Day in California, Polls Open Now
SACRAMENTO June 5, 2018 - Today Californians will head to the polls to votes on 5 statewide propositions, and the primary elections for U.S....