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After several years of devastating wildfires, California lawmakers want to give hefty raises to Cal Fire firefighters. The deal could tie the governor’s hands in contracts.
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The legislation would expand California’s authority to fine water scofflaws who keep pumping. Even if fines had reached $10,000 a day, “I’m not so sure we wouldn’t have done it again,” one rancher says.
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A wet winter brought record snowpack to California and might change how and where wildfires pop up in the state during warmer months.
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How California will be affected by new Colorado River agreement. Also, Walmart will pay $500,000 to the state over brass knuckle sales, and a proposed bill to provide devices in bars to test for spiked drinks.
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In 2015, Berryessa Snow Mountain became a national monument. But Molok Luyuk, nestled along the eastern side of the monument’s center, was excluded.
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A CapRadio and California Newsroom investigation prompted the Forest Service to answer U.S. lawmakers’ questions about a stalled fire prevention project, but little information from these meetings has been shared with the public.
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Stanford researchers studied water quality along the Colorado River. This river is a resource for other states beyond Colorado, including California.
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Host Dave Schlom visits with one of the true heroes of environmental activism in the U.S. and the world -- Bill McKibben.
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In a report filed to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Saturday, PG&E officials said that federal investigators seized utility-owned infrastructure located near where the fire started.
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What are these ballot measures really about? How did they make their way onto the ballot in the first place? And how did Californians first fall in love with direct democracy? Below, California’s passion for propositions, explained.