LOS ANGELES – The worst area of drought in California has significantly narrowed to a small region northwest of Los Angeles that has stubbornly failed to benefit from Pacific storms that have drenched much of the state since the fall…
SAN FRANCISCO – A small tornado was whipped up as part of a powerful band of thunderstorms that moved through Northern California during the latest deluge that has downed trees, swollen rivers and prompted evacuations over flood fears. The tornado…
FORESTVILLE, Calif. – A massive storm system stretching from California into Nevada lifted rivers climbing out of their banks, flooded vineyards and forced people to evacuate after warnings that hillsides parched by wildfires could give way to mudslides. Northern California’s…
SAN FRANCISCO – Uber pulled its self-driving cars from California roads after state regulators moved to revoke their registrations, officials said Wednesday. The move comes after a week of talks between the ride-hailing company and state regulators failed. Hours after…
SAN FRANCISCO – Uber is riding its self-driving cars into a legal showdown with California regulators. The ride-hailing company is refusing to obey demands by the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles that it immediately stop picking up San Francisco passengers…
TORONTO – Ontario’s environmental commissioner says the upcoming cap-and-trade program will not limit the province’s greenhouse gas emissions through to 2020. In a report released today, Dianne Saxe says that after Ontario’s system is linked with California and Quebec’s in…
The governments of Ontario, Quebec and California held a tri-lateral meeting on Wednesday to further efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while boosting economic growth by linking cap-and-trade programs and expanding carbon markets. Ontario’s Minister of the Environment and…
Nearly two million homes in 13 western states are at an extreme or high risk of wildfire damage, according to a new report from CoreLogic, Inc. CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, said on Wednesday that…
Mandatory evacuations have been issued for 500 residences in northeastern California after a wildfire began early Friday morning. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said in a statement on Friday that voluntary evacuations have been issued…
MORGAN HILL, Calif. – A heat wave stifling drought-stricken California worsened a wildfire Tuesday that burned buildings and forced people from their homes in remote communities along the Santa Cruz Mountains. The blaze in a rugged area about 30 miles…
A year of fire and floods in North America could lead to a repeat of 2007, when reinsurance disputes emerged over causation issues, a lawyer with global law firm CMS said on Friday. Alex Denslow, a partner with the Insurance…
BANNING, Calif. – A wildfire that tore through brush east of Los Angeles forced 700 people from their homes for several hours Tuesday and destroyed a small building, officials said. The fast-moving fire prompted the evacuations as it raced through…