California
At least 85 wildfires torch 1.5m acres across drought-hit US west
Fire season on track to break records set last year, as Dixie fire becomes largest in California amid high temperatures
Gabrielle Canon in San Francisco
26, Jul, 2021 @8:34 PM
Trump ally Tom Barrack posts $250m bail on charge of illegally boosting UAE
Head of Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee must answer charge of acting as unregistered foreign agent in New York court on Monday
Erum Salam
24, Jul, 2021 @3:12 PM
Is Caitlyn Jenner serious – or is her bid for California governor a grubby PR stunt? | Arwa Mahdawi
The reality star’s run seems completely depressing – especially aligned with a party that wants to erode LGBTQ rights
Arwa Mahdawi
24, Jul, 2021 @1:00 PM
Beware summer! As climate crisis deepens, attitudes to season shift
Season now has a health warning and people may lose associations of joy, relaxation and celebration
Jonathan Watts
24, Jul, 2021 @7:00 AM
‘The air is toxic’: how an idyllic California lake became a nightmare
The shrinking Salton Sea was once a tourist destination. Now it’s home to dangerous algal blooms, endless dust and noxious air
Maanvi Singh in Calipatria and Salton City
24, Jul, 2021 @5:00 AM
Marijuana farmers blamed for water theft as drought grips American west
California official says ‘Water stealing has never been more severe’ as water taken from hydrants, homes, rivers and wells
Jewel Wicker in Atlanta
23, Jul, 2021 @3:57 PM
‘They’re a little crazy’: the ultramarathon runners crossing Death Valley – in a drought
A hundred runners are picked each year for the 135-mile race. This time the climate was especially brutal
Erin McCormick in San Francisco
23, Jul, 2021 @10:00 AM
California sees a sharp increase in Covid cases and a return to mask mandates
Los Angeles infections have increased twentyfold and San Francisco positive cases have almost tripled in two weeks
Erin McCormick in San Francisco
22, Jul, 2021 @10:08 PM
Video game company Activision Blizzard sued over ‘frat boy culture’ allegations
California’s DFEH files suit after investigation reveals discrimination against women
Sarah Betancourt
22, Jul, 2021 @9:13 PM
California prepares to bury 10,000 miles of power lines as wildfires force new evacuations
Tamarack fire spreads from California to Nevada while weather aids firefighters in Oregon
Gabrielle Canon and agencies
22, Jul, 2021 @7:06 PM
Nick Besley obituary
Other lives: Professor of theoretical chemistry at the University of Nottingham
Jonathan Hirst
22, Jul, 2021 @4:19 PM
Wildfire smoke can increase hazardous toxic metals in air, study finds
Lead levels increased to 50 times above normal average at site near Camp fire in California, researchers found
Erin McCormick in San Francisco
21, Jul, 2021 @8:03 PM
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