Tag: environment
Workshop to discuss Monterey County’s climate action plan
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Sustainability Program will host its first community workshop Tuesday evening as part of its Community Climate Action and Adaptation...
Highway 1 closed in both directions in Big Sur due to...
BIG SUR — State Highway 1 is closed in both directions Wednesday along the Big Sur coast in southern Monterey County because of fallen...
National Weather Service issues advisories for Bay Area for Sunday
The National Weather Service has issued several weather advisories for various parts of the Bay Area beginning Sunday.
There is a Flash Flood Watch in...
As drought conditions worsen, California expands state of emergency
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on Tuesday issued a proclamation extending the drought emergency statewide and asked residents to redouble their water conservation efforts...
Cal Water expands water-saving programs for King City customers
KING CITY — As the drought intensifies, local water utility California Water Service (Cal Water) is helping customers save water every day through expanded...
Public input sought on Salinas Valley Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plans
SALINAS VALLEY — Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) Board of Directors on Aug. 12 approved Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) drafts to be...
Applications due Friday for Monterey County Fish and Game grants
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Fish and Game Advisory Commission is now soliciting grant applications for the 2021-22 Propagation Fund Grant Program.
Projects funded by...
Newsom signs bill to protect farmworkers from wildfire smoke
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 73, Assemblymember Robert Rivas’ Farmworker Wildfire Smoke Protections Act, into law on Sept. 27.
California’s wildfire...
These are the bills that Newsom is still deciding on
You may have noticed over the past few weeks a flurry of new laws entering the books in California.
Measures have recently been approved to...
How artificial intelligence is fighting wildfires
In 2003, Ilkay Altintas, a computer scientist with the University of California, San Diego, had her first wildfire encounter. She had been in Santa...
