But the smoke made trouble when it traveled. Cal Fire Angel Island might be one of the hardest places in California to hold a prescribed burn. Fire engines have to arrive on a boat, one at a time, all ...

President Trump's administration has proposed cutting the program. But Congress funds the program directly, so Congress will ...

“Are there any true grizzly bears now in California?” William Randolph Hearst, the young owner of the San Francisco Examiner, asked his enterprising reporter, Allen Kelly, one May day in 1889. Bay ...

Wild lilac cultivars come in all shapes, from ground covers to small shrubs to as large as a small tree. Zone 1 is a perfect ...

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation found pet pesticides in the state’s surface waters. Topical flea and tick products going down the drain and ending up in wastewater when pets are ...

Jake Sigg holds a hardy vine of Algerian ivy on Mount Davidson in San Francisco on March 18, 2004. He was helping remove the ivy and blackberry brambles to create space for Pacific reedgrass ...

This story contains graphic descriptions and depictions of carnivory. It’s a sleepy, sunny July day in the meandering wetlands of Elkhorn Slough, outside of Moss Landing in Monterey Bay, and a gaggle ...

This could be a shipyard, if California Forever succeeds in its plan. As seen from Sherman Island, this stretch of water is a key ecological transition point between the salty Bay and fresher Delta.

August 13, 2026: As forecasts have changed, we’ve updated the text to indicate that a “very strong” El Niño for this fall and winter is almost certain. The Climate Prediction Center is also now ...

After decades mapping municipal streetlights, Rick Staychock could see that artificial intelligence would soon come for his job. At 56, he decided to pivot. Now, Staychock has turned towards a field ...

Fire Forward leads a prescribed burn at Green Valley Farm + Mill in Sebastopol, California on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Amir Aziz/Bay Nature In late May, on a crisp and partly cloudy morning, I joined ...

A gray whale surfaces in the waters off San Francisco. Michael Pierson YERBA BUENA ISLAND—Summer fog covers the Bay, so we can’t even spot Angel Island, let alone a gray whale. But Gary Reed, director ...