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Photo of El Capitan, as seen from the floor of Yosemite Valley

Fresno’s George Whitmore, Legendary Climber of El Capitan and Conservationist, Dies at 89

January 5, 2021

Fresno's George Whitmore, a member of the first team of climbers to scale El Capitan in Yosemite National Park and a conservationist who devoted his life to protecting the Sierra Nevada, has died. He was 89. Whitmore died on New Year’s Day from complication...

Is Biomass One of the Answers to California Wildfires? UC Researcher Says Yes

Jim Jakobs

September 15, 2020

The mid-elevation type of forest ponderosa pine and mixed conifer used to have about 60 trees per acre in California about 150 years ago. Now, a UC Davis and USDA study says California forests 165 to 170 tre...

California Forests 80%-600% Denser Than 150 Years Ago, UC Researcher Says Biomass Is One of the Answers

Jim Jakobs

September 15, 2020

Sierra Club: Bark Beetle, Dead Trees Don’t Fan Wildfires, Problem Is Too Much Fire Suppression

Jim Jakobs

September 10, 2020

As the Creek Fire continues to ravage the Sierra, the debate about how to prevent this type of fire again leads down divergent paths. Cal Fire points to the 80%-90% tree mortality rate from bark beetle in the Creek Fire's territory as a major contributing f...

Creek Fire: ‘We Didn’t Used To Have These Kinds of Fires.” Logger Blames Poor Forest Management

Jim Jakobs

September 8, 2020

Loggers blame politicians. Politicians blame climate change. President Donald Trump claims that California doesn't know how to manage its forests. While the finger-pointing goes on, Mother Nature doesn't car...

Photo of visitors walking along a pathway near the entrance to the Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County,

Sierra Club Truth-Telling: Monument Removal, Calling Out Muir’s Racism

AP News

July 22, 2020

LOS ANGELES — The Sierra Club is calling out its founder, naturalist John Muir, for racist remarks he made more then a century ago as the influential environmental group grapples with a harmful history that...

California Wants Faster Way to Cut Wildfire Risk

AP News

January 30, 2019

SACRAMENTO — California wildland managers said Tuesday that they want to speed up logging and prescribed burns designed to slow wildfires that have devastated communities in recent years. After the deadliest and most destructive blazes in state history, off...

San Francisco DA Under Fire After Pedestrians Killed by Parolee

Sacramento Sheriff’s Deputy and K-9 Killed in Cal Expo Shootout

Guatemala Troops, Police Break Up Caravan of Weary Migrants

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How California’s Budget Depends on Staggering Wealth Gap

Community Medical Centers Halting All Elective Surgeries by January 1

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Expansion Could Bring Football Back to WAC at FCS Level

Brain Power: DeChambeau Dissects What Went Wrong at Masters

Tyler Hubbard, Tim McGraw Call for American Unity on New Duet

How Bank of America Helped Fuel California’s Unemployment Meltdown

Walters: A Big Data System for Public Education?

Walters: Democrats Overreach on Recall, Miss Valid Point

Latinx Voters Flexed Their Power in 2020 Election

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Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Biden Largely Mum on Trump's Effort to Reverse Election

Valley GOP Lawmaker Valadao Votes To Impeach Trump

Biden Win Confirmed After Pro-Trump Mob Storms US Capitol

Trump Says He’ll ‘Fight Like Hell’ to Hold on to Presidency

Fresno’s George Whitmore, Legendary Climber of El Capitan and Conservationist, Dies at 89

Is Biomass One of the Answers to California Wildfires? UC Researcher Says Yes

California Forests 80%-600% Denser Than 150 Years Ago, UC Researcher Says Biomass Is One of the Answers

Sierra Club: Bark Beetle, Dead Trees Don’t Fan Wildfires, Problem Is Too Much Fire Suppression

Creek Fire: ‘We Didn’t Used To Have These Kinds of Fires.” Logger Blames Poor Forest Management

Sierra Club Truth-Telling: Monument Removal, Calling Out Muir’s Racism

California Wants Faster Way to Cut Wildfire Risk

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