The logging industry has long promoted science suggesting logging suppresses fire. A lot of recent research disagrees.

A celebrated chronicler of human suffering, John Steinbeck could not abide other people.

Years of unchecked development and bad climate policy have set the state on fire. Where do we go from here?

Immigrant workers who got emergency care are struggling, months later, with more symptoms and no doctor.

“What really worries me is what’s gonna happen next year. I may find more income sources; I may not.”

As blazes devour California and Oregon, farmworkers are risking their lives by showing up for the harvest. What other choice do they have?

Democrats can’t go green while continuing to green-light fossil fuel production.

A wonky California legislative fight is a test of whether green jobs will be good jobs, too.

The state is dependent on workers it deems disposable and essential at the same time.

Looking ahead to a new wave of evictions, flu season, dropping temperatures, and a pandemic with no end in sight.

Screens are windows but barriers too. Break away to the reality outside.

In her historic DNC speech, the former prosecutor elided most of her resume to craft a different image of her record.

What interviews with flood, wildfire, and drought survivors can teach us about how to live amid the threat of climate change

KerryAnn Laufer lost her home in 2019’s Kincade Fire. Here's what she learned.

James O’Keefe’s group is part of a sprawling campaign to delegitimize mail-in balloting in the fall—a campaign being led by the White House.

The birthplace of the conservative movement is now no Golden State for the GOP.

The corrupt and abusive Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is just one of many in America that have evaded oversight.

Budgets are about to get tight. States and cities should direct money to programs that truly make communities more secure.

A “safe parking lot” in San Diego is a haven and a holding pattern during the coronavirus lockdown and an ongoing housing crisis.

A threat to the community