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A gas furnace in a residential home. California plans to require zero-emission heaters and furnaces by the end of the decade./Getty ImagesThe California Air Resources Board voted Thursday to ban the sale of new gas furnaces and water heaters beginning in 2030. Homes will be required to install zero-emissions alternatives, like electric heaters. -
NIAID/Science SourceAfter virtually disappearing for the last two years, there are troubling clues that the flu could come roaring back this year, to cause trouble alongside COVID.
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A large part of the average electric bill in California goes toward funding climate change mitigation, solar subsidies and other measures – which comes at a heavy cost for low-income customers. -
Cultivating Place looks at culture and ecology with Farmer Rishi. Rishi is a farmer/gardener, teacher, thinker, and lover of life-based in Southern California.
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The search for a new police chief is underway in Chico. Also, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed an emergency declaration for fire-stricken Siskiyou County, and California has the highest number of people who could receive student loan debt forgiveness under President Joe Biden’s plan.
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The committee asked to interview Thomas on her communications with a lawyer pushing for then-Vice President Pence to block the Electoral College count of the 2020 election results.
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Author Daniel Stone sets sail with his latest, "Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic."
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An expert explains how to take care of your mental health following disasters such as wildfires. Also, human composting will be legal in California starting in 2027, and the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending all new vehicles in the U.S. be equipped with alcohol-monitoring systems.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine will be at the center of President Biden's address to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, as the U.S. warns Russia is trying to annex more Ukrainian land.
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A last-minute bill would force Cal State to give non-faculty staff raises, costing the system almost $900 million over ten years, money the system says it doesn’t have. Cal State may cut programs and raise tuition if it doesn’t get enough state money.
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Community colleges across the state have seen continually dropping enrollment since 2020. NSPR's Alec Stutson reports on what some colleges in the North State are doing to attract students.
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Ballots are due today for landowners voting on whether to form a controversial proposed water district in Butte County. Also, a Shasta County woman who faked her own kidnapping has been sentenced, and California saw the onset of an atmospheric river on the heels of a record-breaking heat wave.
