Manola Secaira
CapRadio Environment ReporterManola Secaira is CapRadio’s environment and climate change reporter. Before that, she worked for Crosscut in Seattle as an Indigenous Affairs reporter.
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Many Indigenous communities in the United States have faced acutely poor access to reliable electricity for decades. For some, there has long been no access to electricity at all. -
A report from the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office projects a net transportation funding decline of about $4.4 billion — or 31% — within the next decade. -
This technique, which involves the intentional and controlled burning of fuels on the forest floor, is a necessary tool to reduce fire risks in California. -
The Federal Crop Insurance Program, funded in large part by taxpayer money, pays farmers when their crop yields decline in an effort to keep the agricultural sector economically stable. -
Interested Californians should be ready to purchase permits to cut down their own Christmas trees within the next couple weeks. -
The last time researchers guessed at the state's mountain lion population was in the 1980s. Now, decades later, new research says there are about 4,500 mountain lions in California. -
From housing affordability to fentanyl to mental health and more, California lawmakers debated hundreds of bills this Legislative session. Here’s a breakdown of what made it to the Governor’s desk — and what didn’t. -
Newsom has previously said price gouging by the oil industry could be partially to blame for spiking costs. -
Experts say new research is necessary to understand the longer-term human health impacts of regular exposure to smoke. -
A wet winter brought record snowpack to California and might change how and where wildfires pop up in the state during warmer months.
