The busiest port in America is no longer on the West Coast
For the past 22 years, the Port of Los Angeles has been the busiest container port in North America, moving around 10 million cargo containers filled with goods for Americans
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COVID, Flu, RSV Cases Put Strain on Bay Area Hospitals
The triple threat of flu, COVID and RSV is pushing some hospitals to the brink. In the South Bay, Santa Clara County’s available beds are shrinking quickly, including Regional Medical
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California’s Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Delayed Again
The start of the commercial Dungeness crab season in California has been delayed further to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines. The state Department of
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Why Do We Still Have Daylight Saving Time in California?
The sleepless, dark mornings and early nights are upon us again. Daylight Saving Time has Americans in every state except for Hawaii and Arizona moving their clocks an hour back
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California Carbon Emissions Fell 9% in Pandemic’s 1st Year
California’s planet-warming emissions dropped nearly 9% in 2020 compared to the year before as pandemic restrictions kept people at home, out of their cars and away from the workplace for
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Antimicrobial Graphene Coatings
In less than 20 years the world has faced a series of abnormal phenomena caused by highly infectious pathogens. The easy and rapid transmission of infections forces us to seek
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Baykeeper Sues Santa Clara Valley Water Claiming Practices That Are ‘Fatal to Fish’
Bay Area environmental watchdog San Francisco Baykeeper filed suit on Tuesday against the Santa Clara Valley Water District for allegedly violating the California Constitution and the Fish and Game Code
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Bay Area Geologists Dig Deep to Learn More About Earthquakes
The earthquakes that jolted the Santa Rosa area last week have raised questions about the Rodgers Creek Fault. Scientists said it’s responsible for the strong shaking that people felt and
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Bay Area Scientists Play Critical Role in Asteroid Deflection Mission
NASA on Monday slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid. Now, scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will try to figure out if it did what they needed it to do.
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