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At least nine Lake Tahoe ski resorts closed and visitors to Yosemite National Park were told to urgently leave Friday as California's most powerful storm of the season bore down on the Sierra Nevada.

Restoration workers are removing about 100,000 handbound books from their shelves and carefully placing them in crates, the start of a disinfection process that aims to kill the tiny beetles.

Pacific Gas & Electric — whose equipment started some of California's deadliest wildfires — has proposed burying power lines in some at-risk areas. Local regulators have pushed back, citing costs.

From California to the South, tens of thousands of people are without power, due to fires and winter storms. Studies show health risks rise when the power goes out. Here's how to protect yourself.

California's new rules protecting indoor workers from extreme heat went into effect in July. How are they working out so far?

The Biden administration has approved California's plan to require new vehicles sold in the state by 2035 to have zero-emissions. President-elect Trump has said he would role back the rules.

Producing cement is a major source of carbon emissions — 8% of the global total. A company in Massachusetts has altered the recipe, finding a way to produce carbon-zero cement instead.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Reid Wilson, editor-in-chief of Pluribus News, about the big issues state legislatures are expected to take up in 2024.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Reid Wilson, editor-in-chief of Pluribus News, about the big issues state legislatures are expected to take up in 2024.

As Maui begins to pick up the pieces after deadly fires, the question is what can be done to prevent similar disasters. Other Westerns states have adopted measures to protect communities.