The senators also warn that the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Wildland Fire Service don’t have enough staff to sustain operations.

New research has found that El Niño events, a warming pattern in the Pacific Ocean that leads to wetter winters for California’s Central Coast, have become more and more intense since the Industrial Revolution.

The clean-up effort following last year’s battery fire in Moss Landing is moving into its final phase. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says crews are now removing batteries they could not safely access before.

The National Weather Service is warning swimmers to stay out of ocean waters due to swells through Labor Day weekend.

In a press release, Bonta said the Trump Administration is “more concerned with corporate interests than the health and safety of the American people.”

The SLO County Air Pollution Control District says that smoke from the fires is pooling in coastal areas.

Demand for water will almost certainly increase over the next several decades, so the study looks at ways to bring in an extra 241 acre-feet of water a year.

California lawmakers are urging the Trump Administration to end a federal review that could threaten the state’s authority to manage development along its coastline.

An open letter from the SLCUSD’s Board of Trustees asks for funding from PG&E to continue as long as the Diablo Canyon Power Plant continues running.

Exceptions to the closure order are in place for firefighters, as well as for land owners and residents who are not currently under an evacuation order.