Climate & Environment
Cal Fire added more than 360,000 acres in coastal Northern California to its fire hazard zones where heightened fire safety regulations will apply. New Southern California maps come out March 24.
Business
California’s wine country struggles with changing tastes, foreign competition and too many grapes on the vine.
Food
‘It’s only a matter of time until the Santa Cruz Mountains will be regarded as one of planet Earth’s best regions for growing wine grapes.’
California’s new wave of sparkling wines is hitting its stride. These bubbles are rising to the top not because they taste like Champagne — but precisely because they don’t.
Lifestyle
From driving tours to weed-friendly wedding venues, Mendocino County is perfectly positioned to attract the canna-curious crowd taking a page from the wine country playbook.
California
Investigators are looking into whether downed Southern California Edison equipment ignited the Hurst fire near Sylmar, officials said.
Politics
Watch L.A.
The California Coastal Commission is one of the state’s best ideas. Any request to defund it for federal fire aid is absurd.
The lawsuit is the latest to allege that Edison’s equipment caused the blaze, which destroyed about 9,000 homes and killed 17 people.
The price of a dozen eggs has nearly doubled since last year and hit a record high in January. An outbreak of avian influenza in primarily to blame, experts said.