| Wildfire Torched the Sierra All Summer, Evading Containment. Here’s How Tahoe Protected Itself | | About 3,500 firefighters and years of preventative fire preparations largely saved South Lake Tahoe from the Caldor Fire. | | |
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| Wildfires Burning in California's Giant Sequoia Groves Threaten Hundreds of Ancient Trees | | Northern California wildfires may have killed hundreds of giant sequoias as they swept through groves of the majestic monarchs in the Sierra Nevada, an official said Wednesday. | | |
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| The Latest Massive California Oil Spill: What You Need to Know | | California oil spills have driven policy and reforms, making it more difficult to transport offshore oil to the coast and imposing fines. | | |
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| A California Law Meant to Reduce the Exploitation of Aquifers Could Transform the Central Valley | | The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, passed in California in 2014 to prevent farmers from overdrawing aquifers may be creating winners and losers among growers. | | |
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| SF Scientist Among Pair of California Researchers Awarded Nobel Prize for Work on How Humans Perceive Heat and Touch | | David Julius, a San Francisco-based biochemist at UCSF, is one of the recipients of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on capsaicin. | | |
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| Northern California Environmentalists Respond to Massive Huntington Beach Oil Spill | | While Southern California officials mobilize to contain the oil spill off Huntington Beach, Bay Area environmentalists laud the overhaul of oil spill-response after San Francisco's Cosco Busan spill in 2007. | | |
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| Creepy, Crawly Night with "Deep Look" | | Join KQED's nature series Deep Look on October 27 at 7pm for an in-person Halloween screening of spine-tingling videos. You'll also meet some creepy, crawly creatures at KQED Live, the new event venue at our renovated headquarters in San Francisco. This event will also be livestreamed. | | |
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