States and counties are using a legal strategy that took down Big Tobacco, hoping to make oil companies pay for damage they have denied. But many obstacles remain.

The California Highway Patrol says drug use and excessive speed were factors in last year’s fiery crash of a Tesla Cybertruck ...

Parts of California's coastline around Los Angeles and San Francisco are sinking ... sea levels are rising along with climate change. The extra heat from the warming planet melts glaciers and ice ...

Also illuminating: Nearly two-thirds of Americans are worried about climate change consequences. Between 61% and 77% think ...

Labor unions are asking a federal judge in San Francisco for an emergency injunction blocking the mass firings of ...

Players are at risk of heat exhaustion, characterized by symptoms including faintness, dizziness, fatigue, weak or rapid ...

San Francisco, Toronto ... rat populations in urban areas are increasing worldwide, largely because of climate change. Researchers came to this conclusion after studying 16 cities across the ...

Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world's mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them ...

Re “Two very different views on state’s response to climate change” (Feb. 15): Thomas W. Schoene says that because every country needs to contribute to mitigating climate change, California ...

Backflow prevention devices can help solve that, said Andrew Whelton, an engineering professor at Purdue University. The ...

Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but ... this week helped break a 138-year-old rainfall record in San Francisco. Atmospheric rivers are a "long, narrow region in ...