The White House is warning of longer wait times at airports, slower screening at customs and border crossings and reduced national parks operating hours across the nation as a result of automatic spending cuts scheduled to kick in Friday. In...
Valley Air District officials are giving a proposed power plant a green light, but critics complain the project will add to Kern County's already dirty air.
Bakersfield residents might see large aircraft flying in the area, thanks to NASA. The planes are helping scientists better understand how to measure and forecast air quality globally from space.
The freeze gripping the West appeared on the verge of easing Tuesday, but farmers who spent millions to protect crops were still assessing damage, some produce prices climbed, and businesses and residents dealt with burst pipes.
State regulators ordered Los Angeles to expand efforts to control dust storms from Owens Lake, which went dry after the growing metropolis began siphoning water from it a century ago.
Local air quality officials have approved a new plan to more tightly monitor pollution near refineries after gaps in the system were exposed during a fire at Chevron's Richmond refinery.
State air pollution regulators said Monday that California's air quality is not expected to worsen appreciably after the governor ordered the release of a dirtier blend of gasoline to help slash record-high pump prices.
The season's first Air Alert will end Monday, a day earlier than planned, thanks to improving weather conditions and air-friendly practices, such as bike riding, by the valley's residents.
The season's first Air Alert will end Monday, a day earlier than planned, thanks to improving weather conditions and air-friendly practices, such as bike riding, by the valley's residents.
Federal investigators probing the cause of a massive Chevron oil refinery fire are focusing on possible corrosion in a decades-old pipe the company inspected late last year.