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Environmentalists are celebrating a legal settlement that will close historic family dairies they say are degrading Point Reyes National Seashore. Locals say the settlement shows no understanding of this place and its people.

Cook's appointment comes as the state and region grapple with worsening climate issues such as extreme heat, devastating wildfires and a water crisis on the Colorado River.

A new desalination technology is undergoing testing in Southern California. Water managers hope it will offer an environmentally friendly way of tapping the Pacific Ocean.

Of the 1,000 workers who heard that they would be able to return to their jobs, several included workers from the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Channel Islands National Park.

A new strain of bird flu -- H7N9 -- is detected in at a poultry farm; scientists learn past human flu exposure may provide some immunity to H5N1.

'I am authorizing my Administration to immediately begin producing Energy with BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL,' Trump wrote in a post on social media on Monday.

The closures include offices belonging to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Park Service, Forest Service and U.S. Geological Survey.

A Supreme Court ruling placed limits on federal protections for many streams and wetlands. A bill in California's Legislature seeks to restore safeguards.

The Pasadena-based company, which provides consulting and engineering services, was awarded multibillion-dollar USAID contracts last year, but the Trump administration has been slashing foreign aid.

Tesla's ability to outrage and inspire may seem novel to some but the vehicle may be a spiritual kin with another scorned vehicle, General Motors' Hummer.