AP Staff
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鈥淧aper or plastic鈥� will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags. -
California's largest wildfire this year has been significantly tamed as the state's initially fierce fire season has, at least temporarily, fallen into a relative calm. -
As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of wildfires around the world, a new study shows that farmworkers are paying a heavy price by being exposed to high levels of air pollution -
California's largest wildfire so far this year continued to grow Thursday, reaching more than 422,000 acres. -
A tanker plane that disappeared in eastern Oregon while fighting one of the many wildfires spreading across several Western states has been found, and the pilot on board is dead, authorities said Friday. -
California will be the first state to receive federal funds under a program to create regional networks, or 鈥渉ubs,鈥� that produce hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity, officials announced Wednesday. -
Former President Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt Saturday at a Pennsylvania rally, days before he was to accept the Republican nomination for a third time -
Pacific Power, part of PacifiCorp, said Monday it has agreed to a $178 settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs in the latest multimillion-dollar payout related to the deadly 2020 wildfires that ravaged the state. -
California has entered spring with an above-average mountain snowpack and major reservoirs in good shape for a second consecutive year, staving off immediate water supply concerns but not allaying drought worries in a warming world. -
The Medford airport鈥檚 director said the plane landed safely without incident and the external panel was discovered missing during a post-flight inspection. -
A jury in Oregon has ordered PacifiCorp to pay more than $42 million to 10 victims of devastating wildfires on Labor Day 2020 鈥� the latest verdict in litigation that is expected to see the electric utility on the hook for billions in damages. -
The three endangered wolves came from the Gearhart Mountain Pack. The collars from two of them sent a mortality signal Dec. 29.
