Contra Costa County Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston will hold a town hall meeting Thursday evening on last month’s ...

As Michael Hiltzik considered writing a new chronicle of California, he examined the region’s past five centuries in search of a fresh perspective. “I pitched it as a look at what California had ...

Contra Costa County Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston will hold a town hall meeting Thursday evening on last month's Martinez Refining Company fire.

“We move every day — we’re backpacking,” said Jackson Fitzsimmons, a Sierra National Forest wilderness ranger who lost his ...

Although the Western Reserve was found in Lake Superior, estimates suggest there are more than 1,700 ships resting just in Lake Michigan.

Our headline today comes to us courtesy of wilderness preservationist John Muir, via Debbie R. White’s new self-published book Mountain Escapades. It’s one of the epigrams that lead into her 50 ...

Kline Fundamentals won the rec league basketball tournament at Liberty School Saturday. Pictured above are Coyle Overine, ...

He also was influenced by the writings of John Muir, the legendary conservationist who founded the Sierra Club. What had inspired him to follow in Muir's path was the sudden realization that ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that significantly expands logging on federal lands, removing environmental protections and fast-tracking timber sales. The order directs agencies ...

Dear Colleague letter features some questionable assumptions and false equivalences, Jim Jump writes. During my elementary school days, I always looked forward to Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day. On that day ...

Plus, Tom Llamas good choice to replace Lester Holt; the awards shows were pretty good, for a change; and congressional Democrats make fools of themselves ...

Martinez, CA. – One person was killed in a collision between two vehicles in Martinez on Friday evening, according to the ...