“Now is the time to address the true costs of oil and gas production on our communities and public health,” the new group, Elected Officials to Protect California, explained on their website. “Fossil fuels cost Californians ...

The bottom is falling out of America's most productive farmland. Literally. Swaths of the San Joaquin Valley have sunk 28 feet — nearly three stories — since the 1920s, and some areas have dropped almost 3 feet in the past two ...

What makes a community safe? For low-income families, safety is not about sheriffs and prisons. Here in Kern County, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office is one of the deadliest and most dangerous police forces in the country, ...