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Acorn collectors hunt for acorns that will be used to grow oak trees in the fire-damaged Wine Country. - Wendy Smit

Fires spawn massive volunteer effort to grow oak trees

Starting a huge environmental restoration in the aftermath of the Wine Country wildfires, more than 1,000 volunteers are gathering acorns to grow new oak trees for fire-damaged areas.Environmentalists spearheading the...
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Last Ghost Fleet ship leaves Suisun Bay

BENICIA >> The last of 57 decaying vessels in the federal government’s iconic “Ghost Fleet” left Suisun Bay last week, ending a long struggle over the toxic pollution leached from...
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Bay Area douses wood smoke

SAN FRANCISCO >> The Bay Area has cleaned up its air enough to meet the federal health standard for soot and fine pollution particles after a long and controversial campaign...
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Gov. Brown seeks $437 million toward flood control

SACRAMENTO >>Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday proposed spending $437 million to help fix California’s flood control emergencies and headaches, including repairing the crumbling spillways at Oroville Dam.Brown said aging dams...
The kayak center is partially underwater at Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore. The park is closed due to flooding. - Anda Chu — Bay Area News Group

Pounding by Mother Nature promises spectacular spring

The past two weeks of relentless storms have left Northern California’s parks battered and bruised, but Mother Nature’s thrashing promises an upside: Spring will be stupendous.The storms temporarily closed Yosemite...
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Delta management plan tossed by judge

SACRAMENTO >> A long-sought plan to restore the Delta’s ailing environment and bolster the reliability of its water supplies was declared invalid by a judge Friday, possibly throwing another wrench...