With spring on the horizon, many gardeners are preparing for prolonged, hearty growing seasons in their region. The United ...

The first step to a great garden is knowing your planting zone but regardless of where you live, these tips can help.

State officials have released a third batch of maps showing fire hazards in California's Bay Area and the state's northern ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s direction to redo draft recycling rules is already reverberating on the opposite coast — and reviving ...

Though no community can be made fireproof, discarding past urban design practices could make areas abutting wilderness safer ...

While the old maps ... Zone 0 regulation will come at varying costs, said Seth Schalet, CEO of the non-profit Santa Clara County FireSafe Council. Some measures, like getting rid of woody plants ...

To determine the hazard level for an area, factors such as fire history, existing and potential vegetation, predicted flame length and ember-dispersion distances, terrain and weather patterns are ...

The current plan is to ban most plants (apart from ... of maps covering Southern California will be published March 24. Cal Fire published fire hazard severity zone maps for the areas of the ...

Local leaders say the Cal Fire publication could affect the enforcement of state laws on defensible space and real estate.

Spring 2025 is predicted to be “warmer and wetter” than usual for most of the U.S. according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.

The U.K. Christian right is increasingly drawing on a U.S.-forged playbook. It is also drawing on U.S. money. But the U.K.