California has worked to add tools to protect against mudslides, including pinpointing hot spots, creating basins and placing nets to capture falling debris before it hits homes.

The areas most at risk are on or near hillsides that have burned in recent years, with little or no vegetation left to hold soil in place.

BRATTLEBORO — The Richards Group was recently named one of Vermont’s 2025 Best Places to Work for the 10th consecutive year. This statewide survey and awards program is designed to recognize places of ...

A powerful, atmospheric river-driven storm is hitting California today, bringing with it heavy rain, strong winds and feet of Sierra snow. The storm, which prompted a lengthy flood advisory for San ...

Researchers at Stanford University developed a new method to measure water levels in the state’s aquifers using readily ...

Most true lovers of pinot noir have made a pilgrimage to Calera Winery in Hollister, the place that firmly established North ...

The following is an excerpt from a recent article on the Weather West Blog.  California's extraordinary precipitation dipole has persisted into mid-Feb with only slight attenuation Well, it has ...

A 20-year-old man from California was found dead 1,000 feet below the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, National Park Service ...

The USGS has monitoring stations strategically scattered around the Bay Area in landslide-prone areas. The agency also has years of monitoring data to compare with real-time data, which helps ...

Five minor earthquakes rocked California on Thursday, including two rumbles just minutes apart in the San Francisco Bay area, ...

Mudslides in Los Angeles inundated roadways and prompted evacuations orders after an atmospheric river dumped heavy rains ...

Michael Hiltzik tells California's story with a journalist’s reluctance to take anything at face value and a distrust of ...