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Small, rural districts often struggle to pass local bond measures to pay for school construction and repairs. In some cases, leaking roofs, dry rot and broken air conditioners haven’t been fixed in years.

Small, rural districts often struggle to pass local bond measures to pay for school construction and repairs. In some cases, leaking roofs, dry rot and broken air conditioners haven’t been fixed in years. Story from @CalMatters.

More than a decade ago, the state helped spark a boom in biofuels produced from plants or animal waste. But dairy biogas is used to produce a combustion fuel — which the state is on a path to phase out, especially for cars and trucks.

As California seeks to lead the nation on battling climate change, perhaps no debate is more fraught than the one over climate credits for cow poop. More than a decade ago, California helped spark a boom

The state currently grants the credits for fuel made from bovine manure, but there’s a problem: The cow "byproduct" is methane, which still produces greenhouse gases when burned as fuel.

Ocean wind farms are essential to electrify California's grid with 100% clean energy. But they're a giant, costly experiment & no one knows how hundreds of towering turbines will transform the remote North Coast.

A 15-year-old Franklin High School student killed in a double shooting earlier this week in downtown Stockton was identified as Angelo Rivas on Wednesday by the San Joaquin County Medical Examiner's Office.   

Pragati Grover talks about her first years in the US as a newlywed and finding a deep love fort Lord Ganesha, the remover of obstacles

Three Indian organizations came together to honor the 23-year-old's memory, show community support, and spread safety messages

Photojournalist Sree Sripathy’s exhibition, ‘We Belong’, documents how Indians in America connect with their cultural identities