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Who Gets to Enjoy California’s Coast?

A new study found key disparities in race, gender and class despite a legal right to access beaches and other coastal areas.

By Madeline Shaw

Beachgoers gather at Windansea Beach in San Diego on June 20. Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images
Janna Martin Gliatto moves cattle from one pasture to another near Montague, Calif. Martin Gliatto started working with Working Circle in 2022 to protect her ranch from wolves.

Can New Ranching Practices Help Cattle, Cowboys and Wolves Coexist?

Story and photos by Jake Bolster

A commercial fishing boat is seen off the coast of San Diego as the sun sets on July 5, 2025. Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images

This Year’s El Niño Could Spell Disaster for American Fishermen

By Johnny Sturgeon

Shirley Jackson sits for a photo in her SRO in San Francisco’s Seneca Hotel on Sixth Street. Jackson is experiencing health problems that are worsened by maintenance issues and pollution in her home. Credit: Neal Wong/San Francisco Public Press

State Vulnerability Metric Overlooks San Francisco Neighborhoods, Excluding Them From Billions in Funding

By Audrey Mei Yi Brown and Zhe Wu, San Francisco Public Press

Sea lions swim in the Pacific Ocean as birds fly above near Morro Bay, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

California Marine Sanctuaries Face Threats of New Trump-Backed Offshore Oil Leases

By Avril Silva

Can Tech Keep Whales Safe From Deadly Vessel Strikes?

By Kiley Price

Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, who represents the county where Marathon’s Martinez Renewables operates, visits striking workers in early May. Credit: Courtesy of USW Local 5

California Biofuel Refinery Workers Say Understaffing and Fatigue Threaten Their Safety and the Community

By Liza Gross

A Chinook Salmon is tagged at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Feather River Hatchery on May 27, 2021 in Oroville, Calif. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

As Commercial Salmon Fishing Resumes in California, the Industry Faces a Murky Outlook

By Steven Rodas

Planada residents David and Rita Rodriguez are concerned over expansion plans from a nearby dairy farm in Le Grand, Calif. Credit: Steven Rodas/Inside Climate News

Dairy Farms’ Expansion Plan Worries California Families Who Once Had a ‘Little Piece of Heaven’

By Steven Rodas

An oil field in Kern County, California. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

California’s First Carbon Capture Project Is Up and Running. Environmentalists Are Still Trying To Stop It.

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

People visit the Duxbury Reef on April 25 in Bolinas, Calif. Credit: Claire Barber/Inside Climate News

The Future of Duxbury Reef

By Claire Barber

A view of the damage caused by flash floods linked to El Niño conditions in Lima, Peru, on March 19, 2017. Credit: Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images

El Niño Is Here and Will Have ‘Big Consequences’ for Global Weather

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Snowmelt feeds the Colorado River near its headwaters on April 6 in Rocky Mountain National Park. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Feds Will Soon Impose New Framework on Colorado River if States Can’t Agree How to Manage It

By Wyatt Myskow

A tractor berms soil for almond trees on a farm near Lodi, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2025. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

California Pesticide Regulators Say New Rules Protect Communities as Applications of a Dangerous Fumigant Rise

By Liza Gross

After record-low snowpack across the Colorado River Basin, water levels remain low at Lake Powell on April 30, near Page, Ariz. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Colorado River Faces ‘Devastating Consequences’ If Another Dry Winter Lands, Experts Warn

By Jake Bolster

Firefighters work to contain the Hughes Fire as it burns on Jan. 22, 2025, in Castaic, Calif. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season

By Peter Aldhous

A GKN Aerospace chemical tank became pressurized and threatened to explode in Orange County, California, ahead of Memorial Day weekend. Credit: Steven Rodas/Inside Climate News

Air Monitors Used in California Tank Crisis Were Inadequate in the Past, Leaving Returning Residents Uneasy

By Steven Rodas

A view of a methane digester at Straus Dairy Farm in Marshall, Calif. Credit: Scott Strazzante/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

USDA Extends Pause on Loans for Controversial Digesters That Turn Manure Into Biogas

By Steven Rodas, Lisa Sorg

Santa Paula resident Ethan Higbee walks the area where an oil spill took place six months earlier in Ventura County. He smells residue he worries is oil remains. Credit: Steven Rodas/Inside Climate News

Six Months After Oil Spilled Into California Tributary, Families Worry the Cleanup Was Never Finished

By Steven Rodas

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