San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose have NEVER seen a 90° day in the month of March. Next week we could have several days of 90°+. This will be an unprecedented March heat wave beginning Monday. For context, temperature records in SF go back to 1874.
Impact: Community activism and reporting from @ByIanJames has led to Orange Co. backing off from spraying herbicides in water ways. Democracy works. https://t.co/XLDQiVWmo2
#H5N1#BirdFlu detected in northern elephant seals on CA coast. Virus annihilated the funny-looking seals in South America between 2022 and 2024. From UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz research. https://t.co/mv7T1G7zSj
Hardly any of the plastic you're putting in your recycling bin is getting recycled, according to new CalRecycle report. And CA's landmark single-use plastic law? Delayed again. https://t.co/GnSdvhr1sf
For years, the water table has been dropping beneath thousands of acres of Arizona farmland where a Saudi dairy company has been allowed to pump unlimited amounts of groundwater to grow hay. Now, the state is finally imposing limits. https://t.co/0tTQ07rBtN @KaylaBartkowski
Michael Abatti will plead not guilty as autopsy report is released and investigation details are presented to the media #navajocounty#imperialcounty w @phila_lex https://t.co/XJH5fojxkp
Prominent California farmer Michael Abatti has been arrested in the Imperial Valley on suspicion of murdering his estranged wife, who was found dead in November in Arizona. @susrust@latimes https://t.co/ezG8bQ7jvp
Kerri Abatti, estranged wife of #ImperialCounty farming mogul, Mike Abatti, was shot and killed in her home in Pinetop, AZ on 11/20. Who was she? Why did she go to #Pinetop? photos: @caitlin_oh https://t.co/JOAyYUfFGJ
If you missed @corinnepurtill 's tragic, informed and beautifully written story about the connection between suicide and autism, please take the time. It's public service journalism at its finest. https://t.co/Z5dtIb602V
Biggest climate news nobody's talking about: California is "rethinking" its 2035 electric vehicle mandate. Right while Gavin Newsom saunters around Brazil telling the world to follow CA's lead on climate.
Details in my newsletter, Climate-Colored Goggles: https://t.co/kLx1aQBXlQ
I feel foolish and dumb that they got as far as they did. But, rightly or wrongly, I consider myself pretty hard to fool. [Maybe I need to reconsider my own abilities (clearly, I do)]. But, this was sophisticated enough I figured I should warn others. (16/16)
#ScamWarning: someone id'd themselves on the phone to me as being a part of the San Mateo County Sheriff's office. He said there was a warrant for my arrest for failing to appear in court. He said I'd been summoned for jury and didn't show up. (1/16)
Here's the thing: I googled the guy's name. It checked out. There is a SMC Dep sheriff w/same name. I asked for the judge's name: Check. The address for the sheriff's office: Check. Even the phone # they called from shared the first 6 digits of the real SMC office. (15/16)