Coastal Restoration

Catastrophic wildfires are spewing smoke all over the West Coast. This website lets you track the respiratory crisis in real time—with a few caveats.

Fires in Northern and Central California have killed at least five people, destroyed 629 structures and scorched more than 1,400 square miles.

A massive wetlands-restoration effort aims to protect wildlife, people, and real estate from the worst effects of climate change.

Citing concern over violent clashes at a Charlottesville rally of white nationalists last weekend, a group of California lawmaker

For seven weeks straight, hundreds of sharks have been washing up dead on the shores of the San Francisco Bay.

New records and details show that San Jose officials were aware of the risks and prepared extensively for flooding, yet held off alerting residents as waters rose.

The recent deluge of rain brought to life the strong, earthy scent of the chunks of Douglas Fir laying around the construction site of the Matthew Turner Tall Ship, imbuing a sense of another time, when the building of tall ships was common along the

The shellfish should arrive in restaurants as early as Wednesday and in fish markets later this week, meaning Bay Area families can return to the tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving with platters of freshly steamed and cracked Dungeness crab. The best retail prices are expected to be $5.99 to $6.99 per pound, according to Mike Lucas, president of North Coast Fisheries, a shellfish processor and distributor in Santa Rosa. On Wednesday, the two Woodhouse locations will return to offering their “Dungeness Madness” special: a whole steamed crab with potatoes, greens and garlic bread for $20 (the price will likely rise over the weekend). After last year’s season was delayed by months because of a toxic algal bloom, the start of this year’s brought a sense of relief to those in the fishing industry. Crab boats began dropping their pots in the ocean Monday and were allowed to start pulling them up at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. At Sun Fat Seafood, a market in the Mission District, employee Hoa Kuu said he expects to have local crab in the store this weekend. There is one limit on the fishery, though, as a 60-mile stretch of the coast between Point Reyes and the Mendocino-Sonoma county line is not yet open because of sporadic domoic acid showing up in tests conducted by the California Department of Public Health.

Is it appropriate to intervene to help wildlife amid a disaster? That question has arisen in fire-scorched Point Reyes, where Tule elk are short of water.

Easton Point, an undeveloped 110-acre plot overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, is on the market for $110 million in Marin County.

The wildfires that ripped through Northern California this month destroyed at least 8,400 homes and buildings, according to state officials. The scope and scale of damage is among some of the worst from wildfires in state history.The bulk of the destruction can be found in Santa Rosa, where the Tubbs fire ripped through major residential areas on Oct. 8 and 9.Satellite image analysis by The Times combined with data collected by Cal Fire and Sonoma County shows the Tubbs fire destroyed or damaged at least 5,500 structures alone.

So far, no visibly oiled wildlife has been reported or observed, but Coast Guard crews are monitoring for them, authorities reported Saturday. “We still have a crew on the scene ready to dep…

Special Report: The Bay Area faces a common threat along its shores, but must meet it with an array of ambitious and creative responses.

The U.S. Coast Guard and San Francisco Police Department Marine Police rescued 15 Sea Scouts and one adult clinging to the…

Many of his photos show the day-to-day sights of living in this city that are still valid today. From construction workers to cable cars on Powell or managing to get in a parked car on a steep street, you can find it all in Lyon's work.

At a GOP convention, Cruz mused on the inconvenience of rivers needing to have water in them.