Crews began removing every palm at the downtown San Jose plaza Thursday after arborists found 15 trees dead or dying.

A draft plan targets schools, parks and transit corridors in disadvantaged areas as San Jose's canopy keeps shrinking.

Riders as young as 6 tore into fresh berms and rollers at the reopened West San Jose track, rebuilt in memory of the man who founded it in 2007.

The Saturday unveiling includes ocean-themed storytime, a scavenger hunt and a photo booth for families.

The Bay water board is proposing narrow five‑year extensions to the new 2034 nitrogen deadline for qualifying nature‑based and recycled‑water projects, raising questions about costs and oversight. Local pilots, like Palo Alto’s horizontal levee, show what the extra time might buy.

Monterey County agencies are weighing billion‑dollar projects to stop seawater intruding on the Salinas Valley aquifer and protect farms, wells and drinking water.

Passengers on a small boat off Moss Landing captured rare footage of orcas leaping and tossing dolphins during a dramatic hunt in Monterey Bay.

A sounder of wild pigs was filmed ripping up landscaping at a South San Jose tech park, leaving employees to clean up torn turf.

Illegal fireworks damaged newly renovated basketball courts at Plata Arroyo Park, forcing a postponed ribbon-cutting while city crews assess repairs.

Sunnyvale reopened its Community Center grounds on May 21 after a nearly five-year, $14M renovation that added two acres of open space, new play areas and redesigned ponds.

State agencies restricted anchovy and sardine harvests in Monterey Bay after tests found elevated domoic acid. Bait use is allowed but consumers are advised not to eat fish from the affected waters.

Drone footage shows a shark circling a surfer off Seascape Beach in Aptos; the pilot says he revved the drone to warn the rider and the surfer left unharmed.

Nuevo Dog Park reopened Monday after city‑commissioned testing found no evidence the park environment caused last summer's cluster of canine illnesses.