Edward Ortiz
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Flame retardant levels drop in breast milk of California women, study finds
A new state study suggests the amount of flame retardants found in the breast milk of Northern California women declined significantly over about a decade, possibly as a result of a 2003 state ban on the toxic chemicals. → Read More
State issues new rules to avoid future methane leaks
New state regulations issued in the wake of a massive methane leak in Southern California require a range of safety checks at the state’s 322 active underground gas storage facilities. Environmentalists, however, criticized the new rules for not going far enough in preventing more leaks. → Read More
Betty Jean Thiebaud, filmmaker wife of painter Wayne Thiebaud, dies at 86
Betty Jean Thiebaud, a filmmaker and teacher and the wife of renowned Sacramento-based painter Wayne Thiebaud, died Saturday afternoon. She was 86. → Read More
UC Davis expert to take pro-cycling message to Paris climate conference
UC Davis transportation expert Lewis Fulton gave up his car years ago. He commutes on a red Trek hybrid bike from his Davis home to a West Village office where he’s on the faculty at the Institute of Transportation Studies. When it’s grocery time, he and his wife grab bikes with paniers. → Read More
Sacramento Philharmonic gets underwriting for pops concerts
The Sacramento Philharmonic, which embarked on an expanded season in 2015-16 after going dark last year, has received an undisclosed amount of money donated to underwrite a portion of the orchestra’s pops concert series. → Read More
Energy market widens in the West; lower prices expected
A wholesale energy market that includes California and other Western state energy systems expanded Monday with the addition of Portland’s electricity operator. → Read More
North Natomas burrowing owls likely face eviction
They peek out of storm drains and nest behind utility cables in the Montauk housing development in North Natomas. → Read More
Surging numbers of sandhill cranes on Delta island
One of the most majestic autumn rituals in the Sacramento Valley comes with a telltale sound: the distant trumpeting call of approaching sandhill cranes. Their annual migration is an elegant pilgrimage that begins thousands of miles north in Canada and Alaska and brings legions of the graceful birds to the region, where they winter in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, on flooded farm fields and… → Read More
California rancherias look to microgrids for power during natural disasters
As the deadly Butte fire ravaged the foothills of Amador and Calaveras counties last month, rooms at the Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort were transformed from guest rooms to cot-filled dormitories to accommodate hundreds of people evacuated from nearby communities. The fire scorched 71,000 acres, felling scores of power lines in its path. → Read More
Sighted at Ventura County beach, venomous sea snake may venture north if seas stay warm
Warm ocean temperatures from El Niño-like conditions in the Pacific Ocean are being blamed for the rare appearance of a poisonous sea snake on a Southern California beach. → Read More
Storms in foothills cause debris slides in region ravaged by Butte Fire
Heavy rains passing across the western slope of the Sierra Nevada prompted a flash-flood warning from the National Weather Service on Saturday and sent mud and debris onto rural roads in areas burned by the Butte Fire in Amador and Calaveras counties. → Read More
Two Sacramento County preteens missing after play date
Two preteens are missing after a Friday afternoon play date in north Sacramento, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department said. → Read More
Health officials warn people, pets away from water with blue-green algae
Sacramento area health officials are warning people and their pets to not swim in rivers, lakes and ponds with evidence of blue-green algae in the water after the death Monday of a dog that swam at Sand Cove Park Beach. → Read More
Sacramento psychotherapist convicted of sexual battery, sexual exploitation
A 72-year-old Sacramento psychotherapist has been convicted for sexual battery, sexual exploitation, and battery in separate assaults involving two patients, the Sacramento District Attorney’s office said in a written release. → Read More
Rio Linda bicyclist killed in Sunday night hit-and-run incident
Authorities are searching for a hit-and-run driver who killed a bicyclist Sunday evening in Rio Linda. → Read More
Safe haven for sex-trafficked minors has waiting list, poised for growth
At first glance, the large house on a hill north of Sacramento suggests nothing out of the ordinary, sitting quietly amid dusty rolling foothills. → Read More
Rescue center overwhelmed with starving seabirds; rising ocean temperatures cited
Across Northern California, on beaches from Monterey to Point Reyes, malnourished seabirds have been appearing in alarming numbers, some shrunken to little more than feather and bone. → Read More
Fire burns south Sacramento home
A house fire at 3911 W. Pacific Ave., in Sacramento demanded the response of five fire engines on Friday morning. → Read More
Popular UC Davis-run wildlife reserve closed due to Wragg fire
The Wragg fire has forced the closure of Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, a trail popular among local hikers for its nature-gazing opportunities and views of Lake Berryessa in close proximity to Davis and Sacramento. → Read More
Hundreds of vacant lots in city may benefit from urban ag ordinance
When urban farmer Fatima Malik steps past a chain-link fence onto a vacant lot in Del Paso Heights, she sees a plot of land that could someday be a fruit tree farm. → Read More