These exceptionally high tides are often described as king tides and will be more common in the future due to sea level rise.

The vast oil refinery in Benicia faces an uncertain future after its owner warned of the plant’s possible closure.

One Silicon Valley entrepreneur has developed a data center that generates not only the power to run it but also the water to cool it.

Valero announced this week that it has submitted notice to the California Energy Commission that it intends to idle, ...

THE liquefaction of air, and the rest of the so-called permanent gases, is an achievement which belongs to quite recent times. Faraday cooled and compressed gases by such means as were at his ...

Myanmar quake: Soil liquefaction caused severe damage, says Indian agency NCS Soil liquefaction when soil loses its characteristics and behaves like thick liquid was also one of the reasons for ...

FREMONT, Calif. (KRON) — Five Bay Area Kohl’s locations are set to close this weekend. Kohl’s announced the closures earlier this year as part of an initiative to close 27 underperforming ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - San Jose will join other Bay Area cities in billing insurance companies when its fire department provides medical care. The San Jose Fire Department said that about two-thirds ...

The National Weather Service forecast for the greater San Francisco Bay Area for Thursday calls for chances of rain throughout the day. Daytime highs will be mostly in the low 60s on the coast ...

Among them are five Bay Area locations in Fremont, Mountain View, Napa, Pleasanton and San Rafael. The store closures were first made public in a company announcement in January this year.

WASHINGTON — Weather agencies around western Washington are warning residents to brace for severe thunderstorms and golf-sized hail on Wednesday. With this weather pattern, power outages in some ...