Marissa Ortega-Welch

A scientist in Mendocino County is studying animal communities in California like they’re the ensemble cast of a movie. What happens to them when a mega-fire dominates the plot? (This story was produced in partnership with Bay Nature Magazine and a print version is available in their 2021 summer issue.)

Early this morning, the United States Congress voted to certify the electoral college votes confirming the new Biden administration. But before that, the…

COVID-19 testing sites around the Bay Area are seeing an increase in testing. At a press conference on Monday, San Francisco’s Public Health Director Dr.…

The country is starting the week with a new president-elect. For many people, it was a weekend of celebration. For others, it was a weekend of protest.…

Prop 23 — the state proposition that sought to regulate dialysis clinics — failed to pass. This is the second proposition about dialysis clinics to fail…

Two San Francisco school board members were the target of online harassment after the board’s closely watched decision to change Lowell High School’s…

Wildfires have caused record-breaking stretches of bad air quality in the Bay Area these last few years. In this interview, Dr. Gina Solomon from UCSF and…

Some Southern California voters have been shocked to find out they’ve been dropping their ballots off at unauthorized locations.Reports of the unofficial…

A federal judge on Monday blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from allowing the dredging and filling of salt ponds in the South Bay. The salt…

California Climate Change Policy Will Stop Sales Of New Gas-Powered Cars By 2035 / 100 Hundred Firefighters From Mexico Assist U.S. Forest Service In San…