By DYLAN DARLING, Scripps Howard News Service
Smelly discovery could help fight West Nile-carrying mosquitoes
The smell of a volatile chemical exuded by people and birds alike is what draws in the species of mosquito known to carry West Nile Virus, researchers have found.
This discovery at the University of California, Davis could lead to improved efforts to crimp the spread of the disease, said Walt Leal, an entomology professor who led the research over the past three years.
N. Calif. water picture grows worse each day
Northern California water managers are growing increasingly uneasy with each winter day marked more by sunshine than rainfall.
"It's shaping up to be about as challenging a year as water managers in California have ever had," said Jeff Sutton, general manager of the Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority.
Dispute over recreational gold mining on Klamath River
An American Indian tribe from the Klamath River has petitioned the state to ban a popular form of recreational gold mining on parts of the river and many of its tributaries.
Cloud seeding plan in California sparks debate
A power company's plans to amplify snowstorms in northern California have sparked a debate about cloud seeding.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has installed seven propane-burning cloud seed "generators" -- collections of equipment that propel silver iodide particles into the air -- atop ridges in Siskiyou and Shasta counties.
Calif. backs Native American tribe for federal status
State lawmakers have said the Winnemem Wintu Tribe should be recognized again by the federal government.But leaders of the small band of American Indians in northern California said the call will only be ceremonial unless it is heard by members of the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C., and the tribe gains recognition once again with the federal government.
Calif. mine owner wants to build world's tallest statue of Jesus
Ted Arman has big plans for his Iron Mountain Mine and the acidic water that seeps from the federal Superfund site.
Thousands of young trout and salmon die in California mishaps
More than 100,000 young fish slated to restock a lake and bay have died in California hatcheries in recent days due to malfunctioning equipment.The most recent mishap happened Monday, when about 75,000 Chinook salmon smolts, or juveniles, perished while being transported in tanker trucks from a fish hatchery in Anderson, Calif., to the San Pablo Bay near Vallejo.
