By MARK GROSSI, Fresno Bee

The best hope for cold-water chinook salmon to survive global warming may be near sweltering Fresno, Calif. -- in the San Joaquin River, where salmon have been extinct for 60 years.

That's the latest twist in the long-running debate over restoring the San Joaquin, a project that will begin in less than 18 months.

FRESNO, Calif. -- The 2,000-year-old giant sequoias east of Fresno, Calif., have survived warm spells lasting centuries, but in just 100 years, global warming could snuff them out -- along with many Sierra Nevada species.

FRESNO, Calif. -- Federal authorities have delayed a major forest-thinning project because new research suggests the work could harm the weasel-like Pacific fisher.

Fearing danger to motorists and damage to a scenic river canyon, some environmentalists say California is moving too quickly to rebuild the western route into Yosemite National Park.