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Ash Cloud Over Mount St. Helens Conjures Memories of 1980 Disaster
A hazy cloud that emerged over the active volcano was the result of high winds rather than a new eruption.
© Loren Elliott for The New York Times
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California’s Environmental Past Confronts Economic Worries of the Present
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers have focused on pocketbook concerns this year, seeing their party’s national losses as a reckoning.
California Democrats relaxed a landmark environmental law this year, hoping to spur more housing construction. Cities like San Francisco are struggling to build enough units.
Firefighters Race to Save a Treasured Sequoia Grove in California
Giant sequoias can live for thousands of years, but wildfires have killed staggering numbers of the trees in recent years.
The Garnet Fire burning near the McKinley Grove in the Sierra National Forest in California on Monday.
© Noah Berger/Associated Press
Animal Activists Target Farmers in Sonoma, Known as ‘America’s Provence’
A new generation of activists has used extreme tactics and viral video to challenge farmers in Sonoma County, a region known for some of the industry’s most humane practices.
A protest organized by the group Direct Action Everywhere outside a Trader Joe’s in Berkeley, Calif., in August.
© Rachel Bujalski for The New York Times
Minneapolis Community Grieves Together After Catholic School Shooting
In the first Mass since an assailant attacked Annunciation Catholic Church, parishioners gathered to grieve and support one another.
Flowers and signs are placed near Annunciation Catholic Church after Wednesday’s school shooting.
© Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times