Financial crisis of a decade ago still affects housing market

The subprime mortgage crisis of 2008 changed how Americans think of homeownership and continues to haunt the housing market, contributing to a housing shortage in many areas of the country.

Study examines how wildfires may impact drinking water in the future

A study examining how wildfires could impact drinking water indicates that these natural disasters affect water quality and availability.

Winter storms encourage high hopes for California’s water supply

In a state still suffering under drought conditions, recent winter storms in California’s Sierra Nevada have given meteorologists reason for cautious optimism.

Student loan debt inhibits millennial homeownership

Nearly 90 percent of millennials say they want to purchase a home in the future, but half haven’t saved for a down payment.

California’s housing shortage worsened by wildfires

Before wildfires struck earlier this year in northern California, the state already was struggling to provide housing for a growing population. Now, following the Camp Fire in Butte County, as well as four others in the past 14 months, thousands of Californians who lost their homes can find nowhere to live.