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![Sacramento mayor hails new tiny home project](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/10/attachment-housing-califnoria.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Sacramento mayor hails new tiny home project
The tiny homes are part of a larger Wellness Center that's expected to help revitalize what officials call a blighted area.
![Parts of US to see ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse Saturday](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/10/attachment-solar-eclipse.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Parts of US to see ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse Saturday
An annular solar eclipse is set to thrill millions of cosmic gazers in southwestern U.S. states on Saturday as it travels the skies from Oregon all the way to the Gulf of Mexico and beyond.
![Oregon seeks $28M for massive fish kill at Winchester Dam](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/10/attachment-oregon-dam-water.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Oregon seeks $28M for massive fish kill at Winchester Dam
The multimillion-dollar claim by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on Friday arrives after weeks of advocacy over dam repairs that killed at least 550,000 Pacific lamprey.
![September smashed heat records; 2023 on pace to become hottest year ever](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/07/smoke-and-Missoula.jpg?w=980&q=75)
September smashed heat records; 2023 on pace to become hottest year ever
This year's extreme heat data adds pressure on world leaders to do more to limit global warming as they prepare to meet in two months in Dubai for a new round of United Nations climate change talks.
![Fired editor slams Aspen Times over exposés on local oligarch](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/10/attachment-trees-colorado.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Fired editor slams Aspen Times over exposés on local oligarch
The Aspen Times promoted journalist Andrew Travers to editor-in-chief last June — then fired him after he published previously spiked columns about a controversial development on Aspen Mountain.
![Judge allows Berkeley homeless encampment sweep, sets guidelines](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/07/attachment-homeless-camp.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Judge allows Berkeley homeless encampment sweep, sets guidelines
A federal judge on Wednesday lifted an order blocking the city of Berkeley from sweeping a homeless encampment and set out guidelines for the city before it takes action.
![Report: Grand Canyon groundwater may increase in a warmer climate](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/10/attachment-Grand-Canyon.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Report: Grand Canyon groundwater may increase in a warmer climate
Researchers hoping to gain understanding of future groundwater volume in the arid Colorado Plateau looked back nearly 12,000 years to see how higher temperatures affected monsoon rains.
![Bay Area city asks federal judge to allow it to enforce camping restrictions](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/06/attachment-homeless-california.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Bay Area city asks federal judge to allow it to enforce camping restrictions
A federal judge is weighing whether to temporarily prevent a San Francisco Bay Area city from moving homeless people who camp in public parks.
![Feds revamp plan to restore grizzlies in North Cascades](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/05/yellowstone_grizzly_usgs_photo.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Feds revamp plan to restore grizzlies in North Cascades
After years of back-and-forth decision-making, the federal government is ready for public comment on a proposal to bring threatened grizzly bears back to the North Cascades.
![West Coast cities implore SupCo to scrap roadblock to anti-camping ordinances](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/03/Homeless.jpg?w=980&q=75)
West Coast cities implore SupCo to scrap roadblock to anti-camping ordinances
Dozens of cities in the western U.S. asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a decision by the Ninth Circuit that makes it all but impossible to enforce ordinances against homeless camps.