Mar 10th, 2006 · You're at the game when your beloved college basketball team scores a last-second basket. You cheer! You jump up and down! But you might want to think twice about storming the court -- some college administrators are enacting measures to stop the practice, including fines for over-enthusiastic fans.
Jan 3rd, 2006 · Northern California residents are cleaning up and rebuilding after a week of powerful storms overwhelmed drainage systems and flooded many towns as rivers reached historic heights. The flooding strained the system of levees protecting cities and crucial farmland in the state's Central Valley.
Jan 2nd, 2006 · Storms over the New Year's weekend caused flooding, mudslides and power outages to tens of thousands of residents across Northern California. But a massive mudslide that threatened to strand holiday skiers in the Sierra Nevada mountains has been cleared a day ahead of schedule.
Jan 2nd, 2006 · Grass fires continue across Texas and Oklahoma, burning homes and destroying some small towns. Drought across the region is behind the numerous grass fires. Meanwhile, in California, the problem is rain -- northern California is trying to clean up from two damaging winter storms.
Jan 1st, 2006 · Northern California continues to get hammered by torrential rains, causing some of the worst flooding in nearly a generation. Debbie Elliot talks with Neil O'Haire, emergency services manager for Napa County, and with Dan Weinstein, a resident of the town of Guerneville where some of the worst flooding has occurred.
Dec 31st, 2005 · How to measure a year? In storms and votes and battles, in song, in literature and in poetry, and in the voices of people who lived through it all. Debbie Elliott speaks again with subjects interviewed in 2005 -- among them Allen Toussaint, at left -- to hear about their hopes for a new year.
Dec 20th, 2005 · Governments around the world are either demanding or encouraging people to take action to slow climate change. A warmer climate would likely mean higher sea levels, stronger storms and more droughts. It could also mean new ways to make -- or lose -- money. Some executives and their shareholders are trying to seize this opportunity.
Dec 8th, 2005 · One obstacle that residents of New Orleans are encountering in returning home is the threat of future storms. Some are so concerned that the levees are rebuilt with care that they are proposing the citizens get in on the construction effort themselves.