Haven Daley

Homeowner Kelly O’Hare stands on her balcony overlooking South Lake Tahoe, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, where voters will decide whether to approve Measure N, which will mandate a tax to homeowners who leave their homes vacant for more than half the year. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Lake Tahoe voters may hit vacation homes with a $3,000 tax as 44% of housing units are vacant most of the time

By Haven Daley, Janie Har, and others

Heavy traffic flows northbound on Interstate-75 as people evacuate the Tampa Bay area ahead of Hurricane Milton’s arrival late Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in Ocala, Fla. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Tampa Bay residents flee as Hurricane Milton and its possible 15-foot storm surge take aim at Florida coast

By Terry Spencer, Haven Daley, and others

Residents board up a sea shell store ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall in the middle of this week in Treasure Island, Florida on October 7, 2024. Florida's governor has declared a state of emergency on Saturday as forecasters warned that Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall later this week.

Hurricane Milton strengthens to Category 5 storm, prompting evacuation orders

By Mike Schneider, Haven Daley, and others

Rows of grapes seen through a train window in Nappa Valley

Napa Valley winemakers are teaching Ukrainian workers a special method to grow grapes on land riddled with mines

By Haven Daley, Olga R. Rodriguez, and others

Ukrainian winemaker Georgiy Molchanov, left, asks a question to Ivo Jeramaz, right, during a tour of a Grgich Hills Estate’s vineyard Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in American Canyon, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

California winemakers and an international nonprofit are bringing over Ukrainian peers to help them with regenerative agriculture—and demining

By Haven Daley, Olga R. Rodriguez, and others

A person eating tinned fish

A pandemic trend that stuck has restaurants serving customers tinned fish straight out of the can—just like they do in Europe

By Julie Watson, Haven Daley, and others

San Francisco

‘Birthplace of the waterbed. And the summer of love’: San Francisco is launching a $4 million ad campaign to convince people it’s not failing

By Janie Har, Haven Daley, and others

San Francisco is investigating the giant ‘X’ installed on the building formerly known as Twitter’s headquarters

By Janie Har, Haven Daley, and others

Lake Tahoe tourist

Lake Tahoe’s $5 billion economy reels at being put on Fodor’s stay-away ‘No List’ because of its ‘people problem’

By Scott Sonner, Haven Daley, and others

Teresa Change

Restaurants are recycling ‘ugly’ food that has been getting thrown away for years: ‘Instead of calling this food waste, we need to call it wasted food’

By Haven Daley and The Associated Press

Marshmallow Peeps candy is on display at a store in Lafayette, Calif., on March 24, 2023. A California lawmaker wants to ban certain types of chemical additives in food dyes used in popular candies like Skittles and Peeps. They are already banned in the European Union based on public health concerns. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

California is trying to ban a chemical that gives Peeps their bright color because it has been linked to cancer

By Haven Daley, Adam Beam, and others

Half Moon Bay shooting

The Half Moon Bay mass shootings were a case of ‘workplace violence,’ officials say

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Haven Daley, and others

NAPLES, CAMPANIA, ITALY – 2021/03/23: An obviously worn-out mouth and nose protection mask lies thrown away on the street, in Naples city. (Photo by Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Discarded masks, gloves and other PPE gear are ‘everywhere’ in the ocean, watchdogs lament

By Haven Daley and The Associated Press