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For more than decade, members of the Chumash tribe have led a campaign to create a new marine sanctuary on the central California coast. It could include waters off Point Conception, a sacred site for the Chumash people.

After decades, a California tribe's vision for a new marine sanctuary could be coming true

The Biden administration is moving ahead with what could be the largest national marine sanctuary in the continental U.S. A Native American tribe is hoping to be partners in managing it.

The fire department in Glendale, Calif., has been hiring Fire Grazers Inc. to help reduce the city's wildfire risk.

In California, wildfires are prevented by crews of unlikely firefighters: goats

The four-legged creatures with digestive tracts of steel make easy work of consuming vegetation that typically fuels wildfires.

A sign points visitors toward the financial services department at Grady Memorial Hospital, in Atlanta.

Getting clear prices for hospital care could get easier under a proposed rule

The Biden administration wants hospitals to do more to make their prices understandable, so that consumers know in advance what a health care service will cost them.

Annual inflation accelerated slightly in July, although the uptick was modest and within expectations.

Inflation got a little higher in July as prices for rent and gas spiked

Consumer prices rose 3.2% in July from a year ago, up slightly from the 3% annual rise see in June — but still within analyst expectations

How to ace a job interview when reentering the workforce after an absence

I'm 56 and trying to reenter the workforce in clinical nutrition. I have had many interviews that I thought went well. I think my age is the issue. Any suggestions?

<em>Yellowstone</em>'s later seasons were filmed in Montana.

Hollywood strikes' economic impacts are hitting far beyond LA

The writers and actors strikes in Hollywood are affecting jobs across the U.S. The Motion Picture Association says film and TV productions employ more than 1.7 million people outside California.

A man wearing a neck brace and a plaid shirt holds a microphone and notepad. He stands at a wooden podium indoors, speaking and facing to the left

Postal workers, residents frustrated with USPS proposed service consolidation in Medford

Residents and postal workers in Medford are frustrated with the United State Postal Service over the possible consolidation of services to Portland.

Police guard the hospital where several of the injured were taken after an attack against presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito, Ecuador, on Wednesday.

A presidential candidate in Ecuador has been shot and killed at a campaign event

Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed Wednesday by an unidentified gunman while at a political rally in the country's capital of Quito, President Guillermo Lasso said.

In January 2023, workers and businesses will start contributing to Paid Leave Oregon. The program will later fund up to 12 weeks of paid time off for workers recovering from serious illness or bonding with a new child.

Oregon employment officials prep for launch of paid leave program

State officials predict there will be bumps along the way, with officials planning weekly public updates.

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