As California moves away from gas-powered technology, state officials have looked for ways to ease stress on our electrical grid. A recent California Energy Commission decision tackles the systems ...

Mandatory water restrictions went into effect this week across California, where the governor hopes to see water usage drop by an average of 25 percent. As CBS News correspondent David Begnaud reports ...

California's massive swimming pool industry faces a dilemma as the state heads into its summer season and a fourth year of historic drought conditions. Last month, Gov. Jerry Brown ordered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Aaron Mendelson SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The California dream of owning a house with a sparkling swimming pool is drying up ...

Californians built more backyard swimming pools last year than in any year since the peak of the housing boom. And this year, the state is on pace to shatter last year’s mark. All this - during one of ...

Once a pillar of suburban comfort, the backyard swimming pool is now the prey of many California communities trying to save water. Drought policies passed by cities and utilities across the Bay Area ...

California swimming pool companies just regaining their financial footing after the recession are now facing a new challenge: a devastating drought that has put the state's ubiquitous backyard pools ...

California’s approach to reopening pools from the COVID-19 pandemic has largely been piecemeal, but as it enters Phase 3, a wider change could be coming. The state last Friday laid out the framework ...