The Santa Clara Valley Water District could face fines for spilling hydraulic oil into the reservoirs that provide drinking
water to Silicon Valley.
Scientists are studying migrating birds, to determine what migration patterns can tell us about climate change.
California is always just one long drought away from a crisis. At the center of the state's complicated and aging water system is the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Polls show many Californians aren't sure what or where the Delta is -- but the fate of cities, farmers and even fish depends on it. Efforts to relieve some of that pressure on the Delta often result in political deadlock. We look at the latest effort to break the Delta log jam.
We'd like to think that the choices we make are the product of deliberate, conscious reasoning. But Leonard Mlodinow says that's not the whole story. In his new book, "Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior," Mlodinow discusses the many hidden quirks of the human brain that shape our decisions and understanding of the world.