Half a year after tests revealed elevated levels of radiation lurking underground beneath a beloved Berkeley park built atop ...

The estimated 3,000 to 4,000 snow geese that perished in December 2016 in the Berkeley Pit’s toxic water died of both heavy metals and sulfuric acid, according to U.S. Fish ...

Update: A more recent report about the Green Fire puts its area at more than 14,000 acres. Amid hot, dry weather in Northern California, a lightning-sparked fire near Shasta Lake has grown to almost ...

A man was exploring Google Maps when he spotted a strange pit in the middle of a remote area. Curious, he zoomed in and noticed it didn’t look like anything natural. He shared it online, and ...

And finally, he joins a hydrogeologist in Butte, Mont., for a walk around the Berkeley Pit Complex, the largest Superfund site in the country. The PEOPLE App is now available in the Apple App Store!