On the outer edge of Bodega Head, the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory is a working waterfront for science. The lab trains students, hosts visiting researchers and runs projects that touch everything ...

Last month, the California Coastal Commission delivered a sobering presentation about one of the state’s most pressing environmental challenges: the former Mussel Rock landfill on the Daly ...

Several people trapped on a cliff above ocean bluffs along the Daly City coastline were rescued Saturday by fire crews, authorities said. The hikers became stuck sometime before 1 p.m. near Westline ...

Los Angeles County public health officials are urging people not to eat recreationally harvested mussels from the California coast due to an increase in naturally occurring toxins that can cause ...

LOS ANGELES - California health officials are telling residents not to eat mussels collected by recreational harvesters ...

UC San Diego scientists reported Monday that increased ocean acidity is weakening California mussel shells along the Pacific Coast, a result of rising levels of human-produced carbon dioxide. The ...

Mussels gathered by recreational harvesters from California’s ocean shore should not be consumed by humans for the next six ...

A mussel bed in Northern California is as healthy and biodiverse as it was about 80 years ago, when two young students surveyed it shortly before one was sent to fight in World War II. Resampling the ...