Terence Chea, Author at Greenfield Recorder

In this May 20, 2019 photo, a purple urchin is held at Bodega Marine Lab, which is running a pilot project to remove purple urchins from the ocean floor, feed and restore them to health, then sell them as premium seafood in Bodega Bay, Calif. Tens of millions of voracious purple sea urchins that have already chomped their way through towering underwater kelp forests in California are now spreading north to Oregon, sending the delicate marine ecosystem off the shore into such disarray...

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Swarm of sea urchins wreaks destruction on US West Coast

by Gillian Flaccus Associated Press, and Terence Chea Associated PressOctober 24, 2019

NEWPORT, Ore. — Tens of millions of voracious purple sea urchins that have already chomped their way through towering underwater kelp forests in California are spreading north to Oregon, sending the delicate marine ecosystem off the shore into such…

Carlos Lama of Bayside Cafe, which was among businesses to lose power due to PG&E's public safety power shutoff, uses an LED lamp and light from his phone at the counter of the restaurant in Sausalito, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Pacific Gas & Electric has cut power to more than half a million customers in Northern California hoping to prevent wildfires during dry, windy weather throughout the region. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal via AP)

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Lights out: Power cut in California to prevent deadly fires

by Brian Melley Associated Press, and Terence Chea Associated PressOctober 9, 2019

In this photo taken April 11, 2019, Memphis Meats CEO Uma Valeti shows chicken his company produced in a laboratory from chicken cells in Emeryville, Calif. A growing number of startups worldwide are making cell-based or cultured meat that doesn't require slaughtering animals. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

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Fresh from the lab: Meat that avoids slaughter

by Terence Chea Associated PressJuly 9, 2019

Aldo Cabrera, of Forestville, Calif., photographs the sunset at Wholer Road in Forestville, Calif., as the Russian River and Mark West Creek floods vineyards, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Waves of heavy rain pounded California on Thursday, trapping people in floodwaters, washing away a mountain highway, triggering a mudslide that destroyed homes and forcing residents to flee communities scorched by wildfires last year. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)

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More rain, snow expected in already soaked California

by Terence Chea Associated Press, and John Antczak Associated PressFebruary 15, 2019

Smoke from a wildfire spreads over woods, as seen from White Rock in Carmel Valley, southeast of Monterey, Calif., Wednesday, July 27, 2016. Acting Gov. Tom Torlakson, substituting for Gov. Jerry Brown who is at the Democratic National Convention with other top state officials, declared a state of emergency for the fire and another wildfire outside of Los Angeles on Tuesday night. The move frees up funding and relaxes regulations to help with the firefight and recovery. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

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Wildfire threatens homes in California tourist hotspot

by Terence Chea Associated Press, and Janie Har Associated PressJuly 28, 2016