Chaparral is an evergreen shrub vegetation that dominates the rocky slopes of southern and central California. It forms a nearly continuous cover of closely spaced shrubs 6 to 12 feet (2 to 4 meters) tall, with intertwining branches that make the...

Chaparral is an ecological community consisting of drought-resistant evergreen shrubs and small trees that are adapted to long, hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters. The chaparral is found in five places on earth where there is a warm land mass...

Chaparral is a geographically widespread ecosystem (or biome) occurring in warm-temperate environments with a "Mediterranean" climatic regime, characterized by mild, cool, moist winters and hot, dry summers. Chaparral is a shrub-dominated ecosystem,...

Chaparral is a shrubland or heathland plant community found primarily in California, USA, that is shaped by a Mediterranean climate (mild, wet winters and hot dry summers) and wildfire. Similar plant communities are found in the five other Mediterranean...

It's been a good week for metals stocks, which again occupy a number of spots in Your Weekly Review.Since last week's publishing of Weekly Review, the best-performing industry groups include metal ores, specialty alloys, steel makers and metal processing industry groups. All those are up...

Stocks took back some ground lost in Tuesday's heavy selling, as oil prices drifted lower. The NYSE composite was up 0.3% at 10:53 a.m. ET. The Nasdaq was up 0.1%, weighed down by continued selling of financial stocks. The S&P 500 and Dow rose 0.2%....

Residents were able Friday to return to homes in Central California communities that had been threatened by a gigantic wildfire for much of the summer.Firefighters, aided by rising humidity and cooler weather, made progress Thursday in battling the second-largest wildfire in modern California history.They lifted...

Nasdaq stocks rallied in the afternoon Wednesday after plunging at midday.The composite closed 0.9% higher as volume increased modestly. The Nasdaq 100 jumped 1.2%.Chaparral Steel CHAP rose 1.49 to 51.32 as steel-related industry groups fared well. Chaparral closed near intraday lows, however. The stock has...