Orange County oil spill renews calls to ban offshore drilling
Environmentalists have concerns about aging oil platforms off the California coast, which has reinvigorated debate about new offshore drilling.
Environmentalists have concerns about aging oil platforms off the California coast, which has reinvigorated debate about new offshore drilling.
California education leaders say the challenge follows a trend that encouraged school vandalism last month.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided 2-1 Tuesday that California's ban on for-profit prisons may not include federal immigration detention centers.
Officials first learned Friday night an oil slick was likely, but it wasn't until the following evening that the public was told how serious it was.
The storm dropped rain, hail and thunderous jolts Monday night, but dry skies are expected Tuesday.
The offshore waters along the Orange and Los Angeles county coasts are teeming with cargo ships waiting to get into the ports of L.A. and Long Beach.
Commercial divers hired to examine the 17.7-mile pipeline found it was displaced by about 105 feet and suffered a 13-inch split running parallel to the pipe.
The first victims are seabirds, graceful creatures that alight upon the ocean's surface.
Schools have become the battleground in the cultural war over COVID-19.
Persistent myths about COVID-19 vaccine safety are hobbling efforts to promote the shots in certain parts of California, officials say.
Aging oil drilling infrastructure and lax regulation made the Orange County spill inevitable.
For much of its history, Los Angeles didn't have a city flag. It does now, and it stands out for its sawtooth bands of bright color, one of which is supposed to represent orange crops.
The full scope of the weekend oil spill in Orange County remains unclear.
Tesla lost a trial in which it was accused of turning a blind eye to racial taunts and offensive graffiti at a Northern California plant.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs into law bills aimed at curbing kickbacks and poor treatment in an industry meant to care for the terminally ill.
According to the National Weather Service's Los Angeles area office, most areas in the metro region saw less than 0.10 inches of rain from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday.
Anxious waiting game as Orange County oil spill threatens beaches, coves
The aim of the legislation is to discourage vaping by minors and bring taxes on e-cigarettes more in line with levies on other tobacco products, according to state Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Salinas), who authored SB 395.
California officials received reports of oil in the waters off Huntington Beach on Friday evening, records show.
The massive oil spill from a 126,000-gallon leak off the Orange County coast is moving south, threatening marine protected areas as well as popular beaches.
A developing list of what Southern Californians can do to help with the OC oil spill.