Boiling Point: Toxic underground fires are spreading at California landfills
The Los Angeles Times finds that residents near Chiquita Canyon are not the only ones suffering from heinous conditions near landfills.
Michigan Senate victory boosts progressives as Democrats wrestle with party’s direction
El-Sayed’s victory will put to the test in a swing state the broader strength of the progressive movement, which has found success in deep-blue places like New York City and Los Angeles.
Lineage says it will spend up to $100 million on Boyle Heights cleanup as air regulators demand action
The operator of a cold storage warehouse that burned in Boyle Heights has said it expects to spend $80 million to $100 million to clean up the site.
Primaries on the West Coast are complete. Here are November races to watch
The Western states hold four of the nation’s 18 toss-up races as rated by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
Trump energy chief lied to Congress about canceled clean energy funds, lawmakers allege
Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Gabe Amo are asking the Justice Department to consider criminal charges against Energy Secretary Chris Wright, accusing him of lying to Congress about $7.6 billion in clean energy grants canceled in blue states.
Energy company profits are soaring with the Iran war. Here’s what California officials want to do
Sky-high earnings for oil companies and California refiners in the second quarter are renewing calls from California legislators to crack down on industry profits.
What gets me so angry about California’s proposed billionaire tax
What Prop. 40 supporters don’t get is that you can only smack a goose so much to give more until it bites back, which is what California billionaires are increasingly doing by throwing their cash around to defeat any political candidate exuding a whiff of progressivism.
Five Amazon countries arrest hundreds in major crackdown on environmental crime
Authorities from five Amazon countries arrested hundreds in a major crackdown on environmental crime
$207 billion saved for California from 82 lawsuits against Trump administration, Bonta says
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta credited his lawsuits against the Trump administration for protecting more than $200 billion in funding, defending core civil rights and removing military forces from Los Angeles streets.
California sues Trump to block latest tariffs, sharing of needy families’ data with ICE
California sued the Trump administration twice Monday, to block President Trump’s latest round of tariffs and to block his administration from sharing needy families’ personal data with immigration officials.