House Republicans passed a measure Thursday that would repeal the government’s decision to place California’s longfin smelt, a finger-sized fish, on the endangered species list. House members passed the resolution, …
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Climate change is cooking Los Angeles. Does Karen Bass care?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLos Angeles is still reeling from its most devastating wildfires ever. In the next few months, temperatures could hit triple digits. Yet Mayor Karen Bass wants to eliminate the city’s …
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Bill to slash rooftop solar incentives weakened by Assembly committee
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAn Assembly committee backed away on Wednesday night from a controversial provision in a proposed bill to end solar credits for 2 million owners of rooftop solar systems, saying it …
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Southern California Edison likely to incur costs related to Eaton fire
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe chief executive of Southern California Edison’s parent company said Tuesday that the company was likely to suffer “material losses” related to the deadly Eaton fire, which ignited on Jan. …
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California is set to deliver more water via the State Water Project
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSouthern California cities can expect to receive 50% of their full water allotments this year from the aqueducts of the State Water Project, up from 40% last month, as runoff …
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Trump administration dismisses authors of U.S. climate report
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Trump administration this week summarily dismissed more than 400 scientists and other experts who had begun to write the latest National Climate Assessment report, informing them by email that …
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Sycamore Gap tree took more than a century to grow and less than 3 minutes to fell, prosecutors say
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLONDON — It took well over a century for the Sycamore Gap tree to spread its limbs into the elegant canopy that made it a beloved site saddled between two hills along …
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Edison told the government that Calderon was an ‘executive.’ Now it claims she wasn’t
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSouthern California Edison has repeatedly insisted that its former government affairs manager, state Assemblywoman Lisa Calderon (D-Whittier), was never an executive with the company. But that’s not what Edison told …
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After the Eaton fire, Altadena dirt went to Tujunga. A backlash ensued
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesResidents in the rugged enclave of Tujunga became suspicious in January after dirt-filled trucks began inundating their neighborhood streets, dumping their loads on nearby county-owned property. Their inquiries revealed that …
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Inside the massive tunnel that carries water to Southern California
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThousands of feet below the snowy summit of Mt. San Jacinto, a formidable feat of engineering and grit makes life as we know it in Southern California possible. The 13-mile-long …