Suspect re-captured after escaping deputies at San Gabriel hospital
SAN GABRIEL >> Deputies chased down and re-captured an El Monte man who escaped from a San Gabriel hospital Thursday, where he was being examined following an arrest earlier in the afternoon,...
View ArticleVideo shows the moment the Porter Ranch gas leak finally stopped
This video shot by the California Air Resources Board shows the moments before and after Southern California Gas Co. controlled the leaking natural gas well at the Aliso Canyon storage facility near...
View ArticleWill guilty plea impact Baca's pension?
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents Wednesday, but despite recent reforms aimed at keeping convicted felons from receiving pension benefits, Baca will...
View ArticleMap of greenhouse gas emissions at underground storage facilities in the US
Even before the catastrophic leak was discovered in Oct. 2015, Southern California Gas Company's Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility was one of the industry's largest polluters. See how it...
View ArticleHow the Gas Company's Aliso Canyon facility was a major polluter long before...
Even before a catastrophic well failure turned Aliso Canyon into an international greenhouse-gas pariah, the natural gas storage facility was one of the industry's worst climate polluters. Carbon...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for February 13,...
TEMPLE CITYState of the City set for TuesdayMayor Tom Chavez will present the State of the City Address at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church, 6019 Baldwin Ave., Temple City.The mayor will...
View ArticleBusinesses, environmentalists and the 710 tunnel collide in AQMD board member...
The election of an eastern cities representative to the South Coast Air Quality Management District governing board has become politically charged, as environmentalists, pro-710 Freeway tunnel...
View ArticleHere's why the L.A. City Council is pushing for an investigation of SoCalGas...
The Los Angeles City Council wants Southern California Gas Co. investigated amid complaints from gas customers who have received higher-than-average utility bills in the last month.The City Council on...
View ArticleDigital First bids on Orange County Register, Riverside Press-Enterprise
Digital First Media, the nation's second largest newspaper company and one of the larger providers of local news, submitted a bid Friday to acquire the Orange County Register , the Riverside...
View ArticleSouth Pasadena asks residents to reduce carbon footprint to win Coolest...
South Pasadena is home to the second-ever Trader Joe's.But Mayor Diana Mahmud said she wants to be a city of firsts.In a video created for the CoolCalifornia Challenge, Mahmud encourages residents to...
View ArticleCouncilman Huizar seeks to speed up Exide site cleanup
A Los Angeles city councilman called on Gov. Jerry Brown today to fast track the cleanup of lead and other toxins from a battery recycling plant thought to have contaminated about 10,000 homes in Boyle...
View ArticleDeputies talk suicidal man down from bridge in South El Monte
SOUTH EL MONTE >> Deputies spent more than an hour persuading a suicidal man to climb down from a pedestrian bridge spanning a 60 Freeway offramp in South El Monte Friday, officials said.The...
View ArticleTransgender student hopes to inspire others by running his first LA Marathon
WILMINGTON >> Lyptis Rubalcava wanted to run the Los Angeles Marathon after hearing from fellow classmates that it was "the best feeling in the world."But little did the Phineas Banning High...
View Article2 people walking across Golden Gate Bridge hit by blow darts
SAN FRANCISCO >> Authorities say two pedestrians were hit by blow darts while walking across the Golden Gate Bridge.The California Highway Patrol says an officer patrolling the bridge on bicycle...
View ArticleMan accused of holding woman captive, assaulting her in Pasadena arrested at...
PASADENA >> Officials Saturday arrested a Pasadena man at the Nevada border who they had been seeking for holding his ex-girlfriend captive for nearly two days while physically and sexually...
View ArticleWhy the federal government agreed to halt offshore oil fracking in California
For years fracking in waters off California was quietly approved without public notice or studies on potential risks to human and environmental health from tons of toxic chemicals used in the intense...
View ArticleLong Beach woman performs prison weddings for jailbirds-turned-lovebirds
Some laugh. Others think it's crazy. But Tonia Perez -- who performs inmate weddings for a living -- says her work is her passion. "I can feel the love I give these women," the Long Beach woman said....
View ArticleMonrovia to consider eliminating directly elected mayor
MONROVIA >> City officials on Tuesday will discuss changing the directly elected mayoral seat to a rotating one in effort to create a better synergy among the council.Mayor Tom Adams, who...
View ArticleRemembering the lessons of Southern California's history of earthquakes
We were tired. Dead tired.Parents of a three-month-old daughter, we had stumbled through endless nights of breast feedings, diaper changes, colic and all those other assorted issues that called into...
View ArticleSex, biology and unlocking the mysteries of love and attraction
For a Saint Mary's College course on the biology of love and attraction, junior Noah Yang volunteered to fill out a survey asking him to name specific qualities that drew him to certain women.Eyes?...
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