Appeals court keeps block of Trump immigration rule in place
A federal appeals court in New York on Wednesday rejected a motion from the Trump administration that would have allowed it to implement a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents. The ruling from the 2nd U.S. Circuit ...
Ikea to pay $46 million to family of toddler killed in dresser accident
Ikea has agreed to pay $46 million to the parents of a 2-year-old boy who was killed when a chest of drawers tipped over on him, the family's lawyer said Tuesday. Jozef Dudek died in May 2017 at his home in California when a Malm ...
California eyes $4.2 billion climate bond to prepare for disasters
In a state burdened by billions of dollars in wildfire damage, California lawmakers are hoping for an advance loan before the next climate-fueled catastrophe hits. Lawmakers in the Democratic-dominated state Legislature return to work Monday for the second year of a two-year session. Their to-do ...
A skeleton found by hikers this fall near California's second-highest peak was identified Friday as a Japanese American artist who had left the Manzanar internment camp to paint in the mountains in the waning days of World War II. The Inyo County sheriff used DNA ...
U.S. West Coast fishery rebounds in rare 'conservation home run'
A rare environmental success story is unfolding in waters off the U.S. West Coast. After years of fear and uncertainty, bottom trawler fishermen — those who use nets to catch rockfish, bocaccio, sole, Pacific Ocean perch and other deep-dwelling fish — are making a comeback, ...
U.S. Rust Belt region eyes reinvention as hub for electric vehicles
The day Youngstown's steel mills began shutting down 40 years ago remains fresh in the minds of those who live in the blue-collar corner of Ohio. Community leaders don't want the recent closing of General Motors' massive assembly plant to leave that same lingering ...
Cambodian refugee paroled in California murder case, then detained by ICE for possible deportation
A Cambodian refugee who drew support from immigrant groups was released Monday from a California prison after being granted parole in a murder case, then immediately turned over to federal agents for possible deportation, his attorney said. Gov. Gavin Newsom allowed the parole of Tith ...
California's Pacific Gas and Electric to pay $1.7 billion over wildfires
A California energy supplier has reached a nearly $1.7 billion settlement with regulators for its role in causing devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2018 that killed more than 100 people in total. Faulty Pacific Gas and Electric power lines were blamed for sparking last year's ...
California rejects troubled PG&E utility's bankruptcy plan as inadequate
California's governor has rejected a plan by the state's largest utility to emerge from bankruptcy, which included a $13.5 billion payout for victims of a series of wildfires blamed on the company's faulty equipment. Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a letter to Pacific Gas and ...
Facebook on Thursday said it is ready for a data privacy law that will go into effect in its home state of California at the start of next year. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will give internet users in the state the right to ...
Utility PG&E agrees to $13.5 billion payout for deadly California fires
California's Pacific Gas and Electric will pay $13.5 billion to settle lawsuits over its role in a series of wildfires that killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes, the utility giant said Friday. Faulty PG&E power lines were blamed for sparking last year's ...
With suction cups and lots of luck, scientists measure blue whale's heart rate
Using a bright orange electrocardiogram machine attached with suction cups to the body of a blue whale, scientists for the first time have measured the heart rate of the world's largest creature and came away with insight about the renowned behemoth's physiology. The blue whale, ...
