Tag: California

Big Cat Chow

The Scrapbook · February 19, 2016 5:21 am

Officials with the California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources told the Southern California Gas Co. that the well in the Aliso Canyon area of Los Angeles is permanently sealed. (Dean Musgrove/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

Energy and Environment

Calif. well that leaked methane for months permanently sealed

Kyle Feldscher · February 18, 2016 7:16 pm

President Barack Obama, center, speaks at the plenary session meeting of ASEAN, the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Obama hopes Calif. summit cements his Asia ‘pivot’

Nicole Duran · February 16, 2016 9:07 pm

The tech region has one of the highest international populations in the country. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

37 percent of Silicon Valley foreign-born

Anna Giaritelli · February 13, 2016 12:52 am

The well at Aliso Canyon started leaking in October and was stopped temporarily on Thursday. The Environmental Defense Fund estimated it poured 96,000 tons of methane into the atmosphere while it leaked. (AP File Photo/Dean Musgrove)

Energy and Environment

House Dems worried about what Calif. gas leak means for the rest of the country

Kyle Feldscher · February 12, 2016 11:58 pm

The designation of roughly 1.8 million acres of public land as national monuments is actually three distinct new landmarks: Mojave Trails National Monument, Sand to Snow National Monument and Castle Mountains National Monument. (AP Photo)

Obama almost doubles number of national monument acres

Nicole Duran · February 12, 2016 7:34 pm

Red Alert Politics

Republican Congressman vapes while legislating [VIDEO]

Ryan Girdusky · February 11, 2016 10:17 pm

Red Alert Politics

Democrat state rep. thinks selfies will increase youth voter turnout

Ryan Girdusky · February 11, 2016 5:08 am

Southern California Gas Co. has said in news releases and FAQs on its website that since the crisis began, just two air samples briefly showed elevated concentrations of the substance. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker, File)

Energy and Environment

Dem wants feds to investigate California methane leak

Kyle Feldscher · February 10, 2016 3:49 pm

In California, the 1994 midterm elections were a harbinger of the partys future, with lessons for the Republicans that are seeking the presidential nomination 22 years later. (AP File Photo/Nick Ut)

Is California a warning for GOP on Hispanics?

David M. Drucker · February 5, 2016 5:01 am

Obama shows off basketball IQ as Warriors visit White House

Joshua Axelrod · February 4, 2016 8:20 pm

"I am very pleased that the Senate realizes what a crisis my constituents are facing in Southern California and that there must be national attention paid to finding a solution," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Energy and Environment

California’s victory in energy bill may bode well for Flint

John Siciliano · February 3, 2016 5:08 pm