Tag: California

Democrat Says Bill to Grandfather In Canceled Insurance Plans Reminds Her of ‘Whiners’

Michael Warren · July 30, 2014 5:03 pm

FILE - This March 9, 2010 file photo shows a tanker truck passing the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif. A contentious, $1 billion plan by Chevron to upgrade its oil refinery in this San Francisco Bay Area city is set to go before the city council on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Opponents say the project, which includes replacing a 1960s-era hydrogen plant with more modern technology, doesn't go far enough in limiting pollution and upgrading safety at the facility, and say the company should give more than the planned $60 million over 10 years in community investments. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Overhaul approved for troubled California refinery

Washington Examiner · July 30, 2014 2:28 pm

The remains of a burned home lie in the Foresta community in Yosemite National Park in California on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Fire crews gained ground Tuesday on two of the largest wildfires in California, lifting evacuation orders for about half the homes in the path of a blaze in Yosemite and redeploying firefighters battling another fire in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of Sacramento. (AP Photo/Al Golub)

Progress reported on 2 California wildfires

FENIT NIRAPPILSUDHIN THANAWALA · July 30, 2014 12:49 pm

Back-dropped by a mural by Mexican painter David Alfaro Siqueiros, California Governor Jerry Brown speaks during a press conference with U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Anthony Wayne, not seen, at the Soumaya museum in Mexico City, Monday, July 28, 2014. California's governor on Monday kicked off a three day visit to Mexico, where he will discuss immigration in separate meetings with President Enrique Pena Nieto and Central American diplomatic and religious leaders.(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Brown: California willing to shelter more migrants

Olga Rodriguez · July 30, 2014 2:02 am

UCLA flooded by broken water main, cars stranded

Washington Examiner · July 29, 2014 11:22 pm

New California fines for wasting water take effect

Washington Examiner · July 29, 2014 10:47 pm

Orange County man convicted of killing roommate

Washington Examiner · July 29, 2014 10:46 pm

Man in 90s in pack-rat conditions dies in fire

Washington Examiner · July 29, 2014 10:27 pm

Report: Health premiums rose significantly in 2014

Fenit Nirappil · July 29, 2014 10:12 pm

Helicopter rescues teens on California cliff

Washington Examiner · July 29, 2014 9:59 pm

No charges in California infant-in-car death

Washington Examiner · July 29, 2014 9:29 pm

Troubled California refinery overhaul up for vote

Washington Examiner · July 29, 2014 9:28 pm