If you are on the road this July 4 weekend, you are not alone. AAA predicted more than 61 million motorists would be on the nation’s roads during the long holiday weekend. There is good news and ...

The city of Calabasas has reached a tentative settlement in its legal action against Los Angeles County and Sanitation District No. 2 regarding the county’s plan to dispose of fire debris waste from ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has directed staff to examine the legal feasibility of establishing a countywide ...

Latino neighborhoods have to cope with 23 more days of extreme heat a year compared to non-Latino white neighborhoods in ...

A California Energy Commission official is recommending a pause on Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to penalize oil companies if ...

A record-smashing heat wave broiled the U.S. East for another day Wednesday, even as thermometers were forecast to soon ...

If you live in Los Angeles, you know that there are still active oil fields here. If you don’t, it’s easy to forget that L.A. is a place that is rich with oil and has been since the 19th century.

Firefighters battle the Franklin Fire next to a business along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu in December. Wally Skalij Los Angeles Times/TNS In January, wildfires in Southern California caused ...

More than 26,000 people have signed an open letter from the Dodger Fans Against Fossil Fuels campaign urging Walter drop the Big Oil sponsorship, according to a statement from organizers of the ...

As wildfires swept through Los Angeles County last month, the New York Times published a commentary by former insurance commissioner Dave Jones, who suggested that oil companies should pay for the ...

The report projected that "gasoline could jump 63% to $7.38 per gallon, diesel 69% to $8.23, and electricity rates could rise up to 55% for industrial users. Natural gas prices would spike 76% for ...