SACRAMENTO — In a victory for critics of California’s oil drilling industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday stopped the approval of new hydraulic fracturing in the state until the permits for those projects can be reviewed by an independent panel of scientists. Newsom also imposed a moratorium on new permits for steam-injected oil drilling, another extraction […]
Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, has emerged as a pivotal link between the president and a shadow foreign policy led by Rudolph W. Giuliani. WASHINGTON — Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, has emerged as a pivotal link between the president and a shadow foreign policy led by Rudolph W. Giuliani, […]
MEXICO CITY — Coming off the most interception-filled back-to-back games of his 16-year career, Philip Rivers remains the Chargers’ starting quarterback. Coach Anthony Lynn indicated he wasn’t going to make a switch during the team’s week off but said every position will be re-evaluated given the team’s 4-7 record. “I’m not going to entertain that right […]
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL Regional championships, Tuesday Open Division: San Diego Torrey Pines d. Mater Dei, 25-17, 25-23, 23-25, 25-20 Division I: Vista Murrieta d. Carlsbad La Costa Canyon, 25-20, 21-25, 32-30, 23-25, 15-9 Division II: Ontario Christian d. Carlsbad, 25-23, 21-25, 25-23, 16-25, 16-14 Division III: South Pasadena d. Palm Desert, 25-10, 25-18, 16-25, 25-22 […]
When is a deadline not really a deadline? The Angels and the city of Anaheim might soon find out. The team faces a Dec. 31 deadline to opt out of its stadium lease or remain bound to it through 2029, but one city councilman suggested the deadline might not be that firm. “I’m hearing it’s […]
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Tuesday evening at 10:42 p.m., seven miles from Palm Springs, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred 3.5 miles east-southeast of Anza, 11 miles from La Quinta, 11 miles from Palm Desert, 14 miles from Rancho Mirage and 16 miles from Indio. In the past 10 days, […]
I used to look askance at Angelyne. In the 1990s and early aughts, I’d see her around town, on one of the now-iconic billboards (image, name and nothing more) or driving her Pepto-Bismol pink Corvette like Barbie brought to life, and I would think: This is everything I like least about Los Angeles. What I’ve […]
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Wednesday, Nov. 20, and I’m writing from Los Angeles. Newsletter Get our Essential California newsletter My colleague Christopher Goffard has spent years finding the darkest corners of a place where the sun shines approximately 278 days a year. Goffard is the reporter bard of Orange […]
About 450,000 people will be without power starting at 7 a.m. Wednesday as dry weather and strong winds roll through Northern California, increasing the risk of fires. The number of affected customers was cut in half from Pacific Gas & Electric’s original estimates, affecting 18 counties. The shutoffs will begin with Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Solano […]
The Times called Andrew Norman’s “Sustain” the best piece of new music in 2018, and on Wednesday the Grammy Awards nominators hinted they just might agree. “Sustain” earned Grammy nominations in two key categories: contemporary classical composition, where composer Norman will square off against Julia Wolfe, Caroline Shaw and Wynton Marsalis, among others; and orchestral […]