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Oil Company Indicted By Federal Court Over Role in October Orange County Oil Spill

December 16, 2021 2:23 amDecember 15, 2021 8:24 pm

Houston-based Amplify Energy Corp., and it’s two subsidiaries Beta Operating Co. and San Pedro Bay Pipeline Co., were indicted by a federal court in Los Angeles on Wednesday over their role in the Huntington Beach oil spill that occurred in...

San Diego NAACP President Ousted By National Organization

December 15, 2021 4:06 pmDecember 15, 2021 4:17 pm

San Diego National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter president Francine Maxwell was removed as president and as a member of the organization by national NAACP leadership this week for repeatedly ignoring orders and not following organization...

State Health Officials Exempt San Francisco From Returning Mask Mandate

December 15, 2021 12:08 pm

Shortly before the new statewide mask mandate was reinstalled in California on Wednesday, the California Department of Health announced that the city and County of San Francisco would be largely exempt from the order due to a large percentage of...

Self-Driving Car Company Pony.ai Permit Suspended By DMV Following Accident

December 15, 2021 2:22 amDecember 14, 2021 8:55 pm

Pony.ai, a joint American-Chinese self-driving car venture, had its testing permit pulled by the Califoria Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday following details emerging from a crash involving one of their cars in late October. Pony.ai is currently one of...

SF Mayor London Breed Announces Crackdown on Crime in Tenderloin District

December 14, 2021 3:50 pmDecember 15, 2021 3:49 pm

Amid a large number of arrests and drug seizures in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco last week, Mayor London Breed announced on Tuesday that emergency police intervention there would be launched as soon as possible. Over the last several...

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti Begins Congressional Confirmation Hearings For India Ambassadorship

December 14, 2021 12:05 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti appeared before a Congressional panel Tuesdaylooking into his India ambassadorship nomination in Washington. Garcetti had been waiting for the hearings to begin since late May, when he was first rumored to have been President Joe...

CPUC Proposes Reduction in Discounted Energy Bills For Solar Customers

December 13, 2021 3:46 pmDecember 15, 2021 3:41 pm

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) sent in a reform proposal on Monday to reduce the energy bill discounts for people who install solar panels and storage systems. The current law has been in the books since 1995. That year,...