Pioneering Researcher Behind State's Clean-Air Regulations Dies
James Pitts, a pioneering smog researcher whose work spurred California's ground-breaking clean-air regulations, has died. He was 93.
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James Pitts, a pioneering smog researcher whose work spurred California's ground-breaking clean-air regulations, has died. He was 93.
House Republicans have made the first change in their leadership since Majority Leader Eric Cantor unexpectedly lost a primary election last week. They've elected California Rep. Kevin McCarthy to replace him in the No. 2 job.
Hundreds of people lined up for a scheduled Hillary Clinton book signing at The Grove.
A new proposal would raise the national gas tax by 12 cents per gallon over two years in order to boost the Highway Trust Fund.
The funds will be awarded as part of a one-time grant process after lawmakers included a $10 million appropriation in the new state budget.
KCAL9's Dave Bryan talked to local Republicans in Newport Beach Monday about what the change could mean to the struggling state GOP.
That's according to election officials, who say an increase in mail-in voting has also witnessed an increase in the number of ballots that arrive after the election day deadline, when polls close.
By voice vote, the 40-member chamber elected Sen. Kevin de Leon to succeed Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento, who will step down Oct. 15, about seven weeks after this year's legislative session has ended.
Lawmakers are facing a Sunday deadline to pass a $108 billion spending plan that will meet Gov. Jerry Brown's demands for a rainy day fund and paying down debt while allocating some of the surplus to programs benefiting lower-income Californians.
President Barack Obama is spending a long Father's Day weekend in the desert oasis of Rancho Mirage.
A proposed music festival at the Rose Bowl is generating concern among homeowners who live near the stadium.
Mayor Eric Garcetti is trying to convince "Star Wars" creator George Lucas to build his new art museum in Los Angeles.
The planned construction responds to a judge's finding in December that mentally ill inmates on death row lack proper treatment.
The recommendation was among dozens made by the Blue Ribbon Commission on Child Protection and was approved in a 4-1 vote by the Board Tuesday.
A bid by Texas to lure a Tesla battery factory has brought that state's salesman-in-chief to the doorstep of California's state Capitol — and to underscore the point, he arrived in one of the automaker's sleek, all-electric vehicles.
