Regulators Pass Higher Electricity Rates For Most Customers
Most residential customers in California will see their electricity bills increase.
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Most residential customers in California will see their electricity bills increase.
A van packed with fireworks has exploded and burned on a Southern California freeway, clogging the main road between Los Angeles and Las Vegas at the beginning of the July Fourth holiday weekend.
Big energy users are set to get a break on electricity while more efficient consumers will see their bills rise under a proposal being considered by California regulators.
A man suspected of driving drunk somehow got his pickup truck stuck on railroad tracks.
Water is pooling outside of two houses in Land Park after a water main break early Friday morning.
The Chicago Water Tower, Grant Park and Wrigley Field are among the must see attractions in Chicago for history lovers.
Men dressed in sky-high pumps, skin-tight corsets and perfectly hairsprayed up-dos with names like Rusty Nails and Do Me More call out the numbers.
The owners of the store say it can feel like a sauna when temperatures go past triple-digits, so instead of handing customers a towel, they thought it was better to conserve and get a break on their power bill instead.
Folsom Mayor Andy Morin says the water is back by popular demand, and because the city exceeded its 32 percent state water conservation target, thanks to a lot of help from mindful residents.
Former assemblyman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly filed the referendum. If petitioners gather more than 365,000 signatures, the measure will be placed on the November 2016 ballot. Also, the law scheduled to go into effect months before that election would be on hold until after the vote.
The finishing touches on the roof of the Sacramento Kings Golden 1 Center are underway, putting construction crews in Stockton under pressure to get the job done.
Thousands of pounds of consumer and professional grade fireworks were found sitting in a home in a quiet Fair Oaks neighborhood.
A spokesperson with the courthouse says it was having an external issue with AT&T. The court could access case files on its internal network, but phone calls and email weren't coming through.
Judge Christopher Krueger sorted through an email dispute with questions about how the mayor's private Gmail accounts Johnson claims are protected by attorney-client privilege landed on city servers.
Since Independence Day, July 4, is on Saturday this year, some government offices and businesses are shifting the holiday to Friday or Monday.
