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The orders will go into effect 11 a.m. Tuesday.
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Cleaner fuels in heavy-duty transportation, like big rigs, and its deployment of battery storage and solar energy drove this climate progress.
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The National Weather Service updated its forecast on Saturday, predicting major rainfall to arrive late Tuesday night.
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The atmospheric river is expected to peak around Christmas Eve, with wet weather potentially continuing into the weekend.
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The decision lowers the investor-owned companies' profits by about 0.3%. It's likely to have a small effect on Southern Californians' energy bills.
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The sewage was accidentally discharged into the San Gabriel River on Tuesday, according to the California Office of Emergency Services.
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Biologists have attached tiny, solar transmitters to the monarch butterflies, allowing researchers and everyday visitors to help track the butterflies’ movements in real time.
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Echoing state and local officials, a new analysis agrees: hydrant failures in the Palisades fire were ‘the rule rather than the exception.’
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California’s snowpack is about 20% of normal for this time of the year, according to the state’s snow-tracking website.Listen 0:43
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Will California OK lower utility company profits? How a pending vote could affect your electric billCutting utility rates of return is one way the state is trying to address the energy affordability crisis.Listen 0:43
