Sharon McNary

California state officials and SoCal Gas are close to returning the gas storage field to use. For at least one state senator, a crucial step is missing.

Protesters complain about continuing illnesses they suspect are caused by chemicals from the Aliso Canyon natural gas field, noting that an investigation into the cause of the nation's worst-ever uncontrolled natural gas release has not been completed.

The company has overhauled at its stricken storage field to meet new safety standards. Now it wants state permission to reopen. Public meetings on the request are set.

SoCal Gas pulled gas from the underground storage field near Porter Ranch for the first time in a year. The field's been closed since a massive well blowout.

After an explosion rocked the Torrance Refinery in early 2015, residents used scientific research and public records to raise questions about a dangerous chemical.

In this rainy year, enough water to serve more than a half-million people has already been saved to groundwater storage. But more could be saved

The air quality regulatory board and SoCal Gas agreed the company would provide the "reasonable" costs of a health study, but the company has not funded the inquiry.

Some families have been pressing public officials to keep the field closed, saying that any reopening talks should wait until the cause of the well break is known.

The group's treasurer resigned and reimbursed the city more than $27,000 to cover expenditures the L.A. City Clerk found questionable.

A far-reaching bill proposed by a Central California Republican congressman could strip away the regulations and requirements that make dam construction a decades-long process.

Benoit served as a Riverside County Supervisor, representing the Palm Springs area, for seven years. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer just last month.

Federal officials will take over the investigation and determine who, if anybody, might be saddled with financial responsibility or even criminal charges