Sharon McNary

A City Council workshop Tuesday will include a city fire official making the case that MHF, as used at the Torrance Refinery, is safe.

The chair of the AQMD's governing board complains they hire and pay members of a hearing board that enforces air rules but has no power to remove those members.

There were no evacuations or injuries as a result of this explosion, which came exactly two years after the explosion at the refinery that was so massive it registered as a magnitude-1.7 tremor.

The refinery has had to flare off gases during power outages that were outside its control, caused by reasons from Mylar balloons to fog. A new power line could prevent that.

Environmentalists sued Los Angeles County over plans to clear the basin behind Devil's Gate Dam north of the Rose Bowl. A judge found flaws in the plan

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.