By Alejandro Lazo | CalMatters California has decided to abandon its groundbreaking regulations phasing out diesel trucks and requiring cleaner locomotives because the incoming Trump administration is unlikely to allow the state to implement them. State officials have long considered the rules regulating diesel vehicles essential to cleaning up California’s severe air pollution and combating…
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A herd of 20 miniature goats, two babydoll mini sheep and a Sicilian donkey named Steve will arrive as among the newest residents of San Clemente in the next few weeks, taking up their posts in open space and canyons surrounding the Vista Hermosa Sports Park. The herd, owned by resident Mike Kay, who moved…
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Former state Sen. Josh Newman has a new gig as a senior fellow with the UC Irvine School of Social Ecology, where he will be co-teaching a class on California’s future. Newman served in the state Senate from 2016 to 2018 and again from 2020 to 2024, representing districts centered in Orange County. He accepted…
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Containment of the Eaton and Palisades fires continued its trend of gradual increases overnight — and with offshore winds weakening, firefighters may have an opportunity for bigger gains on Thursday, Jan. 16. The Eaton fire, burning in Altadena, Pasadena and Sierra Madre, was 55% contained as of 6:30 a.m., according to Cal Fire. The Palisades…
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5 things to do in the garden this week: Grapevines and fruit trees. Now is the time to clonally propagate grapevines, fig and pomegranate trees from cuttings. In a full to partial sun location, take a spade or shovel and make a slit in your soil that is eight inches deep. Insert a 10-16 inch…
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By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press TRACY, Calif. (AP) — Michel Bérrios left the United States a few days before the new year, giving President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign for mass deportations a small victory before they even started. A former leader of a Nicaraguan student uprising, Bérrios had been in the U.S.…
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By KATE PAYNE and STEPHANY MATAT, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber. Elected as the state’s top law enforcement officer in 2018, Moody campaigned on a pledge to voters…
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A visitor writes a note on the Jimmy Carter Memorial Door at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, CA on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. The museum and Habitat for Humanity of Orange County are honoring the late president for his work promoting affordable housing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) Visitors can write a note…
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bob Uecker, the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker “Mr. Baseball” and honors from the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 90. The team announced Uecker died Thursday morning, calling it “one of the most difficult days in Milwaukee Brewers history.” In…
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In the coming weeks, the Irvine City Council will consider stricter regulations, perhaps even a ban, on new warehouses built in the city. That conversation, slated to take place in early February, will follow the council’s discussion in two weeks about whether to approve a 540,000-square-foot warehouse facility at the Von Karman Corporate Center in…
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