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Edison International leaders misled its investors about the effectiveness of its efforts to reduce the risk of wildfire in the months and years before the devastating Eaton fire, according to a shareholder lawsuit.

Legislators who represent the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta are vowing to fight Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan for a $20-billion water tunnel.

S&W Atlas Iron & Metal pleads guilty to multiple counts of failing to properly dispose of hazardous waste, charges that stemmed from allegations it belched projectiles and toxins onto a high school.

Sable Offshore Corp. has restarted offshore oil production 10 years after the operation was shuttered following a major oil spill along Santa Barbara's coast.

Nearly a mile deep, the Pacific Ocean volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny from scientists who only discovered its existence in the 1980s.

Unmaintained swimming pools where mosquito breeding has occurred will get a first treatment, but there's currently no money for additional treatments, according to vector control officials.

California has the tools, means and desire to to fight back against Trump's environmental actions, including through lawsuits and legislation, experts say.

Edison executives are expected to receive lower compensation when the utility's wires spark fires. The company failed in key safety metrics, but executives still got higher bonuses.

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control had planned to weaken rules for hazard waste disposal. An oversight board voted to kill that proposal.

Assessing the January fires' environmental toll is tough on land. It's even harder in the sea.