California to reopen fishing after offshore oil spill
The fishing ban that had been in place since the Huntington Beach oil spill will lift today at midday.
Ventura County naval base tapped to help ease congestion at ports of Long Beach, LA
This is the first time in more than a decade the Port of Hueneme has borrowed a wharf typically used for Navy warships, a spokesman said.
California COVID: Good case numbers but surge threat remains
California now has one of the lowest coronavirus infection rates in the country, with 1.9% of people testing positive for the disease in the last week as the nation’s most populous state has so far avoided the uptick feared heading into the end-of-year holidays.
California asks review of order tossing ban on private prisons, detention centers
California’s attorney general this week asked the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling that rejected the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on for-profit private prisons and immigration detention facilities.
Southern California gets more windy, dry and hot weather
Long Beach is expected to hit a high of 89 degrees today. On Thursday, the temperature reached 90 in the afternoon.
California prepares for possible winter pandemic surge
While statewide hospitalizations have fallen by about half since a summer peak at the end of August, they have started creeping up in some areas, particularly the Central Valley and portions of Southern California including Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.
Gov. Newsom to push vaccines in Southern California swing
Gov. Gavin Newsom will visit a COVID-19 vaccine and flu shot clinic in Los Angeles County today.
White House unveils funding to ease supply chain crisis, with LA and Long Beach ports being a top priority
“If you look at where investment dollars can do more,” a senior administration official told the Business Journal, “the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach stack up very well.”
LA’s new vaccine mandate goes into effect today; here’s what it means for Long Beach
Long Beach aligned with the county in requiring vaccination proof only for bars and other drinking establishments that do not serve food.
Southern California enacts new smog rules on refineries
The rules apply to some 300 pieces of combustion equipment at the facilities such as boilers and gas turbines.