Environment

Judge Gives Gas Leak Evacuees Longer To Return

February 25, 2016

(AP) - A judge has ordered a gas company to continue paying to house Los Angeles residents displaced by the largest known methane leak in U.S. history.

Environment

Massive Gas Leak Near Los Angeles Plugged After 16 Weeks

February 11, 2016

(AP) - A utility says it has stopped the leak from a ruptured well that gushed massive amounts of natural gas near Los Angeles for 16 weeks.

State Government

Lawmaker Seeks To Dissolve California Utilities Regulator

February 3, 2016

(AP) - A Southern California Democrat is attempting to bypass the governor and ask voters to break apart the state's utilities regulator following allegations of wrongdoing.

State Government

Boxer, Feinstein Seek Federal Review Of California Gas Leak

January 29, 2016

(AP) - U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein say they will seek federal review of an ongoing leak of natural gas from a utility's underground storage site that has forced thousands of people to leave nearby Los Angeles neighborhoods.

State Government

Senate To Take Up Ban On New Gas At Aliso Canyon

January 28, 2016

(AP) - A state senator plans to try to rush through a bill putting a moratorium on injections of natural gas into a leaking Aliso Canyon storage facility.

Insight

Measuring The Aliso Canyon Methane Leak By Air

January 20, 2016

Stephen Conley will take new measurements of the Aliso Canyon methane leak site in his heavily-modified single-engine airplane Thursday afternoon and joins Insight ahead of the flight to explain the scale of his findings.

State Government

Utility: California Gas Leak To Be Stopped Ahead Of Schedule

January 19, 2016

(AP) - A utility company says it expects to stop a huge natural gas leak in Southern California ahead of schedule - by the end of February or sooner.

Utility Understated Levels Of Cancer-Causing Chemical

January 15, 2016

(AP) - The utility whose leaking natural gas well has driven thousands of Los Angeles residents from their homes says it understated the number of times airborne levels of benzene have spiked over the past three months.

State Government

Calif. Senators Plan Legislative Response To Porter Ranch Gas Leak

January 11, 2016 | Ben Bradford

Some California lawmakers are pushing for more inspections and safety equipment at gas storage facilities.

State Government

California Calls Gas Leak A State Of Emergency

January 6, 2016

(AP) -- California Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency over a massive natural-gas leak that has been spewing fumes into a Los Angeles neighborhood for months.