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Airport officials estimate that more than 100,000 people will ride the shuttle in its first year of operation.
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A bill is on its way to the governor's desk after having been passed by the senate today.
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A bighorn sheep that got stuck in a canal in the Coachella Valley city of La Quinta is back in the wild today, thanks to an assist from an animal control officer.
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The district attorneys of Riverside and San Diego counties urged passage of bills to treat human trafficking crimes.
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A Los Angeles city councilman said a "czar" should be brought in to coordinate services for the homeless.
A wild pig in Santa Clara County.
A program designed to control the population of wild pigs causing environmental damage by scrounging for food in San Diego's backcountry was unanimously…
The Pacific Crest Trail, seen here in the hills between the San Gabriel and Sierra Pelona mountains, runs near the wildlife corridor in Agua Dulce.
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this week to help fund the acquisition of 74 acres in Agua Dulce as part of a critical wildlife corridor connecting two major sections of the Angeles National Forest.
Liberty Canyon in the city of Agoura Hills is a wildlife corridor between the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills.
Caltrans officials plan to build a bridge for mountain lions and other wild animals to cross the Ventura Freeway west of Los Angeles, officials have announced.
A plastic bag in a tree.
Three environmental groups are urging San Diego's Mayor to move forward a review of an ordinance that would sharply curtail the use of plastic shopping bags. But the Mayor is pushing back.
Outdoor watering will be limited to two days a week starting Aug. 1.
The conservation measures ban people from hosing off driveways and sidewalks or using hoses without a shut-off nozzle. Fountains that do not recirculate water are prohibited.
The L.A. Department of Water and Power is one of many city agencies eyed for reducing carbon emissions.
A Los Angeles city councilman said today he wants to set a goal of dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Los Angeles by 2050.
A Lyft driver waves for the camera.
More than a hundred taxi drivers gathered outside L.A. City Hall to protest phone app ridesharing services, such as Uber and Lyft, and to urge state lawmakers to stiffen regulation of these companies.
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