The troubled utility company is asking the state Legislature to let it borrow money without paying taxes so it can compensate victims of a devastating wildfire caused by its equipment

A search was underway late Wednesday in an apartment building where authorities believed they would find a sniper who wounded a deputy in the parking lot of the Lancaster station.

The pilot of the twin-engine Cessna Citation jet aborted its takeoff at Oroville Municipal Airport for unknown reasons shortly before noon, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said.

The environmental law nonprofit Earthjustice filed the lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, National Parks Conservation Association, WildEarth Guardians and the Humane Society of the United States.

Long Beach police said the man told a coworker Monday that he planned to come into work and shoot people. The hotel’s management contacted police.

When I came to the U.S. from China as a student, my thinking had been shaped by Chinese propaganda.

Planes have long been a passion of the rich, particularly in Los Angeles. But among Silicon Beach elites, a pilot’s license is seen less as leisure than a program of self-improvement. For engineers, flying is fun with applied math. It’s intellectual exercise in the guise of a sport.

Long Beach police said the man told a coworker Monday that he planned to come into work and shoot people. The hotel’s management contacted police.

After listing for $1 billion last year, a 157-acre Beverly Hills property called the Mountain has sold at foreclosure auction for $100,000 to the estate of Herbalife founder Mark Hughes, the property’s previous owner.

From Sean Spicer to Lamar Odom to Hannah Brown of “The Bachelorette,” this year’s “Dancing With the Stars” cast is ripped from the headlines.