Tony Briscoe

LOS ANGELES — For decades, Southern California's war on smog has focused on strategies to reduce pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks.

Los Angeles County is suing the owner of Chiquita Canyon Landfill for failing to control a high-temperature chemical reaction that is cooking garbage and sickening nearby residents.

Environmental advocates are cautiously optimistic after the Supreme Court left California's nation-leading auto emissions standards in place — at least for the moment.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday signed off on two major California clean air rules designed to reduce pollution from cars and trucks, including a ban on selling new gasoline-powered cars statewide by 2035.

Under the Clean Air Act, California has the ability to adopt more stringent vehicle emission requirements than the federal government. But the state must seek a waiver from the EPA.

Environmental advocates are cautiously optimistic after the Supreme Court left California's nation-leading auto emissions standards in place — at least for the moment.

Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.

Stormy seas along the California coast calmed a bit for the Christmas holiday, but powerful ocean waves were expected to return to the Bay Area for the rest of the week.

With dangerous surf and high winds roiling the Southern California's coast, authorities suspended their search for two men whose capsized boat washed ashore along the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

Stormy seas along the California coast calmed a bit for the Christmas holiday, but powerful ocean waves were expected to return to the Bay Area for the rest of the week.