California Air Resources Board

Bill Gallegos: Cooling Dante's Inferno

American Lung Association to Los Angeles: Your Air Quality Sucks!

Ted SoquiL.A. housing complex near the air pollution of busy freeway.​The American Lung Association just released a health report Los Angeles politicians will most probably try to ignore, and hope the public will not notice, but facts are facts: Los Angeles' air quality sucks, and its residen ... More >>

New Housing Development Plotted At Intersection Of Three Major Freeways, Despite 'Black Lung' Health Risks

PHOTO BY TED SOQUIThe Avenue 26 project from the original story, which Mayor Villaraigosa called a model for family housing​The Weekly's cover story for March 6 -- "Black Lung Lofts," by Patrick Range McDonald -- revealed that the City of Los Angeles was allowing developers to build family hou ... More >>

True Grit

PHOTO BY TED SOQUIThe Avenue 26 project from the original story, which Mayor Villaraigosa called a model for family housing​The Weekly's cover story for March 6 -- "Black Lung Lofts," by Patrick Range McDonald -- revealed that the City of Los Angeles was allowing developers to build family hou ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Gun Suit Shot Down A Ninth Circuit Appeals panel has rejected a lawsuit, filed against gun manufacturer Glock, related to the 1999 Granada Hills shooting at a Jewish community center and the subsequent murder of a letter carrier. Two judges ruled that Glock cannot be held responsible for the illegal ... More >>

Election '08: The Pros and Cons of California's Ballot Measures

By Daniel Heimpel, Max Taves and Jill Stewart Statewide Measures Proposition 1A $10 billion bond. High Speed Passenger Train Bond Act. Total price tag with interest: About $19 million. Proposition 1 would give the state the right to sell $10 billion in bonds to build an 800-mile high-speed tr ... More >>

How Not to Fight Global Warming

Will Sacramento’s “ready, fire, aim” approach backfire?

The Crisco Kid

Brian Friedman wants you to fill 'er up with veggie oil

Who's Resurrecting the Electric Car?

Forget those poky little golf cars — the battery-powered muscle car is just around the corner

I'll Believe It When I Breathe It

Residents question ports’ clean-air plan

Tank Goodness

A shipping giant volunteers to slash emissions at the port. But why?

Air Board Revs Up for Clean Air

And truckers get in gear to protest low wages

The Eternal Dustbowl

Paying for the sins of L.A.’s water barons has created a half-billion-dollar boondoggle

The Greening of Ships

Can California stop air pollution out at sea?

Letters

Can California stop air pollution out at sea?

Ports of Cough

What it will take to clean up the mess caused by ships and trucks

The Air That We Breathe

Just when it looked like we might win the war on smog, a new and more deadly form of air pollution stalks Los Angeles

Stench of Politics

Industry money to the “Mod Caucus” fouls the fight for clean air

The Smog Doctor

John Peters and the science of children and dirty air

All Fired Up

Clearing the air begins with harsh words for our smog police

Outing Polluters

Clearing the air begins with harsh words for our smog police

Solving Smog

Our suggestions for ways out of this mess

History of Smog

Our suggestions for ways out of this mess

Pacoima’s Lot

A deindustrialized L.A. imports its smog

Reclaiming the Air

Ah, the memories of sweet orange blossoms in downtown L.A.

Air Angels

Ah, the memories of sweet orange blossoms in downtown L.A.

Clean Air vs. Cancer

A federal judge re-affirms California's authority to fight pollution

Go Vertical, Young Green

How apartment living is good for the environment

Dirty Prices

Governor and Barbara Boxer push ethanol

Reason To Wheeze

The governor runs out of gas for major clean-air fight

Arnold and His Identity Crisis

Will the real Governor Schwarzenegger please stand up — for something?

Arnold’s State Control

Top-heavy plan to reshape government likely to bottom out

Clearing the Air

Power broker William Burke leaves the state Air Resources Board

War Over Air

Governor’s role in cleaning L.A. skies

The New Energy Governor

Arnold needs to get cracking on the state’s looming crisis

The Well-Oiled Deal

Taking away local control of refineries is a family matter

Lord of the Race

Serving on two powerful air-quality boards., L.A. Marathon founder William Burke sets a fast pace. But it just might be when he crosses the finish line, the public — and clean air — are the big losers.

The Silent Campaigns

Gubernatorial candidates aren’t going out of their way to address the environment

Coughing Up a Plan

Clean-air strategy falls short

Driving Mr. Davis

Idea for new gas tax dropped to save the governor grief during recall campaign

A Chokehold on the Future

Hopes for cleaner air disappear into the haze

Trail Follies

Sometimes it's just hard believing what the candidates say

The New Alignment

Winners, losers and others in the Gloria Marina fiasco

What Belmont Foes are Saying: Part 2

Winners, losers and others in the Gloria Marina fiasco

Kiddie Diesel

A cut-rate, questionable cure for school-bus pollution

Pacoima Reality Check

What do electric cars have to do with inner-city air quality?

Cross of Gold

The California Air Resources Board swivels in the battle of the standards

Forward Into the Past

California regulators jilt the electric car

Heavy Breathing

Air police are failing to inspect the fancy vapor-recovery nozzles at your local gas station

Clean Air Takes Back Seat

Air police are failing to inspect the fancy vapor-recovery nozzles at your local gas station