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Our Diary of the Getty's L.A. Architecture Project: SCI-Arc's Gala and a Concert at Jackie Treehorn's House

This is the second installment of our Pacific Standard Time Presents diary, covering the Modern architecture extravaganza that's blanketing the city. Go here for the first installment: *The Getty's Big, New Exploration of L.A. Architecture. Who would have guessed that with just the right amount of ... More >>

Marijuana Grow House Bust Worth $6 Mil in San Gabriel Valley; Binh Ly Arrested

If you wonder where at least some of that fine kush at L.A.-area marijuana dispensaries comes from, we don't. There has been a rash of busts involving indoor grow houses in the Los Angeles area in recent years, including a three-house take-down yesterday in the San Gabriel Valley. (In the meantime, ... More >>

Heat Wave Comes to Southern California: 126 Degrees Expected in Death Valley

Updated at the bottom with Southern California Edison urging us to conserve energy. First posted at 7 a.m. The June gloom sticking to our coastline well into August had you down, and you were waiting for summer to finally arrive? Better late than never: The National Weather Service this week issu ... More >>

Zhichi Xu: Marijuana Grow Houses in Hacienda Heights Busted, Man Arrested

Someone dropped a dime on 42-year-old Zhichi Xu. And at 7 a.m. yesterday cops went two Hacienda Heights marijuana grow houses allegedly tied to the man and found 1,400 plants, "elaborate marijuana grow systems," and illegal electricity hook-ups that siphoned six-figures worth of juice, L.A. County ... More >>

Caltech Asks Pasadena Residents to Host Mini Seismometers for 'Crowd-Sourced' Earthquake Prediction

Do you live in Pasadena, South Pasadena or San Marino? Do you keep your computer on 24/7, against the pleas of Southern California Edison? (Or are you willing to start keeping it on in the name of "crowd-sourced seismology"?) Then Caltech wants very much to come to your home and install a creepy li ... More >>

Marijuana Worth $4 Million Found in Diamond Bar Home: PHOTOS

Cops acting on a tip discovered $4 million worth of marijuana in a Diamond Bar house, sheriff's officials said today. In a statement deputies called the operation "an elaborate marijuana grow system" that included the alleged theft of more than $100,000 worth of electricity, ostensibly for grow lig ... More >>

Earthquake Warning System Is Running in Los Angeles, But Only A Few Are Hooked Up

What if we were to tell you that L.A. has an earthquake warning system that pretty much works, but that only a few folks will get the precious alerts? It's true. The U.S. Geological Survey's prototype "Shake Alert" system has been running since January. It can theoretically warn you as much as 90 ... More >>

L.A. Storm Leaves Thousands Without Power, Interrupts 'Mad Men' Premiere

The weekend rain- and windstorm that tore through Los Angeles County left over 8,000 residents without power last night -- about half SoCal Edison customers and half L.A. DWP. And according to City News Service, thousands are still in the dark this morning, mainly in the Mid-Wilshire area. In resp ... More >>

Valentine's Day Balloon Pops, Shuts off Power to 15,000 SoCal Edison Customers

Not the suspect.​A mylar Valentine's Day balloon reportedly popped over (update: or floated into) utility company Southern California Edison's substation in Fontana last night, taking a nosedive straight into the heart of the circuitry. Oops. If we were more superstitious, we'd say the massi ... More >>

Shooting at Southern California Edison Takes Multiple Victims; Baldwin Park Schools on Lockdown

The SoCal Edison office where the shooting occurred -- part of the San Gabriel Valley Corporate Campus​A shooting at the Irwindale branch of Southern California Edison -- located at 4900 Rivergrade Road -- has taken multiple victims, KTLA reports. And the San Gabriel Valley Tribune identifies ... More >>

Smart Meter Resistance Spreads to SoCal: Are New Wireless Meters Spying on You, Making You Sick?

Burbank ACTION​Over 100 worried residents packed into the disco-themed ballroom of Moose Lodge in Glendale last night -- summoned by a growing base of health, privacy and consumer advocates lashing out against California's sketchy new method of measuring household energy use. The new wireless ... More >>

Southern California Blackouts in San Diego, South Orange County During Heatwave

​Updated at the bottom: As power seems to be coming back on, California electricity officials issue a "flex-alert" for the entire state. A power outage affecting all of San Diego County has been reported today, and now we're seeing tweets that the lights have gone out in Dana Point, Laguna Ni ... More >>

VIDEO: Canyon Fire Lights Up Wind Farm Over Tehachapi Pass

YouTubeEarth, wind & wildfire​The massive fire ignited by a double-fatality plane crash in Blackburn Canyon, Tehachapi, on Sunday has since raged through nearly 15,000 acres of Kern County. A dozen homes have been destroyed, and 650 more are under evacuation orders. Bakersfield Now has some in ... More >>

Marijuana Grow Operation Goes Up in Smoke Following House Fire in Hacienda Heights

'Up in Smoke' in the SGV.​Note to stoners horticultural entrepreneurs: When you've got a grow operation in a residential neighborhood, try not to burn the house down. Those grow lights, they can get awful hot. Well, no cause has been determined, but yeah, part of an indoor pot nursery in the ... More >>

San Onofre Manager Says He Was Fired For Bringing Safety Concerns About the Nuclear Plant to U.S. Regulators

San Onofre.​A former San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station worker is suing the company, claiming he was fired weeks after bringing safety concerns at the plant to a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspector there. And yes, the Fukushima-crisis timing appears to be intentional: "This case ... More >>

San Onofre Nuclear Plant Mounts Info Blackout When We Want to Know Most

San Onofre.​So people are scared again about the safety of nuclear power. President Obama has ordered a review of plant safety across the nation. California's two U.S. Senators want the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct inspections of the two generating stations in the state. And Califo ... More >>

Los Angeles Spring Storm Fells Trees, Floods Streets, Darkens Homes

MuscleNerdTree down in L.A.​Update: PCH was reopened, and so was the Grapevine. Record rainfall was recorded around Southern California, with downtown Los Angeles seeing 2.42 inches Sunday compared with 1.48 inches on the date in 1943. See more records after the jump. The first week of spring ... More >>

Power Outages, Black Ice, Unruly Trees And Tumbleweeds Wreak Havoc On Los Angeles

A distant cousin of the Los Angeles Unruly Tree​Just because the puddles are gone this morning doesn't mean Mother Nature is done having her fun with SUV nation. In the mad dash from our living room to our car this morning, we couldn't help but notice that it's, um, ridiculously cold outside ... More >>

The Chosen One

How the labor-Latino political machine decides who serves in Sacramento

In Face Of City Hall Budget Crisis, Everybody Goes To Washington

​You might have gotten the idea somewhere that the city's facing a historic budget crisis with 4,000 layoffs planned, departments closing, libraries cutting hours, less cops on the beat, and fire engine companies being furloughed. But someone has yet to inform the Los Angeles City Council that ... More >>

Evacuations Ordered For Several Foothill Communities (UPDATED)

National Weather Service​Authorities ordered 64 households in the Paradise Valley area of La Canada-Flintridge to evacuate as storm-caused mud flows threatened a neighborhood above 2524 Ocean View Boulevard. Evacuations of 83 residences in the Riverwood Ranch, Alpine Village, Zachaou Canyon, H ... More >>

Los Angeles' Bungled Solar Plan

How D'Arcy and Villaraigosa turned clean energy into a dirty dispute

SoCal Edison Googles "Profits" Gets "Tortoise"

The L.A. Business Journal reports that Southern California Edison has inked a 20-year deal with Google-backed BrightSource Energy that could see Edison provide 1,300 megawatts of solar power to seven projects supervised by the Oakland-based startup company. The LABJ quotes both companies as claiming ... More >>

Lords of Your Thermostat?

California Energy Commission caught in scalding water

Green to the Core? — Part 1

How I tried to stop worrying and love nuclear power

A Creek Flows in Compton

In a city famous for gangs and hardcore rap, it’s hard to imagine how a heron soaring above you can improve your life

Split Over Atoms

Who will pay for San Onofre’s rehab?

Leaving Bush Behind

Companies make peace with Kyoto Protocol

Last Stand at San Onofre

Visit one of Southern California’s wildest and most famous surf spots — before it gets bulldozed for a toll road

Looking for Mr. Wright

L.A. lawmaker could make or break bill on renewable energy

Letters

Radiating Fear

In dire need of a plan to protect nuclear power plants

Gray Recharged

The governor’s guide to surviving the power crisis

Under the Dome

San Onofre’s Unit 3 isn’t cranking out power

Gray Unplugged

The power crisis may do in the governor

Future Shmutz

Natural gas dwindles, alternative energy pulls back

Letters

Silent Reactor

Taxpayers’ tab for replacing San Onofre power grows

Astrology 120V

(With apologies to Rockie Gardiner)

Shorting Out

Gray Davis is running low on time — and electricity

In the Dark

Times failed to note SCE role in pro-utility opinion piece

Flips and Switches

Gray Davis wants it both ways

Lights Out for SoCal Edison

Our pseudonymous insider says corporate culture was comatose

Kicking Assets

Crisis catches state utilities counting cash

Get That Grid!

If California bails out the utilities, John Burton wants the state to get the power lines in return

Ecocide

Sacramento Scramble

State government struggles to undo its deregulation debacle

Forward Into the Past

California regulators jilt the electric car

A Light Matter

Why exactly Californians are getting screwed by power companies

Utility Prophets