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Dr. Muntu Davis, MD, MPH, Los Angeles County Health Office, right, briefs the media on Coronavirus in San Gabriel, Calif., Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, as the outbreak reaches Southern California.

Judge Halts Plan To Move Coronavirus Patients To Costa Mesa

A court temporarily blocked the U.S. government from sending up to 50 people infected with a new virus from China to a Southern California city for quarantine after local officials argued that the plan lacked details about how the community would be protected from the outbreak.

Trump Administration Aims to Boost Energy Production, Cut Protections for Sage Grouse

The Interior Department is moving forward on revisions to Obama-era conservation plans for the greater sage grouse. The changes would ease restrictions on energy development.

Hurricane Harvey's devastating flooding caught many homeowners by surprise, and prompted support for more disclosure about flood risk.

In Texas, Home Sellers Must Now Disclose More About The Risk Of Flooding

In many places there's no requirement to tell a home buyer if a house is at risk of flooding, even as climate change increases that risk. Some hope a new Texas law will be a national model.

Soybean plants grow in a field near Tiskilwa, Ill.

An Airbnb For Farmland Hits A Snag, As Farmers Raise Data Privacy Concerns

The Internet startup Tillable wants to match farmers with farmland available for rent. The problem? Farmers already on that land fear their farm data is being used against them.

Cheryse Sana, left, and Derrik Parker were interns 10 years ago and now help manage the farm's current interns as well as run the day-to-day operations.

Youth Farm In Hawaii Is Growing Food And Leaders

The program practices tough love — Hawaiians call it kuleana, or a sense of personal responsibility. Kids commit to more than two years of work, and get free college tuition for their "sweat equity."

Workers pull out cosmetically defective garlic (that will be processed separately) at the Christopher Ranch processing plant in Gilroy, Calif. About 6 percent of its garlic is bought from China; the rest is homegrown.

In Garlic Capital, Tariffs And Immigration Crackdown Have Mixed Impacts

Gilroy, Calif., is known as the garlic capital of the world. Two Trump administration policies — one on trade, the other on immigration — are affecting the town in starkly different ways.

Visitors walk toward Sleeping Beauty's Castle in the background at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., Jan. 22, 2015.

Disneyland visitor had measles, may have exposed others

The Department of Public Health says a county resident with a confirmed case of measles visited the theme park on Oct. 16 from 9:15 a.m. to 8:35 p.m.

The Trump administration abruptly required hospitals to stop reporting COVID data to CDC and use a new reporting system set up by a contractor. Two weeks in, the promised improvements in the data have yet to materialize.

COVID-19 Hospital Data System That Bypasses CDC Plagued By Delays, Inaccuracies

After the Trump administration moved hospital COVID-19 data reporting to HHS, bypassing the CDC, the new data system has been rife with erratic updates and anomalies.

A Cal Fire truck at the Vista Fire on July 17, 2019.

Southern California To See Santa Ana Winds This Week, Posing Fire Risk

Forecasters say Southern California will have several days of Santa Ana winds this week and that could create critical fire weather conditions.

Last year, 10.1 percent of the workforce was independent contractors, down from 10.7 percent in 2005, according to a new survey by the Labor Department.

1 In 10 Workers Is An Independent Contractor, Labor Department Says

It says last year, 10.1 percent of the workforce was independent contractors, down from 10.7 percent in 2005. Those figures appear to go against other surveys showing huge growth in contract work.

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