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An undated photo of Gregory Mountain or Chokla in Luiseño.

Bill to preserve Pala Band land heads to Biden's desk

The land includes a sacred site known locally as Gregory Mountain or as Chokla in Luiseño. A 20-year fight to build a landfill at its foot in Gregory Canyon was stopped in 2016 when the Pala Band of Mission Indians purchased a portion of the site for $13 million.

Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers his annual State of the State address in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, March 8, 2022.

California governor seeks to speed up water, clean energy projects delayed by lawsuits, permits

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pledged to fast-track hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of construction projects throughout the state.

In this Sept. 14, 2020, file photo, Jeff Clark, then-Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington.

Federal authorities searched former Justice official Jeff Clark's home

Federal authorities on Wednesday searched the home of former Justice official Jeff Clark, who supported Trump's voting fraud claims and features heavily in today's Jan. 6 committee hearings

California Gov. Gavin Newsom offers to help negotiate Hollywood strike

Newsom's office confirmed Wednesday that Newsom has been in touch with people on all sides of the strikes. So far, actors, writers and studio executives have shown no formal interest in bringing Newsom to the table.

Tent encampments along the side of Sports Arena Blvd. in the Midway District of San Diego, CA on July 26, 2023.

Police can begin enforcing San Diego's camping ban on Sunday

The Unsafe Camping Ordinance prohibits tent encampments in public places when shelter beds are available.

A great egret flies above a great blue heron in a wetland inside the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in Trenton, Mich., on Oct. 7. The Biden administration has announced a finalized rule for federal protection of hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways.

The EPA finalizes a water-protection rule that repeals Trump-era changes

The Biden administration finalized regulations that protect small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.

The detention center on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, where at least three people have died since 2016. Congress is now directing a federal watchdog to examine the Bureau of Indian Affairs' tribal jails program.

Congress tasks a federal watchdog to examine Indian Affairs' troubled tribal jails

The jails program has come under fire for numerous deaths. NPR and Mountain West found a previous review was managed by a retired official who oversaw the facilities when some of the deaths occurred.

Journalists protest outside the offices of the <em>Austin American Statesman</em> in June as part of a nationwide effort by staff at Gannett-owned newspapers to draw attention to layoffs and budget cuts. A coalition of donors is promising to bolster local news with a half-billion dollars over five years.

Philanthropies pledge $500 million to address 'crisis in local news'

The new coalition of donors, led by the MacArthur Foundation, says one out of every five Americans lives in a "news desert" with little to no reliable local news.

Watch as San Diego reclaims 66 acres from an abandoned freeway

Few San Diegans today remember the fight over Highway 252, which would have torn through the Southcrest neighborhood.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 21, 2023.

In California's wide-open Senate race, Rep. Adam Schiff builds big fundraising edge

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff has built up a substantial fundraising advantage over his chief rivals in California's 2024 U.S. Senate contest.

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