The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has rebuffed a Trump administration effort to dictate how homeless service organizations in Los Angeles can seek millions of dollars in federal housing funds.
Officials reported progress at a lithium battery storage unit that caught fire at a water treatment facility in La Verne earlier this week, but evacuations remain in place....
For more than three days, fire crews have worked to address a lithium-ion battery fire in La Verne that has forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents and raised questions about the safety of California's rapidly expanding energy storage systems....