John Rogers

Associated Press

In this Nov. 10, 2018, file photo, the Camp Fire burns along a ridgetop near Big Bend, Calif. Pacific Gas and Electric says it has reached a $13.5 billion settlement that will resolve all major claims related to devastating wildfires blamed on its outdated equipment and negligence. The settlement, which the utility says was reached Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, still requires court approval.

PG&E Reaches $13.5B Wildfire Settlement

The fires were blamed on the company's outdated equipment and negligence.

California Bans Pesticide

It is used on numerous crops in the nation's largest agriculture-producing state, including alfalfa, almonds, citrus, cotton, grapes and walnuts.

The Skysource/Skywater Alliance co-founders David Hertz, right, and his wife Laura Doss-Hertz demonstrate how the Skywater 300 works Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, in Los Angeles. The company received the $1.5 million XPrize For Water Abundance for developing the Skywater 300, a machine that makes water from air.

Device Makes Water Out of Thin Air

The system uses shipping containers, wood chips and other detritus to produce as much as 528 gallons of water a day for 2 cents a quart.

This Sept. 23, 2015 photo shows ground crew moring the Goodyear Blimp 'Spirit of Innovation' as it comes in for a landing at Goodyear Airship Base in Carson, Calif. Goodyear is letting the helium out of the last of its fabled fleet of blimps on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Its replacement, 'Wingfoot Two,' will look about the same when it arrives at Goodyear’s California airship base in Carson later this year. But it will be a semi-rigid dirigible.

Goodyear Retires Blimps

Blimps are out. Dirigibles are in.

Angels Flight railway is seen in the Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. The tiny funicular that hauled people 298 feet up and down the city's steep Bunker Hill was shut down in 2013 after a series of safety problems. At a news conference Wednesday, March 1, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said those issues are being resolved and the railroad's antique wooden cars should be back in service by Labor Day.

World's Shortest Railway Reopens

It hauls people 298 feet.

This undated artist's rendering provided by Overseas Union Enterprise Limited shows a glass slide 1,000 feet above the ground off the side of the U.S. Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles.

70-Story Glass Slide

Nothing but 1¼-inch glass separates riders from the ground, promising to provide both a thrill and quite the view for anyone willing to open their eyes along the way.