Robert Jablon

Associated Press

Firefighters work on a house destroyed by a wildfire called the Getty Fire in Los Angeles, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019.

Utilities: Equipment Probably Sparked Fires

A Monday fire was sparked after high winds blew a eucalyptus branch onto an electric line that caused it to arc, ignite dry grass and destroy a dozen homes.

In this May 21, 2015, file photo, an oil-covered bird flaps its wings amid at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif. A California jury has found a pipeline company guilty of nine criminal charges for causing a 2015 oil spill that was the state's worst coastal spill in 25 years. The jury reached its verdict against Plains All American Pipeline of Houston on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, following a four-month trial. The jury found Plains guilty of a felony count of failing to properly maintain its pipeline and eight misdemeanor charges, including killing marine mammals and protected sea birds.

Pipeline Found Guilty in 2015 CA Oil Spill

Plains All American Pipeline had faced a total of 15 charges for the rupture of a corroded pipeline that sent at least 123,000 gallons of crude oil gushing onto Refugio State Beach.

In this July, 7, 2004, file photo, a sign at the entrance to the Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water Company bottling plant, owned by Swiss conglomerate Nestle, on the Morongo Indian Reservation near Cabazon, Calif. Nestle, which sells Arrowhead bottled water, may have to stop taking millions of gallons of water from Southern California's San Bernardino National Forest because state regulators concluded it lacks valid permits. The State Water Resources Control Board notified the company on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, that an investigation concluded it doesn't have proper rights to pipe about three-quarters of the water it currently withdraws for bottling.

Nestle Warned Over Water Rights

The company may have to stop taking millions of gallons of water from a national forest.

Lawsuit Could Block Desert Water Project

The plan would pump water from beneath the Mojave Desert and sell it to Southern California cities and counties.

FILE - This Feb. 18, 2015, file photo shows a structure damaged after an explosion in a processing facility at a refinery in Torrance, Calif. A federal safety board says the 2015 explosion was preventable and is recommending changes to its safety procedures.

CA Refinery Blast Was Preventable

The explosion destroyed a large part of the refinery, rocked the neighboring community 20 miles southwest of Los Angeles and sent a fine white ash raining down on nearby homes and cars.

Work is underway Tuesday morning, July 19, 2016, to repair a sewage spill at Mission Road and 6th Street in downtown Los Angeles. Beaches in Long Beach have been shut down after a sewage spill that began near downtown Los Angeles the day before, flowed down the LA River to the ocean. Long Beach officials estimate that more than 100,000 gallons of sewage reached the city, and its ocean waters will be closed until testing shows it's safe.

CA Beaches Closed After Sewage Spill

A buried pipe in Los Angeles collapsed, causing a blockage that belched 2.4 million gallons of stinky sludge onto streets and into storm drains.

A fire department spokesperson said the the construction worker plunged 50 stories to his death from the building under construction and hit the back of a passing car in downtown Los Angeles.

Skyscraper Plunge Investigated as Suicide

He had taken off his hard hat and had not been wearing a safety harness because it wasn't required for the bottom floors he'd been working on.

Passerby's look up at the Wilshire Grand Tower on South Figueroa Street where a worker fell to his death on Thursday, March 17, 2016. A fire department spokesperson said the the construction worker plunged 50 stories to his death from the building under construction and hit the back of a passing car in downtown Los Angeles.

Electrician Falls Off of Skyscraper, More Than 50 Floors

According to the company, he wasn't supposed to be above the third floor.