The cap-and-trade debate is still up in the air, and that could put a half-billion-dollar hole in California’s coffers.

Two people died when a small, single-engine airplane crashed into the desert near Needles Airport and burst into flames on Sunday night, authorities said. The crash was first reported as an "unknown ...

The proposal would “create opportunities to usher in a profitable Golden Age of rail travel for passengers and truckers,” officials said.