Senate Republicans have voted 51 to 44 to overturn a waiver that allowed California to set stricter air pollution standards for vehicles. The state has received waivers more than 100 times since federal laws granted the right some 50 years ago.

President Donald Trump is expected to approve the congressional measure after repeatedly bashing "EV mandates" on the campaign trail last year.

Among the wind turbines, solar panels and Joshua Trees are giant batteries that look like shipping containers. Tesla workers tinker with the ones at the Eland solar and storage project, developed by Arevon Energy.

A Northern California county has declared a local state of emergency as residents report more gray wolf incidents. Shasta County supervisors adopted the state of emergency declaration last week. The emergency declaration comes as rural Shasta County residents report more encounters with gray wolves – including attacks on livestock.

Southern California is bracing for a surge of summerlike heat this week with inland temperatures expected to climb into the 90s and potentially hit the triple digits in the San Fernando Valley, according to the National Weather Service.

California cities and counties are supposed to work together to help their homeless residents. But those partnerships can be fraught.

A minor, 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 12:09 p.m. Pacific time about 15 miles south of Bakersfield,