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  • Robert IgerFinance

    Disney advances plan to inject $1.9 billion into ‘the happiest place on Earth’

    By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
  • Disney LandLifestyle

    Disney’s multibillion-dollar theme park facelift gets unanimous approval from Anaheim council

    By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Sandbags are stacked around a well in anticipation of flooding of the Kings River in the Island District of Lemoore, Calif., April 19, 2023. California officials are considering whether to take over monitoring groundwater use in the fertile San Joaquin Valley under a landmark law aimed at protecting water flow to homes and farms. The Tuesday, April 16, 2024, hearing before the State Water Resources Control Board is the first of its kind since California passed a groundwater management law a decade ago. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)Environment

    California agriculture zone is so dry state will monitor how much groundwater it pumps for crops—and farmers say move will force many out of business

    By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Visitors follow Mickey Mouse for photos at Disneyland, Jan. 22, 2015, in Anaheim, Calif. Disney is seeking approval from local officials to expand its California theme park offerings over the next four decades. The proposal wouldn’t increase the company’s geographic footprint in Anaheim, Calif., but would allow for new attractions, for example, on what is currently a large parking lot. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)Finance

    Disney wants a major expansion of its California Disneyland theme park to add more immersive attractions like ‘Zootopia’ in Shanghai

    By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
  • Trash is unloaded at the Otay Landfill in Chula Vista, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Two years after California launched an effort to keep organic waste out of landfills, the state is so far behind on getting food recycling programs up and running that it’s widely accepted next year’s ambitious waste-reduction targets won’t be met. Over time, food scraps and other organic materials like yard waste emit methane, a gas more potent and damaging in the short-term than carbon emissions from fossil fuels. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)Environment

    California has big plans to turn organic waste into fuel but it’s far behind on its food recycling programs because people won’t separate their trash

    By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
  • DisneylandSuccess

    Mickey Mouse wants to unionize

    By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
  • Gavin Newsom, Karen BassPolitics

    After the LA freeway catches fire, Gavin Newsom is reconsidering California’s obscure policy of letting anyone lease land underneath

    By Julie Watson, Amy Taxin, and others
  • Leo OrtegaEnvironment

    California’s years of drought, water issues push spirit makers to grow agave—but they’re not allowed to call it mezcal or tequila

    By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
  • Supporters of Israel attend a solidarity event in Glencoe, Ill., Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. From Athens to New York, some Israeli citizens are rushing to airports and diving into online chat groups for help, desperate to make their way to the country after Hamas militants attacked. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Politics

    ‘I am ready to fight’: Some Israelis living abroad rush to get home as war breaks out

    By Jocelyn Noveck, Menelaos Hadjicostis, and others
  • American JewsPolitics

    American Jews observing holidays are ‘holding joy and sorrow at the same time as we often do’ amid more war in Israel

    By Bobby Caina Calvan, Amy Taxin, and others
  • Jean Gaillard stands in a greenhouse where he grows produce to sell to local residents, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in New Cuyama, Calif. Gaillard is a minimal water user trying to conserve by alternating rows of squash between corn stalks and capturing rainwater on the roof of an old barn. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)Environment

    Small farmers are up against California’s $1.1 billion carrot industry in a vicious fight over groundwater: ‘We are being totally overrun’

    By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
  • Activist Bridger Zadina drinks spring water flowing from a BlueTriton pipe in the San Bernardino National Forest on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, in San Bernardino, Calif. As a part of their permit, the company is required to release a certain amount of spring water to serve wildlife in the area. The State Water Resources Control Board is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to issue a cease-and-desist order against BlueTriton, the company that produces the widely-known Arrowhead brand of bottled water. The order would prevent BlueTriton from drawing water from certain points in the San Bernardino National Forest. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)Environment

    California orders Arrowhead bottled water to stop drawing from mountain springs it’s used for more than a century

    By Adam Beam, Amy Taxin, and others
  • Beekeeper Gene Brandi tends to his hives at a cherry tree orchard in San Juan Bautista, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)Lifestyle

    California’s wet winter was rough on bees but a burst of wildflowers could still mean a great year for honey

    By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
  • LAKEWOOD, CO – OCTOBER 4: Arvada and Columbine face off at JeffCo Stadium in Lakewood on Monday, October 5, 2022. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Girls’ flag football is so buzzy that California just made it a high school sport

    By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
  • Girls flag footballLifestyle

    Girls flag football could become a school sport in California

    By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press