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Firefighters braced Saturday for a weekend of low humidity and gusty winds as they worked to increase containment of the Saddleridge Fire in the northern San Fernando Valley.

Strong winds were blowing today in the LA area, raising concerns that embers could fuel the Saddleridge Fire in the northern San Fernando Valley as a chance of red flag conditions loomed for this weekend.

The windy conditions could also lead to another round of power shutoffs. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed a law intended to counter Trump administration plans to increase oil and gas production on protected public land.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he wants to move the nation’s most populous state away from hydraulic fracturing, a day after he fired the state’s top oil and gas regulator for issuing twice as many fracking permits this year compared to last.

A pipeline company was fined nearly $3.35 million on Thursday for causing the worst California coastal spill in 25 years.

Oil and gas companies drilling in state waters off Southern California violated regulations nearly 400 times in the past three years, according to a report being released this week by an environmental group. Records compiled by the Center for Biological Diversity showed state violations ranging from severe corrosion to failed and missing tests required to gauge the strength of wells.

Attorneys for Los Angeles County plan to go to court Monday in hopes of blocking a re-start of natural-gas injections at the Aliso Canyon storage facility in Porter Ranch, challenging a determination by state regulators that it is safe to resume limited operations at the facility.

The planned reopening of a massive Los Angeles natural gas storage facility that spewed methane for months has only renewed the fight over its future.

Los Angeles County filed suit Wednesday against state regulators, asking a judge to require more safety and environmental review before allowing Southern California Gas Co. to reopen its Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility.

Southern California Gas Co. reached an $8.5 million settlement today to resolve a lawsuit filed against the utility by the South Coast Air Quality Management District over the four-month leak at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility in Porter Ranch.

A federal task force created following the Aliso Canyon natural gas leak near Porter Ranch issued dozens of recommendations Tuesday aimed at bolstering safety at underground gas-storage fields, including design changes to ensure that a single “point of failure” in a well cannot lead to an uncontrolled leak.

An energy company says expected costs from a massive gas leak near Porter Ranch have ballooned to $665 million.

Two months after the massive leak from a gas storage facility above Porter Ranch was plugged, the facility’s role in the Southland’s energy supply has
moved front and center in the debate over its reopening. Opponents contend misinformation and omissions undercut the conclusions of a report warning of risk of blackouts.

Some Porter Ranch residents are calling into question claims that there may be summer outages if the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility is not brought back fully online. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 5 and 6 p.m. on April 12, 2016.

Days after Southern California Gas Co. declared that it had temporarily capped a months-old leak of natural gas in Porter Ranch, the company pleaded not guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor charges for allegedly failing to immediately report the leak to state authorities.

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer is asking for next steps after thousands of families were displaced by a natural gas leak in Porter Ranch. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, 2016.

Gov. Jerry Brown declared state of emergency Wednesday for the Porter Ranch area in the wake of the ongoing gas leak from a facility in Aliso Viejo.

SoCalGas Company officials revealed they have eliminated other options and will now have to resort to the time-consuming process of drilling a new “relief” well nearly two miles long in order to stop a leak from the underground storage facility in Aliso Canyon north of Porter Ranch....
It could take another three to four months, the company’s CEO testified to the...

Hundreds of angry Porter Ranch homeowners had one lingering question — why has this leak been allowed to happen? Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016.