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The sound of applause has scarcely died down in the Capitol after last week’s vote to significantly expand Califoia’s requirements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Proponents who steered the groundbreaking legislation are still basking in the afterglow of an effort that—after seeming on the brink of defeat—deftly mustered unexpected support and reaffirmed the state’s inteational leadership on climate change. But such is the unsentimentality of politics: Someone has to pop the pretty balloons and sweep up the confetti. For all that was achieved by the passage of SB 32—extending the original 2006 law and setting a new target of reducing statewide emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels b...

SACRAMENTO >> With a midnight deadline looming, Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature’s top Democrats on Wednesday struck a deal to spend nearly $1 billion in fees collected from the state’s biggest polluters on programs to boost public transit and put more electric cars on the road by giving huge vehicle rebates to poor people. The spending blueprint was one of dozens of items lawmakers approved and sent to Brown on their last day of work for the year. They also endorsed measures that would expand unpaid family leave for some small business workers, require developers to install water meters in all new apartments and declare denim the official state fabric. Several other bills — inclu...

LOS ANGELES >> There was no team meeting to aounce the trade Thursday, just a group of forlo men leaing one by one that the longest tenured player in the Dodgers clubhouse had been traded. After A.J. Ellis leaed he was going to the Philadelphia Phillies in a swap of backup catchers for Carlos Ruiz, he called his wife, then his agent, then texted his best friend, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw. “I had him come out and meet me here in the dugout,” Ellis said. “Not much was said. We just kind of sat here together. Baseball’s fuy. Anything can happen in the future, but to know that in almost all likelihood I’ll never get to catch (Kershaw) again is without a doubt the most devastating thi...

When Trader Joe’s left its location on Atlantic Avenue in Bixby Knolls after 16 years, it left a big hole in the heart of the business district. The store’s opening in 2000 at 4121 Atlantic Ave. marked the genesis of the Knolls’ remarkable resurgence as one of the most iovative and active business districts in Long Beach. Its closure wasn’t a disaster – it merely moved three blocks west to Long Beach Boulevard, where it is helping to anchor the spread of Atlantic’s success. Now getting ready to claim the hot spot is Edgar & James, A Curated Collection By Goodwill. That is to say, Goodwill’s good stuff. If you’re the type of shopper who enjoys pawing through the offerings of your regular...

When Trader Joe’s left its location on Atlantic Avenue in Bixby Knolls after 16 years, it left a big hole in the heart of the business district. The store’s opening in 2000 at 4121 Atlantic Ave. marked the genesis of the Knolls’ remarkable resurgence as one of the most iovative and active business districts in Long Beach. Its closure wasn’t a disaster – it merely moved three blocks west to Long Beach Boulevard, where it is helping to anchor the spread of Atlantic’s success. Now getting ready to claim the hot spot is Edgar & James, A Curated Collection By Goodwill. That is to say, Goodwill’s good stuff. If you’re the type of shopper who enjoys pawing through the offerings of your regular...

SAN DIEGO >> Clayton Kershaw has a target in mind for when he expects to pitch again for the Dodgers. But he’s keeping it to himself. “I do,” he said. “It just doesn’t make sense to share it. If I beat it, ‘Oh, you’re rushing back.’ And if I don’t, then it’s ‘Why not?’” Kershaw will be eligible to come off the DL when the Dodgers retu from the All-Star break. But Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has said he expects his ace to “need some time after that.” Kershaw has been in San Diego the past two days, participating in activities surrounding the All-Star Game. He joined Tuesday’s ‘red carpet parade’ through downtown and, after arriving at Petco Park, immediately headed to the weight room t...

Join LA Dodgers beat reporters on InsideSoCal Sports Facebook page Los Angeles Dodgers Yasmani Grandal celebrates his homerun against San Diego Padres in a Major League Baseball game in Los Angeles, CA. Friday, July 8, 2016. (Thomas R. Cordova/Southe Califoia News Group) By Staff Report The Los Angeles Dodgers have just two games left before the 2016 All-Star Game. Join beat reporters Bill Plunkett and J.P. Hoostra on our InsideSoCal Sports Facebook page live from the stadium between 1:45 and 2 pm. They’ll break down the biggest story lines heading into the break as well as discuss the Aug. 1 trade deadline. Advertisement Please enable JavaScript to view the comm...

While global trade has slowed in recent years, the greater Los Angeles region still handles a massive share of all the trade passing through the United States each year, according to a pair of reports that will be released by the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation on Friday. Inteational trade slows but is still strong The second report, the “11th Aual Inteational Trade Outlook 2016-2017,” notes that 2015 was a volatile year, punctuated by a slowdown and rebalancing of China’s economy, plunging commodity prices, geopolitical unrest and appreciation of the U.S. dollar. Those factors conspired to undermine consumer and business confidence, both here and abroad. Global trade continues...