CYPRESS, Calif. (AP) — California shouldn’t weaken hazardous waste rules to allow local landfills to accept toxic dirt that currently goes to two specialized disposal sites in the Central Valley and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers remove debris from the property of a home lost to the Palisades fire on Feb. 19. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) ...

Teamsters celebrate the passage of Senate Bill 1371 (SB 1371) out of the California State Senate Committee on Local ...

A Waste Management landfill outside Kettleman City, Calif., is one of two sites statewide that are permitted to accept hazardous waste. (Reed Saxon / Associated Press) A California environmental ...

California environmental regulators are considering rolling back the state's hazardous waste disposal rules, potentially permitting some municipal landfills to accept more contaminated soil from ...

A state environmental oversight board voted unanimously to rescind a controversial proposal that would have permitted California municipal landfills to accept contaminated soil that is currently ...