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Michael R. Blood

Pipeline that spilled oil on California coast badly corroded

Michael R. Blood, Brian Melley

FILE - In this May 20, 2015, file photo, workers monitor the site of an underground oil pipe break up a hill from Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif. The pipe, owned by Plains All American Pipeline, spewed oil down a culvert and into the Pacific on May 19 before it was shut off. Democratic U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein say the response to the oil spill that blackened beaches and created a 10-square-mile slick on the ocean was "insufficient." and called on federal regulators to provide more details on the activities and decisions by Plains. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, File) (AP)

Response by operator of broken oil pipeline faces scrutiny

Brian Melley, Michael R. Blood

Los Angeles proposes sweeping upgrades for quakes

Michael R. Blood

Torrance Mayor Frank Scotto, at podium, holds a news conference to discuss the announced relocation of Toyota Motor Sales' U.S. headquarters, Monday, April 28, 2014, in front of City Hall in Torrance, Calif. Toyota said that it will move its U.S. headquarters from Torrance to Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Small groups of employees will start moving to temporary office space there this year, but most will not move until late 2016 or early 2017 when a new headquarters is completed. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (AP)

Toyota moving US base from California to Texas

Gillian Flaccus, Michael R. Blood

Loughner’s last night: Posed with glock, g-string

Justin Pritchard, Michael R. Blood

Jared Loughner

Documents detail Ariz. suspect’s college outbursts

Michael R. Blood

Unclear whether shooter’s motivation was political

Michael R. Blood

Husband possibly saw letter on Meg Whitman maid glitch

Juliet Williams, Michael R. Blood

Obama’s Netroots video: Progressives, ‘keep up the fight’

Michael R. Blood

Dick Morris raising money for Sharron Angle

Michael R. Blood

Tea partiers ascend in many states

Michael R. Blood