Agency Sued Over Kern Water Plan Watchdog Group Seeks to Block Acquisition for 11,000 New Homes
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By ALEX DOBUZINSKIS\\ Staff Writer  SANTA CLARITA -- A watchdog group has sued the Castaic Lake Water Agency over a plan to buy water from the Kern River.
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WREXHAM have petitioned the High Court for an administration order in an attempt to prevent liquidation while the club seeks a new buyer.
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By JIM SKEEN\\ Staff Writer  LANCASTER -- Lancaster homeowners could be asked to finance millions of dollars for additional work in a proposed expansion of the sewage treatment plant.
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Residents of a northern California town have sued ChevronTexaco Corp  over a refinery shutdown that they claim spewed dangerous gases into the air and caused health problems.
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By Beck Eleven  Scarce Canterbury water is under threat after a decision to allow applications in a hotly disputed irrigation zone.
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Home foreclosures have set a record in the face of a Fed request to avoid taking homes.
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By Lawrence Latane Iii, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 10--King William County authorities and Newport News Waterworks next week will begin raising the delicate issue of acquiring thousands of acres of private land for a proposed water reservoir.
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The D.C. attorney general filed a lawsuit yesterday against Metropolitan Money Store Corp., hoping to recover lost home equity and prevent foreclosure for city residents who dealt with the Prince George's County-based mortgage company.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 12--While saying they would prefer negotiation to litigation, El Dorado Irrigation District board members Monday agreed to join with a coalition in a potential battle with the city of Sacramento over water rights.
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State Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed a lawsuit against brokerage giant Edward D. Jones &amp; Co. on behalf of California investors after refusing to participate in a settlement with the firm.
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California sued the Bush administration on Tuesday over its plans to expand significantly the amount of logging allowed in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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The company paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to American contracting officers in efforts to win more than $11 million in contracts.
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A broker-dealer firm sued brokerages watchdog NASD and the New York Stock Exchange on Friday to block a deal to merge oversight functions, saying the arrangement would be unfair to NASD members.
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By JIM SKEEN\\ Staff Writer  PALMDALE -- To address a growing demand for water, a coalition of water providers and municipal and county government officials is trying to come up with a plan that will more than double supplies by the year 2035.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - Groups in Alaska have sued the U.S. Interior Department to block an offshore oil and gas lease sale that residents say threatens Arctic marine wildlife and the traditional Inupiat Eskimo way of life.
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California sued the E.P.A. on Wednesday, challenging its recent decision to block California rules curbing greenhouse-gas emissions from new cars and trucks.
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The independent agency charged with overseeing the &#36;14.6 billion highway project known as the Big Dig intends to sue the consortium that managed the venture, seeking to recover as much as &#36;100 million in costs for design errors and construction mistakes.