Tony Briscoe is an environmental reporter with the Los Angeles Times. His coverage focuses on the intersection of air quality and environmental health. Prior to joining The Times, Briscoe was an investigative reporter for ProPublica in Chicago and an environmental beat reporter at the Chicago Tribune. Briscoe was the recipient of the Peter Lisagor Award for best science and environmental reporting in Chicago in 2019 and 2020. A graduate of Michigan State University, he began his career as a breaking news reporter at the Detroit News.
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An initiative funded by fossil fuel interests that sought to reverse California’s rules about how close oil wells could operate near homes and schools has been pulled from the November ballot.
June 27, 2024
After disappearing from a campground in the Sierra National Forest, a 4-year-old boy from Torrance was found by a search-and-rescue party and reunited with his parents.
June 22, 2024
Two young men were killed and at least one other was injured when their car hurtled off a highway in El Segundo and crashed into parked cars at nearby LAX, according to authorities.
June 22, 2024
California voted to ban new diesel trucks at ports. Why did L.A. and Long Beach just add 1,000 more?
While California waits for the EPA to act, more than 1,200 trucks have obtained new registrations to move cargo at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach this year; 90% run on diesel.
June 13, 2024
The landmark rule from South Coast AQMD would phase out more than 1 million natural gas-powered appliances, including those that heat swimming pools and hot tubs, and require them to be replaced with electric water heaters.
June 7, 2024
Regulators rescind controversial accounting rule that South Coast Air Quality Management District used to shield polluters from paying millions in fees.
June 7, 2024
After revelations that radioactive waste may be buried under two Bay Area parks, the cities of Albany and Berkeley submitted testing plans. Albany’s was approved; Berkeley’s was deemed insufficient.
June 4, 2024
‘General Hospital’ actor Johnny Wactor was killed Saturday when he came upon three men trying to steal his car’s catalytic converter, a source says.
May 27, 2024
A 14-year-old girl was fatally struck by a car as she was walking in Newport Beach over the Memorial Day weekend, according to local police.
May 26, 2024
Researchers concluded exposure to nitrogen dioxide emissions alone may contribute to nearly 19,000 premature deaths in the United States each year.
May 22, 2024