Parades, fireworks, drone light show set for Independence Day

Start the day with the Fairfield Main Street Association's annual Independence Day Parade, which starts at 10 a.m. on Texas Street in downtown Fairfield. This year's parade theme is “A Star-Spangled Salute to America's Heroes.” The grand marshals are the Lanza family of Wooden Valley Winery, who are celebrating 85 years of wine-making in Fairfield.

Settlement calls for waste removal from San Onofre

The majority owner of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in northern San Diego County announced Monday that it is committed to moving spent nuclear fuel to another site. The commitment by Southern California Edison settled a lawsuit filed by an anti-nuclear group nearly two years ago, which opposed the California Coastal Commission's approval of expanded nuclear waste storage at the seaside plant.