"If you look at where investment dollars can do more," a senior administration official told the Business Journal, "the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach stack up very well."

Conflicted California regulators approved controversial rules that allow workers to go maskless only if every employee in a room is fully vaccinated.

The problem occurred during ignition of the Electron rocket’s second stage, the company said in a statement.

The rules would expire on Sept. 30, but are retroactive to Jan. 1. Some companies would have to pay their workers for time off they have already taken.