Edison Bill Hike, Rubio Meets Netanyahu, New Evidence in Kirk Shooting, Trump Threatens D.C. Takeover

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

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California regulators are set to vote on a 10% Southern California Edison rate hike that could raise household bills by $200 a year. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, reaffirming U.S. support for Israel’s war with Hamas. Federal officials say DNA evidence links Tyler Robinson to the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, with charges expected this week. President Trump threatened to declare a national emergency in Washington, D.C., over immigration enforcement. In business, Larry Ellison became the world’s richest person and Lyft expanded its driverless ride operations in San Francisco.

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0:00.0	This is an L.A. Times Studios podcast.
0:09.8	Hi, I'm Faith Pino, and you're listening to Headlines from L.A. Times Studios.
0:14.8	Here's some of today's top stories from the Los Angeles Times.
0:19.6	Californians could see their electric bills jump next month as state regulators get ready to approve a 10% hike for Southern California Edison.
0:28.6	Reporter Melody Peterson says that if it's approved, the new rates could take effect on October 1st.
0:35.6	With the average bill rising $17 more a month or an extra $200
0:41.5	a year for the average home. This comes after years of price hikes. Edison's rates have
0:47.2	surged 80% since just 2014, coming in at more than twice the rate of inflation. Critics say the timing is suspect, as Edison faces dozens of lawsuits from the deadly eaten fires.
1:01.0	They say they don't want the company's damages passed onto households.
1:05.0	But Edison says it needs the money to upgrade the power grid and install certain wildfire preventions. For many, they've heard that before and point to frequent outages
1:16.1	and shutoffs. Already nearly one in five customers are behind on their electric bills,
1:21.4	with many warning that the new increase would only make the situation worse. The
1:26.7	five-member Commission will vote on the plan Thursday,
1:29.9	and customers can still weigh in, either by showing up to the meeting in person or submitting comments
1:35.6	in the case docket online. For updates on the hearing and to learn more about Edison's price hikes,
1:41.8	subscribe to the LA Times. And in other news, Israel and the U.S. showed a United Front Monday as Secretary of State
1:49.8	Marco Rubio met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. According to reporters,
1:56.0	the two leaders agreed that there's only one path to peace, the total destruction of Hamas and the release of
2:02.6	all remaining hostages, with both pushing back on calls for a ceasefire. Now Rubio heads to
2:09.0	Qatar as the Trump administration is trying to ease tensions with its ally after last week's
2:14.6	strike in Doha. That strike killed several Hamas members and a Qatari official,
2:20.1	selectively halting all ceasefire talks. Meanwhile, Israel stepped up its attacks in Gaza City,
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