The owner of an oil field in Los Angeles County is suing the state of California over a law that will require it to stop production and plug its wells or face costly fines.

The law "represents an illegal attempt to coerce an individual company to stop operation of its legal business," oil field owners say in their lawsuit.

The owner and operator of the Inglewood Oil Field, pictured above, sued California on Monday accusing the state of unfairly targeting one business with a new law that imposes fines on low-producing wells in the area.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released a new plan to protect the state's iconic Joshua trees, which are imperiled by wildfires, human development and climate change.

A new conservation plan prepared by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife is a landscape-level blueprint of what's needed to ensure the Joshua tree's survival.