California Phases Out Bulbs

Lights out for the incandescent bulb in California

The brightest bulb in most homes for more than a century is fading toward darkness this year as California turns out the light on the century-old incandescent.Beginning Jan. 1, the state began phasing out certain energy-sucking bulbs, federal standards the rest of the country will enact next year. Manufacturers will no longer make the traditional 1...