TORRANCE, Calif. — Toyota delivered a surprise pink slip to California on Monday, announcing the company would move its U.S. headquarters and about 3,000 jobs from the Los Angeles suburbs to the outskirts of Dallas.

The world's largest automaker will keep a foothold in the Golden State — about 2,300 jobs will remain in California after the company settles into its new corporate campus in Plano, Texas.

Texas offered Toyota $40 million in incentives from the taxpayer-funded Texas Enterprise Fund. The Republican governor said Toyota is expected to invest $300 million in the new headquarters.

BEAVER — A Pennsylvania judge says a widow was given ample notice before her house was sold at auction over $6.30 in unpaid interest.The decision last week turned down Eileen Battisti's request to overturn the September 2011 sale of her home outside Aliquippa.Battisti says she plans to appeal the decision to Commonwealth Court.The decision by Beaver County Common Pleas Judge Gus Kwidis says the county tax claim bureau complied with notification requirements in state law before the auction. At the time of the sale, with other interest and fees, she owed $235.Battisti is still living in the home. It was sold for about $116,000 and has been estimated to be worth about $280,000.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Trainers at Sea World's marine parks began wearing inflatable safety vests Monday whenever they work near killer whales, yet another safety measure implemented after the 2010 death of a trainer who was dragged into a pool by an orca.The five-pound nylon vests can be inflated like an airplane life jacket and have a tube connecting to a small oxygen tank that fits in a pouch in the back, said Kelly Flaherty Clark, Sea World's curator of animal training. The vests took more than three years to develop with input from trainers, engineers and safety experts.Other changes include remotely controlled pool gates, new walkways around Shamu Stadium and an additional raised platform in an orca pool that could be used to lift a whale out of the water should a trainer fall in. But the vests are probably the most visible change that park visitors will notice, she said.

NEW YORK — New laws in New York City and Chicago ban electronic cigarettes from restaurants, bars and other public places.The bans that go into effect Tuesday are sparking debate among health officials, the e-cigarette industry and users on the future of the popular devices.Proponents say they’re aimed at preventing the re-glamorization of smoking particularly among teenagers who could see them as a gateway to tobacco-based cigarettes.E-cigarettes have nicotine-based solutions, celebrity endorsers and candy-like flavorings that lawmakers say are appealing to teens.