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By Taryn Luna, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-22/california-lawmakers-oil-profits-penalty Nearly five months after Gavin Newsom initially called for a penalty on excessive oil company…
Feb 22, 2023By Steve Lopez, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-22/column-wwii-vet-102-gets-526-gas-bill-on-top-of-crippling-home-care-costs Paul Hult’s problems began about a year and a half ago, when he tripped…
Feb 22, 2023The state insurance Commissioner has approved some big rate hikes. Most recently, a 6.9 % increase for Triple-A which insures about 1.4…
Feb 21, 2023By Ronald D. White, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-02-21/geico-allstate-start-california-car-insurance-rate-increases-more-ahead Some California drivers will be getting a nasty surprise when they open their…
Feb 21, 2023By Dan Bacher, THE DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/18/2153536/-5-CA-refiners-made-combined-profits-of-75-4-billion-as-Big-Oil-pumped-34-2-million-into-lobbying?utm_campaign=recent As a gusher of Big Oil lobbying money fouled the California Legislature and regulatory agencies, five refiners…
Feb 21, 2023By Tom Elias, VENTURA COUNTY STAR February 20, 2023 https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/02/20/major-questions-for-californias-gas-companies/69924242007/ Anytime one of California’s big privately owned utility companies doubles, triples and…
Feb 20, 2023By Staff Reporters, KPBS – San Diego, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Feb 17, 2023By Kaitlin Reilly, YAHOO LIFE https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/informed-birth-consent-violence-215539514.html Consent in the medical field is vital to ensuring a patient’s comfort and safety. Some people,…
Feb 16, 2023Jamie Court is questioning SoCal Gas about who they buy the gas from and who is making money off the customer? CA…
Feb 16, 2023By Dan Walters, CAL MATTERS California’s Public Records Act, signed by then-Gov. Ronald Reagan in 1968, gives the public the legal right…
Feb 15, 2023By Staff Reporters, KABC – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Feb 15, 2023By Laura J. Nelson, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-15/california-natural-gas-bills-expensive-socalgas-pge-long-beach Brent Eldridge had heard that prices for natural gas were high this winter, but…
Feb 15, 2023Jamie Court addresses the possible reasons behind the extreme SoCal Gas price hikes
Feb 15, 2023By Dan Bacher, THE DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/15/2153205/-State-Senator-Dave-Min-Introduces-Bill-to-End-Offshore-Oil-Drilling-in-California-Waters SACRAMENTO, CA — While California officials and major media continue to claim the state is the nation’s “green leader,” offshore…
Feb 15, 2023By Aaron Cantu, CAPITAL & MAIN Over the last few years, as California has introduced stronger regulations on oil and gas drilling…
Feb 15, 2023By Dakota Smith, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-12/bass-chief-of-staff-chris-thompson-olympics Months before he became chief of staff to Mayor Karen Bass, Chris Thompson was…
Feb 12, 2023By Maggie Angst, THE SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/article271060772.html Since 1896, the sprawling Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo has turned millions of barrels of…
Feb 10, 2023By Morgan Evans, NATURAL GAS INTELLIGENCE Natural gas price surges in the region this winter have led the California Public Utilities Commission…
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