SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With California drivers paying more than $6 for a gallon of gas and state officials deadlocked for months over how to provide relief, lawmakers in the state Assembly on June 20 announced they would investigate oil companies they say are “abusing a historic situation to suck profits from Californians’ wallets.”
June 21, 2022Adam Beam
Government, Business, Equipment, Fuel 
California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announces the creation of a Legislative committee to look into the state's high gas prices. (Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press)
California Democrats to Investigate Cause of High Gas Prices
California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announces the creation of a Legislative committee to look into the state's high gas prices. (Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press) Business, Logistics 
Container ships waiting to dock at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are seen in the distance on Oct. 1. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)
Supply Chain Delays Disrupt California Agriculture Exports
Container ships waiting to dock at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are seen in the distance on Oct. 1. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)Amid an historic drought posing threats to future harvests, California farmers now say they have no way to export the crops they do have because of a kink in the global supply chain that has left containerships lined up off the Southern California coast with nowhere to deliver their goods.
November 4, 2021 Government, Fuel 
California Lawmakers Propose Ban on Fracking by 2027
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — New legislation would ban all fracking in California by 2027, taking aim at the powerful oil and gas industry in a state already planning to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.
February 17, 2021 Government, Business, Technology, Fuel 
California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged state residents to "pull away from the gas pumps." (Carin Dorghalli/The Chico Enterprise-Record via AP)
California Aims to End Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars, Trucks by 2035
California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged state residents to "pull away from the gas pumps." (Carin Dorghalli/The Chico Enterprise-Record via AP)California will aim to halt sales of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks by 2035, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Sept. 23, a move he says would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% in the nation’s most populous state.
September 23, 2020 Government, Business 
In August of 2019, supporters of AB 5 circle the Capitol in Sacramento. (Rick Pedroncelli/Associated Press)
California Judge Rules Uber, Lyft Drivers Are Employees
In August of 2019, supporters of AB 5 circle the Capitol in Sacramento. (Rick Pedroncelli/Associated Press)SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A judge on Aug. 10 ordered ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft to treat their California drivers as employees instead of independent contractors, but the ruling won't take effect right away as both companies said they will immediately appeal to a higher court.
August 11, 2020 Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous 
Traffic on Interstate 80 across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco. (Ben Margot/AP)
California Considers Requiring Zero-Emission Truck Sales
Traffic on Interstate 80 across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco. (Ben Margot/AP)SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The country’s most populous state could become the first to require a portion of new truck sales be electric or “zero emission” vehicles as California grapples with how to clean up its worst-in-the nation air quality.
December 13, 2019 Government, Business, Fuel 
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (left) and Attorney General Xavier Becerra by Rich Pedroncelli/AP
California Governor Wants Investigation of High Gas Prices
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (left) and Attorney General Xavier Becerra by Rich Pedroncelli/APSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s governor has asked the attorney general to investigate why the state’s gas prices are so high, pointing to a new report suggesting big oil companies are “misleading and overcharging customers” by as much as $1 per gallon.
October 22, 2019