Could Kern Co. courtroom offer pathway out of sky-high gas prices?
California's oil industry is pinning big hopes on an April trial resolving in their favor to clear the path for increased energy production.
Drought Yo-Yo: Calif. officials announce hefty cuts to water deliveries
California officials warned that supplies could be zeroed out. The actual announcement came short of that doom-and-gloom prospect.
Gassed up: Calif. lawmakers rollout $400 rebate for taxpayers
Democratic lawmakers describe their proposal as a gas tax rebate. The reality? It's a far more expansive form of tax relief – and one that's grabbing GOP support.
Voter fraud charges force acting Northern Calif. Sheriff, ex-Fresno DA investigator, from post
Once a veteran of two Valley law enforcement agencies, the now-former Sheriff of Del Norte County used a hotel address on his voter registration.
Calif. Dems unwilling to pull plug on Newsom’s emergency powers
29 states have ended COVID emergency powers granted to their governors. Despite being in an endemic phase, California will not be one of them.
Official: Calif. to zero out water supplies again amid dry winter
For the second time in a single water season, California water officials are preparing to zero out water deliveries to Valley farmers, the state's top water official said Tuesday.
Valadao, McCarthy join push for Newsom to halt gas tax as prices “skyrocket”
The pile-on to halt California's highest-in-the-nation gas tax grew on Tuesday, courtesy of House Republicans.
Calif. lawmakers reject GOP push to cut gas prices by 50 cents per gallon
With the chance to cut California's gas tax by 51 cents per gallon, more than half of Valley lawmakers didn't show up to vote.
HSR boss pushes back on claims bullet train governed by “Fantasyland plan”
Resistance to California's high-speed rail project is stiff and growing in Sacramento. Sunday, the bullet train agency's CEO, Brian Kelly, pushed back.
Lawmakers reject bill to tap Calif. surplus for water projects
Long-shot hopes of tapping the multi-billion dollar surplus for water projects in the Golden State are firmly dead-on-arrival.
