Zin Chiang
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CalMatters
California built a first-in-the-nation system to police refinery profits during price spikes, but regulators delayed its rollout for five years. Now gasoline prices have surged to record highs as global oil markets spike amid the Iran war. The latest surge is also exposing a deeper problem: fewer refineries and a limited fuel supply in California.
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California is strengthening civics education as America marks it 250th birthday. Teachers have to navigate a polarized political environment as they guide lessons on the Constitution. -
Projects that are supposed to offer mental health and substance use care to foster youth, new mothers, unhoused people and other vulnerable Californians have been delayed or cancelled. -
The poll highlights California's best places for hiking, camping, views, wildflower blooms, kid-friendly adventures and more. -
The University Bikeway will add separated bike lanes, bus boarding platforms and measures to prevent speeding on a deadly stretch of roadway between La Mesa and City Heights. -
Waitlists opened Monday for two new affordable housing communities in Fallbrook and San Marcos through the County of San Diego’s Housing Authority. -
A strengthening high-pressure atmospheric system combined with winds out of the east will bring widespread record heat toward the end of the workweek. -
Critical infrastructure supporting California’s foster care system is quietly collapsing, leaving children at risk. A well-meaning reform intended to help sexual abuse survivors in the foster care system is contributing to the crisis. -
Some of the nation’s busiest airports saw hourslong security lines this weekend, as the partial government shutdown begins to hit air travel. -
The war in Iran is disrupting global energy markets, causing gas prices around the world to rise. -
A California appeals court upheld a 2022 regulatory decision to reduce rooftop solar payments. Environmental groups may appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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