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Tesoro is cleared to buy BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations

2013-05-17 18:30:00

Tesoro Corp. won federal and state clearance for its purchase of BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations and other assets for $2.4 billion, an acquisition that would further concentrate the state's fuel-making capacity into only two players — Tesoro and...

Ex-state Sen. Michael Rubio fined for not reporting home sale

2013-05-06 16:30:00

SACRAMENTO -- Former state Sen. Michael Rubio (D-Shafter) has agreed to pay a $200 fine to the state ethics agency for failing to properly disclose that he sold his house in Bakersfield to an oil company executive who had lent him hundreds of thousands of...

Investors snap up $17 billion in Apple bonds

2013-05-01 00:00:00

First came the frenzy for iPhones and iPads. Now there's a scramble for iBonds. Apple Inc. sold $17 billion in bonds Tuesday, a gargantuan deal that ranked as the largest in global corporate history. And even though the securities are paying...

Stocks stall on tepid economic growth

2013-04-26 13:57:18

The stock market stalled Friday after the U.S. economy didn't grow as much as hoped and earnings from a handful of big companies failed to rev up investors. The economy grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, the...

Chevron profit down 4.5% on lower oil prices

2013-04-26 06:50:27

Chevron Corp.'s net income fell 4.5 percent in the first quarter as oil prices fell and refinery output fell. Chevron, the second largest U.S. oil company, has seen better profit margins than the other energy majors in recent years because a big part of...

Gasoline prices: Slide in Californians' fuel costs has slowed

2013-04-04 12:50:00

The drop in gasoline prices in California that began more than a month ago has slowed to a crawl, but there may be good news ahead when one of the state's most important refineries returns to full production as early as this month. When operating at its...

Ethics agency launches probe of environmental regulator

2013-04-03 15:11:00

SACRAMENTO -- The state's ethics agency is investigating whether one of California's top environmental regulators violated conflict-of-interest laws by regulating companies in which she owns stock. Officials at the Fair Political Practices Commission...

Groups seek probe into low-grade crude shipments to L.A. refineries

2013-04-02 19:31:00

A coalition of environmental groups says it has discovered that large-scale shipments of low-quality heavy crude oil from Canada's tar sands are being delivered by rail for processing by Southern California refineries. The groups on Tuesday called for...

How Apple invites facile analysis

2013-03-22 20:12:00

For those of us not directly invested in Apple, the stock's trajectory over the last six months has been a thrill ride to rival anything you'll find at Magic Mountain. Since hitting an all-time peak of $705 in mid-September, the shares have been on a...

California leads nation in advanced bio-fuel companies, report says

2013-02-07 09:27:00

It isn't often that one gets to say that California has gotten it right in terms of attracting and supporting cutting-edge business enterprises. But in advanced bio-fuels, a new report says the state is leading the way. E2, also known as Environmental...

Fire and smoke near LAX is no emergency, officials say

2013-01-13 19:44:26

2012: California's stunning year for record gasoline prices

2012-12-31 10:56:00

Californians had the worst year imaginable for gasoline prices in 2012, averaging a record $4.028 for a gallon of regular, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report. That shattered the old record, set last year, by a whopping 21.3 cents a gallon. The...

Refineries such as Chevron's facility in El Segundo produce a special gasoline blend for California.

2012-10-26 15:24:05

Smoke billows from a crude oil unit at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, Calif.

2012-08-06 00:00:00

Falmes and smoke can be seen rising from a crude oil unit at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, north of Oakland.

2012-08-06 00:00:00