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West Coast reeling from lowest May gas supplies in 20 years

2012-05-14 11:43:00

The lowest May gasoline supplies in the Western U.S. in 20 years have prices climbing again in most places west of the Rocky Mountains, even as they continue to fall across the rest of the nation. In California, pump prices for regular gas have jumped 13....

California gasoline prices jump average of 15.4 cents in one week

2012-05-14 20:48:00

Average gasoline prices in California jumped 15.4 cents in just a week, according to the Energy Department. Analysts blame the rise on the lowest gasoline supplies for May in the western U.S. in 20 years. In California, the price for regular gas...

KCET partner Eyetronics downsized, behind on rent, sources say

2012-05-09 00:00:00

The company introduced last year as a financially powerful production partner for KCET-TV has been reduced to a tiny operation that has been late on some of its bills, according to several people familiar with the company. In addition, the company...

Chevron profit rises 4% on higher oil prices

2012-04-27 06:40:14

Chevron Corp. said Friday that profits rose 4.2 percent in the first quarter as it sold oil for higher prices. The San Ramon, Calif. energy giant reported net income of $6.47 billion, or $3.27 per share, for the first three months of the year. That...

BP sponsorship of World Shakespeare Festival draws protest

2012-04-25 07:57:00

BP's financial sponsorship of a cultural institution is once again provoking heated words in the arts community. This time, the World Shakespeare Festival has become the center of attention after a group of British actors launched a protest against the...

Counterprogramming: Alternatives to regular summer movie fare

2012-04-29 00:00:00

Summer brings no shortage of popcorn movies but some films this season are more like a fully satisfying meal. Consider these offerings — with casts young and old, settings foreign and home-grown, stories contemporary and period — which will...

Newt Gingrich's mark on the GOP race, and on Mitt Romney

2012-04-25 17:42:00

Aides to Newt Gingrich disclosed Wednesday that the former House speaker was giving up the race for the GOP presidential nod, finally convinced that Mitt Romney's�nomination was inevitable. For someone as smart as Gingrich, it's a wonder it took him so...

Stephen King wants to tax the rich -- including himself

2012-04-30 16:34:57

Federal charges filed against ex-BP engineer in spill

2012-04-25 00:00:00

HOUSTON — The Justice Department on Tuesday unveiled the first criminal charges in its investigation of the 2010 BP oil spill: two counts of obstruction of justice filed against a former BP engineer accused of destroying records describing the...

First BP oil spill arrest: Ex-engineer allegedly destroyed evidence

2012-04-24 13:19:00

WASHINGTON -- In the first criminal charges to emerge from the federal probe of�the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a former engineer for BP was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of intentionally destroying evidence requested by federal authorities who were...

Ex-BP engineer appears in chains to face criminal charges

2012-04-24 15:26:00

HOUSTON — A former BP engineer appeared in federal court Tuesday chained at the wrist and ankles to face criminal charges that he intentionally deleted hundreds of text messages about the amount of oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from the...

Perchance on BP, the actors doth protest too much

2012-04-25 16:05:00

The British, it seems, are not enamored of British Petroleum, even when it shells out big bucks to support the nation's greatest literary treasure. A group of actors staged their own protest play Monday night before a performance of "The Tempest" at...

The BP Station on Maugans Avenue off Interstate 81 at Exit 9 was selling regular grade at $3.69, silver grade at $3.79 and 93-octane ultimate grade at $3.93 per gallon.

2012-05-08 13:57:00

A driver fills up at a BP station in Chicago.

2012-04-27 06:29:00

A former engineer for BP has been arrested on suspicion of destroying evidence sought by authorities investigating the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.

2012-04-24 00:00:00