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State wants to fund green jet fuel
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State wants to fund green jet fuel

  • By Alejandro Lazo CalMatters
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is advancing a plan that could funnel hundreds of millions in road dollars to a struggling oil refinery — pitching it as a c…

How the Iran war and surging oil prices are affecting consumers at the gas pump and beyond
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How the Iran war and surging oil prices are affecting consumers at the gas pump and beyond

  • By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, MAE ANDERSON and CHRIS RUGABER AP Business Writers

Sharply swinging oil prices have left consumers feeling the effects of the Iran war and its damage to worldwide energy production. Gasoline prices are climbing. Many people will find some of the most immediate economic pain at the pump. But not only drivers will be affected. Nearly all goods that are bought and sold must travel from where they're produced. That includes food. Those costs will climb with higher gasoline, diesel and jet fuel prices. Heating a home and cooking with natural gas are likely to cost more as the war grinds on. And the spike in oil prices will likely be a big factor for U.S. inflation. As the war continues, some experts say the price of everything could be affected.

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Big Rig vs. Hyundai Sonata

  • By Devona Walker Daily Journal staff
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A traffic collision of David and Goliath proportions involving a big rig and a Hyundai stalled traffic for two hours Monday morning on Highway 92.