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Gov. Gavin Newsom is in a spat with a major oil company over who is to blame for the state’s high gas prices, with the Democratic governor’s office urging drivers not to fill up at Chevron stations over Memorial Day weekend. “Pro tip: unbranded gas comes from the same refineries, storage tanks, and pipelines, and it meets the same state standards to keep your engine running clean,” Newsom’s office posted yesterday on X. “Big Oil is already making
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Newsom spars with Chevron billions off Trump’s Iran War; don’t let them rip you off even more by overpaying for the brand name.” Newsom’s office cited an analysis by a group within the state’s energy commission, which oversees the oil and gas industry, that found that Chevron averaged more than 60 to 80 cents per gallon above unbranded alternatives.
Memorial Day weekend is one of the busiest travel times of the year. The call-out by the governor’s office follows Chevron posting signs at California gas stations blaming the state’s climate policies for the high cost of gas. The average price of gas in California sat at $6.14 per gallon on Thursday, about $1.58 higher than the national
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Batman made the commute from Gotham to Redwood City to tell officials to ditch the town’s Flock license plate cameras. Batman was among a handful of residents who weighed in during Redwood City’s Police Advisory Committee’s discussion of the controversial cameras, which have been shut off in other towns after it was discovered federal agencies were able to search the camera data. Redwood City’s contract with Flock ends in September and Chief Kristina Bell wanted to hear from the committee and residents if she should continue the contract. “They don’t have our best interests [See BATMAN, page 35]
Judge sides with Russian family Judge Daniel Nishigaya cited a case from 1985 in Orange County, where a A judge has ruled in favor of a Rus- man visited a car wash on “Ladies’ Day” sian family who said they’re charged and asked to get the same discount ofa higher rent than Ukrainian refugees fered to women. The Supreme Court found the car in their downtown Palo Alto apartment wash’s business practices amounted to building. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
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WAR VOTE CALLED OFF: House Republicans yesterday called off a vote on a bill that would try to compel President Trump to withdraw from Iran after they realized enough votes had swung over to the Democrat’s side.
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