Under state law, refineries are required to install, operate and maintain real-time fence line air monitors. Indeed, over four hours after the Oct. 2 fire at El Segundo, Chevron’s fence line air ...

In 2025, climate goals faced federal opposition as Trump blocked clean-car mandates. Refineries closed, water conflicts ...

The focus of the investigation into what caused a massive explosion and fire last week at Chevron's El Segundo plant has turned to a jet fuel processing unit in the southeast corner of the sprawling ...

The U.S. West Coast fuels market, which will enter 2026 with the lowest refining capacity in years, will see another decline in April, when Valero Energy closes its 150,000 b/d Benicia plant in ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (NEXSTAR) — A fire broke out at a Chevron oil refinery just outside of Los Angeles on Thursday night, sending towering flames into the air that were visible for miles. Officials in ...

His firm, HydraWedge, is in El Segundo, a beachside city near Los Angeles International Airport (lax), known by industrial ...

President Donald Trump focused on California first as his administration rolled out its crackdown on unauthorized immigration ...

Where are the writers who work on the dock? Where are stevedores, the longshoremen? The pipe fitters? The electricians?” ...

California’s oil output has collapsed from 760,000 b/d in 2000 to 250,000 b/d in 2025, while the number of its refineries has fallen from 23 to 12 in the same period. Gasoline prices now average ...

Bay Area air quality regulators on Tuesday announced $900,000 in fines against Chevron, amid claims the company didn’t properly monitor air pollution emissions at its Richmond refinery. Related ...

(KRON) — Chevron has been fined $900,000 by the Bay Area Air District (BAAD) over allegations that the company failed to “properly monitor air pollution emissions” at its Richmond refinery, the ...

RICHMOND, Calif. -- Bay Area air quality regulators announced this week that Chevron was hit with a $900,000 fine for air pollution monitoring failures at its Richmond refinery. Bay Area Air District ...