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A Shell gas station price sign displays the cost of regular, plus, V-Power gasoline, and renewable diesel. A car is parked near the pumps beneath the station canopy in the background. — Gas prices at a station in Northridge on March 9, 2026. Gas prices have recently increased in the state as the U.S. war with Iran intensifies. Photo by Zin Chiang for CalMatters

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Three years ago, California built a first-in-the-nation system aimed at protecting drivers when oil markets turn calamitous. The Legislature passed it. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed it. He proclaimed "California took on Big Oil and won."

**“Annie.” Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control.**

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County Animal Care and Control has a mix of dogs of all sizes — little to big — ready to spring into new families.

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets of charged particles emanate from the magnetar along its rotation axis. Image credit: Joseph Farah and Curtis McCully/Las Cumbres Observatory.

A UC Berkeley theorist proposed that highly magnetized, spinning neutron stars were the power source behind superluminous supernovae. A recent supernova provided the smoking gun.

BERKELEY, Calif. – Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar – a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star – and confirmed that it’s the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the cosmos.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The fields for county offices on the ballot in June are now finalized, with only two races being contested.

CalVet encourages veterans experiencing stress from current events to look out for each other, connect with counseling, and other resources.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – A new bridge repair and replacement project is set to start next week.