HeyJaredAlejandro Lazo
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 5
- Latest publication
- Aug 17, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for The Santa Barbara Independent
- Top 500K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 17, 2026
Latest articles
Oil refinery safety rules (opens the original)
Read excerpt
More details: The union-backed proposal, Senate Bill 966, would enshrine existing worker protections into state law as California regulators move to revise them in response to a legal settlement with the state’s oil lobby. Why it matters: The measure is among several targeting the oil and gas industry this year, including proposals aimed at refinery closure plans and a bid to curb high gas prices during wartime by expanding the state’s price-gouging law. Lawmakers’ focus on refineries comes as C
California Supreme Court says cities can’t add extra hurdles to tax refunds (opens the original)
Read excerpt
California cities can’t require taxpayers to navigate extra local procedures before seeking a tax refund in court, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday in a long-running lawsuit involving Marathon Petroleum, which operates the state’s largest refinery. The decision gives Marathon a procedural victory in its tax battle with the City of Carson, which in 2022 told Marathon subsidiary Tesoro that it owed additional taxes under the city’s oil-industry business license tax. The Ohio-based Maratho
An Oil Field Became California’s First Carbon Vault. Who’s Responsible if Something Goes Wrong? (opens the original)
Read excerpt
« OBITUARY: Lana Maria Crutchfield, 1947-2026 Would You Trust Your Boss With Data About Your Brain? California Moves to Regulate Neurotech » An oil pump at the Elk Hills Power Station along Elk Hills Road on March 29, 2024. The Elk Hills oil field is the site of the new carbon capture project that captures carbon emissions from oil and gas facilities and then injects them underground. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign u
Dangerous heat (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Why now: As another stretch of dangerous heat gripped the state, the California Public Utilities Commission wrote stronger rules itself. In a 4-0 vote, the commission lowered the temperature at which utilities must stop shutting off power to delinquent customers, from 100 to 90 degrees, and ordered utilities to adopt a more protective, region-specific heat standard within six months. A battle to define extreme heat: During a record heat wave two years ago — the hottest July in California history
California restricts utility shutoffs as dangerous heat ripples across state (opens the original)
Read excerpt
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. California bars utilities from cutting off power to customers who fall behind on their bills when it’s dangerously hot outside — a basic safety protection. Losing power in some rural areas can also mean losing water, and in cities, having no way to cool down can be dangerous, even deadly, when hot weather spans several days. California
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 500K sites
For The Santa Barbara Independent, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.