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In the face of the nation’s highest gas prices, California lawmakers approved a bill to ease restrictions on E85 conversion kits. It now heads to the California state Senate and would need Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approval before it becomes law.

California built a first-in-the-nation system to police refinery profits during price spikes. Regulators delayed it for five years.

An El Segundo refinery fire has renewed questions about who is investigating the state’s oil industry after serious accidents. With the U.S. Chemical Safety Board defunded, California has yet to fill the gap.

Six conservancies throughout the state will oversee work largely in Southern California and the Sierra Nevada.

Now that electric cars are mainstream, higher-income Californians will no longer qualify for state subsidies. Lower-income buyers could get up to $12,000.