by Roy Reed | Jul 28, 2025 | Editorial, News
Above, NARO-CA President Ed Hazard, addresses the attendees. By Roy Reed, NARO-CA MemberJuly 21, 2025 Santa Maria, California has long been notable as the home of Vandenberg Space Force Base, with its long history of successful missile launches carrying payloads...
by Roy Reed | Jul 12, 2025 | News, Opinion
Above, NARO-CA President Ed Hazard at the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting on May 13, 2025, speaking in opposition to an oil and gas shutdown proposal. The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 on May 13, 2025, to direct staff to prepare...
by Staff writer | Nov 6, 2024 | News
Gavin Newsom Drives Jobs Out and Prices Up Phillips 66 announced it will close its Los Angeles refinery by 2025, removing about 8% of California’s refining capacity. This move comes just after Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law aimed at stabilizing gasoline...
by Mark Phillips | Sep 6, 2024 | Editorial, Opinion
Starving The Grid In Spite Of The Citizens As I write this my area of Southern California is under an extreme heat warning. We are told by the well meaning public officials and newscasters to draw the drapes, turn off the air conditioning, and do not run large...
by Staff writer | Aug 21, 2024 | Opinion
A recent article on Extracting Fact discusses a poll showing that most California voters reject Governor Newsom’s claim that “price gouging” by oil companies is the primary cause of the state’s high gas prices. Despite the governor’s repeated...
